Phil Renforth

8.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
76 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Phil Renforth is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Environmental Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Phil Renforth has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Environmental Engineering, 32 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 24 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Phil Renforth's work include CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (47 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (24 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (20 papers). Phil Renforth is often cited by papers focused on CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (47 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (24 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (20 papers). Phil Renforth collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Phil Renforth's co-authors include David A.C. Manning, Gideon M. Henderson, Jens Hartmann, Carla-Leanne Washbourne, Elisa López‐Capél, Noah McQueen, Greg Dipple, A. Joshua West, P. B. Kelemen and Spyros Foteinis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Phil Renforth

72 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Enhanced chemical weathering as a geoengineering strategy to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide, supply nutrients, and mitigate ocean acidification

2013 416 citations Jens Hartmann, Phil Renforth et al. profile →
Assessing ocean alkalinity for carbon sequestration

2017 327 citations Phil Renforth, Gideon M. Henderson profile →
The negative emission potential of alkaline materials

2019 265 citations Phil Renforth profile →
Land-Management Options for Greenhouse Gas Removal and Their Impacts on Ecosystem Services and the Sustainable Development Goals

2019 238 citations Pete Smith, David J. Beerling et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Phil Renforth United Kingdom	36	2.3k	1.3k	1.2k	739	648	76	4.6k
Rob N.J. Comans Netherlands	55	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	772 0.6×	215 0.3×	1.3k 2.0×	155	9.7k
Stefan Peiffer Germany	37	1.2k 0.5×	2.6k 2.0×	171 0.1×	251 0.3×	465 0.7×	147	4.8k
Brandon Dugan United States	33	732 0.3×	2.1k 1.6×	424 0.3×	111 0.2×	699 1.1×	106	5.1k
Caroline L. Peacock United Kingdom	44	310 0.1×	1.1k 0.9×	568 0.5×	275 0.4×	288 0.4×	100	5.3k
Greg H. Rau United States	43	729 0.3×	962 0.8×	421 0.3×	2.7k 3.6×	1.6k 2.4×	73	6.4k
Thorben Amann Germany	15	889 0.4×	297 0.2×	756 0.6×	173 0.2×	671 1.0×	31	2.5k
Ian T. Burke United Kingdom	41	491 0.2×	687 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	57 0.1×	627 1.0×	107	4.2k
John Molson Canada	41	2.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	551 0.4×	53 0.1×	286 0.4×	153	4.5k
Pei Xin China	35	1.3k 0.6×	513 0.4×	128 0.1×	312 0.4×	400 0.6×	156	3.7k
José Miguel Nieto Spain	53	803 0.4×	4.0k 3.2×	640 0.5×	91 0.1×	157 0.2×	197	8.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Phil Renforth

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Phil Renforth

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20 of 20 papers shown

Halloran, Paul R., Thomas G. Bell, William J. Burt, et al.. (2025). Seawater carbonate chemistry based carbon dioxide removal: towards commonly agreed principles for carbon monitoring, reporting, and verification. Frontiers in Climate. 7. 4 indexed citations

Kantzas, Euripides P., Sylvia H. Vetter, Lenny Koh, et al.. (2025). Larger rock extraction sites could improve the efficiency of enhanced rock weathering in the United Kingdom. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 666–666.

Lu, Xuesong, et al.. (2025). Process modelling and analysis of ikaite production for atmospheric CO2 removal through ocean alkalinity enhancement. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 225. 399–410.

Butnar, Isabela, John Lynch, Sylvia H. Vetter, et al.. (2024). A Review of Life Cycle Assessment Methods to Inform the Scale‐Up of Carbon Dioxide Removal Interventions. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Energy and Environment. 13(6). 2 indexed citations

Renforth, Phil, et al.. (2024). Carbon dioxide removal could result in the use of lower-grade iron ore in a decarbonized net-negative emission steel industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. 468. 142987–142987. 6 indexed citations

Amann, Thorben, Jessica Strefler, Jens Hartmann, et al.. (2024). Marine carbon dioxide removal by alkalinization should no longer be overlooked. Environmental Research Letters. 19(7). 74033–74033. 3 indexed citations

Küng, Lukas, et al.. (2024). Finding least-cost net-zero CO _2e strategies for the European cement industry using geospatial techno-economic modelling. RSC Sustainability. 2(10). 3054–3076. 3 indexed citations

Henderson, Gideon M., et al.. (2023). Response to Comment from West et al. on, “Soil core study indicates limited CO2 removal by enhanced weathering in dry croplands in the UK”. Applied Geochemistry. 152. 105622–105622. 5 indexed citations

Masindi, Vhahangwele, Spyros Foteinis, Phil Renforth, & Efthalia Chatzisymeon. (2023). Wastewater Treatment for Carbon Dioxide Removal. ACS Omega. 8(43). 40251–40259. 6 indexed citations

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Eisaman, Matthew D., Sonja Geilert, Phil Renforth, et al.. (2023). Assessing the technical aspects of ocean-alkalinity-enhancement approaches. University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark). 2-oae2023. 1–29. 52 indexed citations

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Foteinis, Spyros, James Campbell, & Phil Renforth. (2023). Life Cycle Assessment of Coastal Enhanced Weathering for Carbon Dioxide Removal from Air. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(15). 6169–6178. 34 indexed citations

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Hartmann, Jens, et al.. (2023). Stability of alkalinity in ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) approaches – consequences for durability of CO ₂ storage. Biogeosciences. 20(4). 781–802. 77 indexed citations

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Knapp, W, Emily Stevenson, Phil Renforth, et al.. (2023). Quantifying CO₂ Removal at Enhanced Weathering Sites: a Multiproxy Approach. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(26). 9854–9864. 22 indexed citations

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Renforth, Phil, et al.. (2022). Towards a business case for CO2 mineralisation in the cement industry. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 70 indexed citations

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Campbell, James, Spyros Foteinis, Cara Nichole Maesano, et al.. (2022). Geochemical Negative Emissions Technologies: Part I. Review. Frontiers in Climate. 4. 35 indexed citations

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Maesano, Cara Nichole, James Campbell, Spyros Foteinis, et al.. (2022). Geochemical Negative Emissions Technologies: Part II. Roadmap. Frontiers in Climate. 4. 12 indexed citations

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Foteinis, Spyros, et al.. (2022). Life cycle assessment of ocean liming for carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere. Journal of Cleaner Production. 370. 133309–133309. 38 indexed citations

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Smith, Pete, Saskia Keesstra, Whendee L. Silver, et al.. (2021). Soil-derived Nature's Contributions to People and their contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1834). 20200185–20200185. 39 indexed citations

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Pullin, Huw, Andrew W. Bray, Ian T. Burke, et al.. (2019). Atmospheric Carbon Capture Performance of Legacy Iron and Steel Waste. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(16). 9502–9511. 48 indexed citations

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Kruger, Tim & Phil Renforth. (2012). Engineering challenges of ocean alkalinity enhancement. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 8513. 1 indexed citations

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