Ruth Delzeit

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ruth Delzeit is a scholar working on Ecology, Economics and Econometrics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Delzeit has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, 8 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Ruth Delzeit's work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (8 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (6 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (6 papers). Ruth Delzeit is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (8 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (6 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (6 papers). Ruth Delzeit collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Czechia. Ruth Delzeit's co-authors include Florian Zabel, Wolfram Mauser, Tomáš Václavík, Julia M. Schneider, Ralf Seppelt, Wolfgang Britz, Gernot Klepper, Carsten Meyer, Birgitta Putzenlechner and Tobias Hank and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Delzeit

30 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Global impacts of future cropland expansion and intensification on agricultural markets and biodiversity

2019 463 citations Florian Zabel, Ruth Delzeit et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Ruth Delzeit

GPC

ECOLO

GABS

EEBS

R. Ripoll‐Bosch Netherlands

Suren Kulshreshtha Canada

Martin von Lampe France

Silvia Secchi United States

Jelle Bruinsma Italy

Mihir Shah India

Rüdiger Schaldach Germany

L. G. Barioni Brazil

Brian H. Jacobsen Denmark

Martin Schönhart Austria

R. Ripoll‐Bosch Netherlands

Ruth Delzeit

390 ×1.1

GPC

543 ×1.9

ECOLO

296 ×1.6

GABS

185 ×1.2

EEBS

193 ×1.3

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Countries citing papers authored by Ruth Delzeit

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruth Delzeit

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth Delzeit

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ruth Delzeit. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ruth Delzeit 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 Ruth Delzeit. Ruth Delzeit is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Delzeit, Ruth, et al.. (2025). Impact of Gasoline and Diesel Subsidy Reforms on Global Biofuel Mandates. GCB Bioenergy. 17(2). 1 indexed citations

Schneider, Julia M., Ruth Delzeit, Ralf Seppelt, et al.. (2024). Effects of profit-driven cropland expansion and conservation policies. Nature Sustainability. 7(10). 1335–1347. 20 indexed citations

Söder, Mareike, et al.. (2023). Phasing out palm and soy oil biodiesel in the EU: What is the benefit?. GCB Bioenergy. 16(1). 7 indexed citations

Delzeit, Ruth, et al.. (2023). Land for fish: Quantifying the connection between the aquaculture sector and agricultural markets. Ecological Economics. 217. 108090–108090. 7 indexed citations

Schneider, Julia M., et al.. (2022). Global cropland could be almost halved: Assessment of land saving potentials under different strategies and implications for agricultural markets. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0263063–e0263063. 19 indexed citations

Ziv, Guy, Michael Beckmann, James M. Bullock, et al.. (2020). BESTMAP: behavioural, Ecological and Socio-economic Tools for Modelling Agricultural Policy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 10 indexed citations

Delzeit, Ruth, et al.. (2019). Using Used Cooking Oil (UCO) for biofuel production: Effects on global land use and interlinkages with food and feed production.. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 1 indexed citations

Zabel, Florian, Ruth Delzeit, Julia M. Schneider, et al.. (2019). Global impacts of future cropland expansion and intensification on agricultural markets and biodiversity. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2844–2844. 463 indexed citations breakdown →

Henning, Christian, et al.. (2019). A Baseline Calibration Procedure for CGE models: An Application for DART. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 2 indexed citations

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Delzeit, Ruth, Gernot Klepper, Florian Zabel, & Wolfram Mauser. (2018). Global economic–biophysical assessment of midterm scenarios for agricultural markets—biofuel policies, dietary patterns, cropland expansion, and productivity growth. Environmental Research Letters. 13(2). 25003–25003. 21 indexed citations

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Delzeit, Ruth, et al.. (2018). Land Use Change under Biofuel Policies and a Tax on Meat and Dairy Products: Considering Complexity in Agricultural Production Chains Matters. Sustainability. 10(2). 419–419. 8 indexed citations

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Delzeit, Ruth, Florian Zabel, Carsten Meyer, & Tomáš Václavík. (2016). Addressing future trade-offs between biodiversity and cropland expansion to improve food security. Regional Environmental Change. 17(5). 1429–1441. 97 indexed citations

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Mauser, Wolfram, Gernot Klepper, Florian Zabel, et al.. (2015). Global biomass production potentials exceed expected future demand without the need for cropland expansion. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8946–8946. 160 indexed citations

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Britz, Wolfgang & Ruth Delzeit. (2013). The impact of German biogas production on European and global agricultural markets, land use and the environment. Energy Policy. 62. 1268–1275. 80 indexed citations

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Delzeit, Ruth, Karin Holm‐Müller, & Wolfgang Britz. (2012). Ökonomische Bewertung des Erneuerbare Energien Gesetzes zur Förderung von Biogas. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik. 13(3). 251–265. 3 indexed citations

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Delzeit, Ruth, Wolfgang Britz, & Karin Holm‐Müller. (2011). Modelling regional input markets with numerous processing plants: The case of green maize for biogas production in Germany. Environmental Modelling & Software. 32. 74–84. 29 indexed citations

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Kreins, Peter, et al.. (2010). AUSWIRKUNGEN DER NOVELLIERUNG DES ERNEUER- BARE-ENERGIEN-GESETZES AUF DIE LANDWIRTSCHAFT. 1 indexed citations

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Delzeit, Ruth & Karin Holm‐Müller. (2008). Steps to discern sustainability criteria for a certification scheme of bioethanol in Brazil: Approach and difficulties. Energy. 34(5). 662–668. 21 indexed citations

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Bleischwitz, Raimund, et al.. (2007). Seltene Metalle : Maßnahmen und Konzepte zur Lösung des Problems konfliktverschärfender Rohstoffausbeutung am Beispiel Coltan. Publication Server of the Wuppertal Institute (Wuppertal Institute). 4 indexed citations

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Erdmann, Lorenz, et al.. (2007). Rare metals : measures and concepts for the solution of the problem of conflict-aggravating raw material extraction ; the example of coltan. Publication Server of the Wuppertal Institute (Wuppertal Institute). 11 indexed citations

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