Thomas Fruergaard Astrup

13.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
199 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

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Thomas Fruergaard Astrup is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Building and Construction and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Fruergaard Astrup has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 57 papers in Building and Construction and 46 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Fruergaard Astrup's work include Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (84 papers), Municipal Solid Waste Management (63 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (43 papers). Thomas Fruergaard Astrup is often cited by papers focused on Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (84 papers), Municipal Solid Waste Management (63 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (43 papers). Thomas Fruergaard Astrup collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Spain and United States. Thomas Fruergaard Astrup's co-authors include Alessio Boldrin, Davide Tonini, Thomas H. Christensen, Roberto Turconi, Kostyantyn Pivnenko, Giorgia Faraca, Thilde Fruergaard, Marie Kampmann Eriksen, Jiří Hykš and Veronica Martinez-Sanchez and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Fruergaard Astrup

197 papers receiving 9.9k citations

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Life cycle assessment (LCA) of electricity generation technologies: Overview, comparability and limitations

2013 557 citations Alessio Boldrin, Thomas Fruergaard Astrup et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Fruergaard Astrup Denmark	60	5.0k	2.7k	2.4k	1.9k	1.1k	199	10.2k
Sunil Kumar India	67	5.3k 1.1×	2.2k 0.8×	3.7k 1.5×	1.1k 0.6×	2.7k 2.5×	387	15.4k
Helmut Rechberger Austria	43	4.4k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	1.8k 1.0×	669 0.6×	132	8.1k
Stefanie Hellweg Switzerland	65	4.1k 0.8×	2.7k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	8.0k 4.3×	1.2k 1.1×	238	18.8k
Morton A. Barlaz United States	57	9.7k 1.9×	2.2k 0.8×	6.2k 2.6×	2.0k 1.1×	1.9k 1.8×	192	15.8k
Gregory A. Keoleian United States	59	1.2k 0.2×	1.7k 0.6×	800 0.3×	2.7k 1.5×	836 0.8×	193	11.6k
Brajesh Dubey India	46	2.0k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	898 0.5×	1.9k 1.8×	197	7.9k
Charlotte Scheutz Denmark	48	4.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	692 0.6×	192	7.1k
Zengwei Yuan China	46	2.1k 0.4×	801 0.3×	2.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	403 0.4×	154	9.1k
Eldon R. Rene Netherlands	60	2.5k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	3.6k 1.5×	1.5k 0.8×	2.9k 2.7×	395	13.2k
Paul H. Brunner Austria	39	2.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	421 0.4×	101	6.6k

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Hauschild, Michael Zwicky, et al.. (2024). Recycling for a sustainable future: Advancing resource efficiency through life cycle assessment resource indicators. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 209. 107759–107759. 3 indexed citations

Astrup, Thomas Fruergaard, et al.. (2024). Additive inclusion in plastic life cycle assessments part I: Review of mechanical recycling studies. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 28(6). 1582–1597. 4 indexed citations

Boldrin, Alessio, et al.. (2023). Degradation of biodegradable plastics in waste management systems and the open environment: A critical review. Journal of Cleaner Production. 434. 140000–140000. 72 indexed citations

Ottosen, Lisbeth M., Lotte Bjerregaard Jensen, Thomas Fruergaard Astrup, et al.. (2021). IMPLEMENTATION STAGE FOR CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN THE DANISH BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SECTOR. Detritus. 26–30. 16 indexed citations

Astrup, Thomas Fruergaard, et al.. (2020). Data representativeness in LCA: A framework for the systematic assessment of data quality relative to technology characteristics. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 25(1). 51–66. 18 indexed citations

Alibardi, Luca, Thomas Fruergaard Astrup, Fabiano Asunis, et al.. (2020). Organic waste biorefineries: Looking towards implementation. Waste Management. 114. 274–286. 81 indexed citations

Malmqvist, Johan, et al.. (2019). TOWARDS CDIO STANDARDS 3.0. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 2 indexed citations

Faraca, Giorgia, Alessio Boldrin, & Thomas Fruergaard Astrup. (2019). Resource quality of wood waste: The importance of physical and chemical impurities in wood waste for recycling. Waste Management. 87. 135–147. 88 indexed citations

Eriksen, Marie Kampmann & Thomas Fruergaard Astrup. (2019). Characterisation of source-separated, rigid plastic waste and evaluation of recycling initiatives: Effects of product design and source-separation system. Waste Management. 87. 161–172. 98 indexed citations

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Astrup, Thomas Fruergaard, Kostyantyn Pivnenko, Marie Kampmann Eriksen, & Alessio Boldrin. (2018). Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Management: Are We Addressing the Key Challenges Ahead of Us?. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 22(5). 1000–1004. 15 indexed citations

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Eriksen, Marie Kampmann, Anders Damgaard, Alessio Boldrin, & Thomas Fruergaard Astrup. (2018). Quality Assessment and Circularity Potential of Recovery Systems for Household Plastic Waste. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 23(1). 156–168. 162 indexed citations

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Maresca, Alberto, et al.. (2018). Column leaching from a Danish forest soil amended with wood ashes: fate of major and trace elements. Biomass and Bioenergy. 109. 91–99. 23 indexed citations

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Astrup, Thomas Fruergaard, et al.. (2017). Linking Data Choices and Context Specificity in Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Treatment Technologies: A Landfill Case Study. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 22(5). 1039–1049. 22 indexed citations

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Laner, David, Helmut Rechberger, & Thomas Fruergaard Astrup. (2015). Applying Fuzzy and Probabilistic Uncertainty Concepts to the Material Flow Analysis of Palladium in Austria. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 19(6). 1055–1069. 37 indexed citations

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Pivnenko, Kostyantyn, Gitte Alsing Pedersen, Eva Eriksson, & Thomas Fruergaard Astrup. (2015). Bisphenol A and its structural analogues in household waste paper. Waste Management. 44. 39–47. 140 indexed citations

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Laner, David, Helmut Rechberger, & Thomas Fruergaard Astrup. (2014). Systematic Evaluation of Uncertainty in Material Flow Analysis. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 18(6). 859–870. 161 indexed citations

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Damgaard, Anders, Hubert Baumeister, Thomas Fruergaard Astrup, & Thomas H. Christensen. (2014). EASETECH – A LCA model for assessment of environmental technologies. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 4 indexed citations

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Tonini, Davide & Thomas Fruergaard Astrup. (2011). Life-cycle assessment of a waste refinery process for enzymatic treatment of municipal solid waste. Waste Management. 32(1). 165–176. 45 indexed citations

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Svensson, Staffan, et al.. (2006). Testing long-term behavior by a duration-of-deformation method. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 1 indexed citations

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Astrup, Thomas Fruergaard. (1964). THE PATHOGENESIS OF ARTERIO-SCLEROSIS.. PubMed. 47. 373–82. 1 indexed citations

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