Thomas H. Christensen

31.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
361 papers, 23.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas H. Christensen is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas H. Christensen has authored 361 papers receiving a total of 23.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 103 papers in Environmental Engineering and 77 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Thomas H. Christensen's work include Municipal Solid Waste Management (114 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (71 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (67 papers). Thomas H. Christensen is often cited by papers focused on Municipal Solid Waste Management (114 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (71 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (67 papers). Thomas H. Christensen collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and China. Thomas H. Christensen's co-authors include Poul Løgstrup Bjerg, Peter Kjeldsen, Gorm Heron, Anders Baun, Alessio Boldrin, Anders Damgaard, D.L. Jensen, Thomas Fruergaard Astrup, Anna Ledin and Hans‐Jørgen Albrechtsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Thomas H. Christensen

353 papers receiving 22.4k 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.

Present and Long-Term Composition of MSW Landfill Leachate: A Review

2002 1.9k citations Peter Kjeldsen, Thomas H. Christensen et al. profile →
Biogeochemistry of landfill leachate plumes

2001 1.0k citations Thomas H. Christensen, Peter Kjeldsen et al. profile →
Review of LCA studies of solid waste management systems – Part I: Lessons learned and perspectives

2013 538 citations Julie Clavreul, Thomas H. Christensen et al. Waste Management profile →
Review of LCA studies of solid waste management systems – Part II: Methodological guidance for a better practice

2014 358 citations Julie Clavreul, Thomas H. Christensen et al. Waste Management profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Thomas H. Christensen	11.5k	5.9k	5.3k	4.6k	2.9k	361	23.9k
Pinjing He	6.1k 0.5×	5.7k 1.0×	1.8k 0.4×	5.6k 1.2×	4.0k 1.4×	419	17.4k
Piet N.L. Lens	5.8k 0.5×	10.2k 1.7×	5.2k 1.0×	7.8k 1.7×	7.4k 2.5×	785	31.9k
Deyi Hou	4.0k 0.4×	9.5k 1.6×	1.8k 0.3×	1.5k 0.3×	3.5k 1.2×	255	23.2k
Jonathan W.C. Wong	4.3k 0.4×	6.3k 1.1×	1.4k 0.3×	3.7k 0.8×	3.3k 1.1×	397	18.5k
Yu Liu	6.9k 0.6×	14.0k 2.4×	3.7k 0.7×	4.8k 1.0×	7.4k 2.5×	856	37.3k
Morton A. Barlaz	9.7k 0.8×	6.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.4×	2.2k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	192	15.8k
Jürg Keller	6.6k 0.6×	15.7k 2.6×	17.0k 3.2×	3.4k 0.7×	4.7k 1.6×	337	35.9k
Byong‐Hun Jeon	3.0k 0.3×	4.3k 0.7×	1.6k 0.3×	2.0k 0.4×	5.9k 2.0×	623	25.2k
Bing‐Jie Ni	8.0k 0.7×	16.4k 2.8×	4.7k 0.9×	4.9k 1.1×	4.7k 1.6×	655	31.9k
Xiaochang C. Wang	4.2k 0.4×	7.0k 1.2×	2.3k 0.4×	2.2k 0.5×	3.6k 1.2×	498	18.2k

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Boldrin, Alessio, Thomas H. Christensen, Fabiana Corami, et al.. (2025). Disintegration of commercial biodegradable plastic products under simulated industrial composting conditions. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 8569–8569. 10 indexed citations

Bisinella, Valentina, et al.. (2024). Climate change impacts of biological treatment of liquid digestate from the anaerobic digestion of food waste. Waste Management. 193. 339–349. 2 indexed citations

Chang, Huimin, Yan Zhao, Valentina Bisinella, Anders Damgaard, & Thomas H. Christensen. (2023). Climate change impacts of conventional sewage sludge treatment and disposal. Water Research. 240. 120109–120109. 32 indexed citations

Yoshida, Hiroko, Marieke ten Hoeve, Thomas H. Christensen, et al.. (2017). Life cycle assessment of sewage sludge management options including long-term impacts after land application. Journal of Cleaner Production. 174. 538–547. 107 indexed citations

Lazcano, Cristina, Julia Martínez-Blanco, Thomas H. Christensen, et al.. (2014). Environmental benefits of compost use on land through LCA – a review of the current gaps. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 674–682. 7 indexed citations

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

Zhao, Yan, Wei Xing, Wenjing Lü, Xu Zhang, & Thomas H. Christensen. (2012). Environmental impact assessment of the incineration of municipal solid waste with auxiliary coal in China. Waste Management. 32(10). 1989–1998. 57 indexed citations

Xing, Wei, Wenjing Lü, Yan Zhao, et al.. (2012). Environmental impact assessment of leachate recirculation in landfill of municipal solid waste by comparing with evaporation and discharge (EASEWASTE). Waste Management. 33(2). 382–389. 34 indexed citations

Clavreul, Julie & Thomas H. Christensen. (2011). Uncertainties in life cycle assessment of waste management systems. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 1 indexed citations

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Christensen, Thomas H.. (2011). Solid Waste Technology and Management. Wiley eBooks. 133 indexed citations

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Damgaard, Anders, et al.. (2011). LCA and economic evaluation of landfill leachate and gas technologies. Waste Management. 31(7). 1532–1541. 72 indexed citations

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Merrild, Hanna, Anders Damgaard, & Thomas H. Christensen. (2008). Life cycle assessment of waste paper management: The importance of technology data and system boundaries in assessing recycling and incineration. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 52(12). 1391–1398. 140 indexed citations

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Birgisdóttir, Harpa, Jesper Gamst, & Thomas H. Christensen. (2007). Leaching of PAHs from Hot Mix Asphalt Pavements. Environmental Engineering Science. 24(10). 1409–1422. 27 indexed citations

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Gamst, Jesper, Peter Kjeldsen, J. Bindslev Hansen, Kim Broholm, & Thomas H. Christensen. (2003). Leaching of PAH's from soil:Comparison of two conceptually different column tests and a batch tests. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 2 indexed citations

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Lundtorp, Kasper, et al.. (2001). High temperature co-treatment of bottom ash and stabilized fly ashes from waste incineration. Waste Management. 21(6). 555–562. 35 indexed citations

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Heron, Gorm, Thomas H. Christensen, & Carl G. Enfield. (1998). Henry's law constant for trichloroethylene between 10 and 95 degree C. Environmental Science & Technology. 38(10). 1433–1437. 1 indexed citations

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Albrechtsen, Hans‐Jørgen, Gorm Heron, & Thomas H. Christensen. (1995). Limiting factors for microbial Fe(III) -reduction in a landfill leachate polluted aquifer (Vejen, Denmark). FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 16(3). 233–248. 42 indexed citations

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Albrechtsen, Hans‐Jørgen, et al.. (1994). Nedbrydning og sorption i kalkaflejring. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 1 indexed citations

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Jensen, Kaare H., et al.. (1986). Solute transport and chemical processes: The present state of the unsaturated zone component of the she modelling system. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU).

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Tjell, Jens Christian & Thomas H. Christensen. (1985). Evidence of increasing cadmium contents of agricultural soils. Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU). 3 indexed citations

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