Rainer Zah

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Rainer Zah is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Ecology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Zah has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Environmental Engineering, 16 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rainer Zah's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (15 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (14 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (7 papers). Rainer Zah is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (15 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (14 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (7 papers). Rainer Zah collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Chile. Rainer Zah's co-authors include Urs Uehlinger, Rolf Widmer, Marcel Gauch, Patrick Wäger, Dominic A. Notter, Hans‐Jörg Althaus, Anna Stamp, Bernhard Steubing, Roland Hischier and Christian Ludwig and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Zah

54 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Contribution of Li-Ion Batteries to the Environmental Impact of Electric Vehicles

2010 648 citations Dominic A. Notter, Marcel Gauch et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Zah Switzerland	27	692	647	596	528	427	58	2.7k
Zoran J. N. Steinmann Netherlands	21	452 0.7×	299 0.5×	584 1.0×	1.6k 3.1×	440 1.0×	30	4.3k
Frank Graf Germany	28	774 1.1×	176 0.3×	223 0.4×	312 0.6×	496 1.2×	109	4.4k
Pieter M. F. Elshout Netherlands	10	367 0.5×	262 0.4×	571 1.0×	1.3k 2.5×	336 0.8×	12	3.5k
Michiel C. Zijp Netherlands	18	388 0.6×	277 0.4×	574 1.0×	1.4k 2.6×	330 0.8×	25	4.0k
Li Shen Netherlands	31	186 0.3×	200 0.3×	273 0.5×	654 1.2×	424 1.0×	85	3.7k
Sverker Molander Sweden	32	299 0.4×	112 0.2×	466 0.8×	783 1.5×	391 0.9×	110	3.4k
Astley Hastings United Kingdom	35	279 0.4×	168 0.3×	956 1.6×	514 1.0×	1.6k 3.7×	121	5.0k
Francesca Verones Norway	37	501 0.7×	329 0.5×	1.5k 2.5×	2.7k 5.0×	403 0.9×	105	7.1k
Roger Sathre Sweden	39	435 0.6×	304 0.5×	154 0.3×	2.1k 4.0×	301 0.7×	77	5.0k
Tomas Rydberg Sweden	22	436 0.6×	248 0.4×	556 0.9×	2.4k 4.5×	425 1.0×	79	5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Zah

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Zah

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Zah

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rainer Zah. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rainer Zah 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 Rainer Zah. Rainer Zah 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

Wernet, Gregor, et al.. (2019). Contribution-based prioritization of LCI database improvements: the most important unit processes in ecoinvent. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 24(10). 1778–1792. 12 indexed citations

Singh, Reena, et al.. (2012). Environmental Impacts ofJatropha curcasBiodiesel in India. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2012. 1–10. 36 indexed citations

Steubing, Bernhard, Rainer Zah, & Christian Ludwig. (2011). Heat, Electricity, or Transportation? The Optimal Use of Residual and Waste Biomass in Europe from an Environmental Perspective. Environmental Science & Technology. 46(1). 164–171. 70 indexed citations

Zah, Rainer, et al.. (2010). Future Perspectives of 2nd Generation Biofuels. 2 indexed citations

Notter, Dominic A., Marcel Gauch, Rolf Widmer, et al.. (2010). Contribution of Li-Ion Batteries to the Environmental Impact of Electric Vehicles. Environmental Science & Technology. 44(19). 7744–7744. 62 indexed citations

Steubing, Bernhard, et al.. (2010). Bioenergy in Switzerland: Assessing the domestic sustainable biomass potential. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 14(8). 2256–2265. 104 indexed citations

Zah, Rainer, et al.. (2009). Sustainability Quick Check for Biofuels (SQCB): A Web-based tool for streamlined biofuels' LCA. 317–323. 1 indexed citations

Zah, Rainer, et al.. (2009). Special Issue: International trade in biofuels.. Journal of Cleaner Production. 17.

Uehlinger, Urs, et al.. (2009). The physico-chemical habitat template for periphyton in alpine glacial streams under a changing climate. Hydrobiologia. 657(1). 107–121. 66 indexed citations

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Zah, Rainer, et al.. (2009). International trade in biofuels: an introduction to the special issue. Journal of Cleaner Production. 17. S1–S3. 32 indexed citations

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Malard, Florian, Urs Uehlinger, Rainer Zah, & Klement Tockner. (2006). FLOOD-PULSE AND RIVERSCAPE DYNAMICS IN A BRAIDED GLACIAL RIVER. Ecology. 87(3). 704–716. 106 indexed citations

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Zah, Rainer, Roland Hischier, Alcides Lopes Leão, & Ingo Braun. (2006). Curauá fibers in the automobile industry – a sustainability assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production. 15(11-12). 1032–1040. 227 indexed citations

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Hilty, Lorenz M., et al.. (2005). Working slower with more powerful computers. ERCIM news/ERCIM news online edition. 62. 58–59. 2 indexed citations

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Kneubühler, Mathias, et al.. (2005). Determination of water quality parameters in Indian ponds using remote sensing methods. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 301–315. 7 indexed citations

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Zah, Rainer, et al.. (2001). Long-term Dynamics of the Channel Network in a Glacial Floodplain, Val Roseg, Switzerland. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 33(4). 440–446. 17 indexed citations

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Zah, Rainer, et al.. (2001). Long-Term Dynamics of the Channel Network in a Glacial Floodplain, Val Roseg, Switzerland. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 33(4). 440–440. 13 indexed citations

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Meyer, Elisabeth I., et al.. (2001). Discontinuities in stream systems induced by low flow and drought. SIL Proceedings 1922-2010. 27(6). 3727–3728. 1 indexed citations

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Zah, Rainer, et al.. (2000). Application of photogrammetry in freshwater ecology: analysing the morphology of a high alpine flood-plain. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 1739–1746. 4 indexed citations

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Uehlinger, Urs, et al.. (1998). The Val Roseg project: temporal and spatial patterns of benthic algae in an Alpine stream ecosystem influenced by glacier runoff. DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 16 indexed citations

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Ward, J. V., Peter Burgherr, Mark O. Gessner, et al.. (1998). The Val Roseg project: habitat heterogeneity and connectivity gradients in a glacial flood-plain system. DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 425–432. 4 indexed citations

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