Pierre Gerber

15.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
69 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Pierre Gerber is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Gerber has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Ecology, 13 papers in Environmental Engineering and 11 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Pierre Gerber's work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (36 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (12 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (11 papers). Pierre Gerber is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (36 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (12 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (11 papers). Pierre Gerber collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Netherlands and United States. Pierre Gerber's co-authors include H. Steinfeld, C. de Haan, Mauricio Rosales, Tom Wassenaar, Vincent Castel, Philip K. Thornton, B. Henderson, Carolyn Opio, Alessandra Falcucci and Mario Herrero and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Gerber

67 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Livestock's long shadow: environmental issues and options.

2006 3.0k citations H. Steinfeld, Pierre Gerber et al. Agritrop (Cirad) profile →
SPECIAL TOPICS — Mitigation of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from animal operations: I. A review of enteric methane mitigation options1

2013 687 citations A.N. Hristov, J. Oh et al. profile →
Greenhouse gas mitigation potentials in the livestock sector

2016 672 citations Mario Herrero, B. Henderson et al. profile →
Livestock: On our plates or eating at our table? A new analysis of the feed/food debate

2017 653 citations Anne Mottet, C. de Haan et al. profile →
Livestock's Long Shadow

2006 552 citations H. Steinfeld, Pierre Gerber et al. profile →
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

2009 405 citations Pierre Gerber et al. profile →
Defining a land boundary for sustainable livestock consumption

2018 259 citations H.H.E. van Zanten, Mario Herrero et al. Global Change Biology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pierre Gerber

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pierre Gerber. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pierre Gerber based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Pierre Gerber. Pierre Gerber is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Assessing nitrogen circularity in food systems in the North China Plain 2024 ·Resources Conservation and Recycling ·(unknown), Ollie van Hal, Yong Hou, S.J. Oosting, Pierre Gerber	2
2	Risk to rely on soil carbon sequestration to offset global ruminant emissions 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Yue Wang, I.J.M. de Boer, U. Martin Persson, R. Ripoll‐Bosch, Christel Cederberg, Pierre Gerber, Pete Smith, C.E. van Middelaar	19
3	Low-opportunity-cost feed can reduce land-use-related environmental impacts by about one-third in China 2023 ·Nature Food ·Qunchao Fang, Xiaoying Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Hongliang Wang, O. Oenema, H.H.E. van Zanten, Pierre Gerber, Yong Hou	20
4	Yield gap analysis in dairy production systems using the mechanistic model LiGAPS-Dairy 2021 ·Journal of Dairy Science ·A. van der Linden, S.J. Oosting, G.W.J. van de Ven, R.L.G. Zom, M.K. van Ittersum, Pierre Gerber, I.J.M. de Boer	7
5	Review: Climate Finance readiness of the animal protein sector: overview of experience in linking the sector to Climate Finance, and options to address bottlenecks 2020 ·animal ·(unknown), Pierre Gerber, (unknown), Tobias Baedeker	5
6	The role of globalizing livestock supply chains in the disruption of global nitrogen cycles 2018 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Aimable Uwizeye, Pierre Gerber, C. Opio, Alessandra Falcucci, Giuseppe Tempio, F. Teillard, H. Steinfeld, Rogier P.O. Schulte, I.J.M. de Boer	2
7	Defining a land boundary for sustainable livestock consumption breakdown → 2018 ·Global Change Biology ·H.H.E. van Zanten, Mario Herrero, Ollie van Hal, Elin Röös, Adrian Müller, Tara Garnett, Pierre Gerber, Christian Schader, I.J.M. de Boer	259
8	Invited review: A position on the Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM) 2017 ·animal ·Michael MacLeod, Th.V. Vellinga, C. Opio, Alessandra Falcucci, Giuseppe Tempio, B. Henderson, H.P.S. Makkar, Anne Mottet, Timothy P. Robinson, H. Steinfeld, Pierre Gerber	67
9	Reducing uncertainty at minimal cost: a method to identify important input parameters and prioritize data collection 2016 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·(unknown), E.A. Groen, Pierre Gerber, Rogier P.O. Schulte, I.J.M. de Boer	1
10	Environmental impacts of beef production: Review of challenges and perspectives for durability 2015 ·Meat Science ·Pierre Gerber, Anne Mottet, Carolyn Opio, Alessandra Falcucci, (unknown)	169
11	Technical options for the mitigation of direct methane and nitrous oxide emissions from livestock: a review 2013 ·animal ·Pierre Gerber, A.N. Hristov, B. Henderson, H.P.S. Makkar, J. Oh, C. Lee, Robert J. Meinen, Felipe Montes, Troy Ott, J.L. Firkins, Al Rotz, Curtis J. Dell, A.T. Adesogan, Wenzhu Yang, J.M. Tricárico, E. Kebreab, G. C. Waghorn, J. Dijkstra, S.J. Oosting	320
12	Livestock and climate change, challenges and options. 2011 ·CABI Reviews ·B. Henderson, Pierre Gerber, C. Opio	4
13	Policy options in addressing livestock’s contribution to climate change 2010 ·animal ·Pierre Gerber, Nigel Key, (unknown), H. Steinfeld	30
14	Livestock in a changing landscape, Volume 2: experiences and regional perspectives. 2010 ·Pierre Gerber, Harold A. Mooney, J. Dijkman, Shirley A. Tarawali, C. de Haan	19
15	Structural change in the livestock sector. 2010 ·C. de Haan, Pierre Gerber, C. Opio	13
16	Responses on environmental issues. 2010 ·H. Steinfeld, Pierre Gerber, C. Opio, Harold A. Mooney, Felicitas Schneider, L. E. Neville	1
17	Issues and options in addressing the environmental consequences of livestock sector’s growth 2009 ·Meat Science ·Pierre Gerber, Th.V. Vellinga, H. Steinfeld	30
18	Livestock's long shadow: environmental issues and options. breakdown → 2006 ·Agritrop (Cirad) ·H. Steinfeld, Pierre Gerber, Tom Wassenaar, Vincent Castel, Mauricio Rosales, C. de Haan	3004
19	Nutrient balances for improving the use-efficiency of non-renewable resources: experiences from Switzerland and Southeast Asia 2006 ·Geological Society London Special Publications ·H. Menzi, Pierre Gerber	4
20	Geographical determinants and environmental implications of livestock production intensification in Asia 2004 ·Bioresource Technology ·Pierre Gerber, Pius Chilonda, Gianluca Franceschini, H. Menzi	162

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