Trevor Zink

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Trevor Zink is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Trevor Zink has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Strategy and Management, 5 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 4 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Trevor Zink's work include Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (5 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (4 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (4 papers). Trevor Zink is often cited by papers focused on Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (5 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (4 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (4 papers). Trevor Zink collaborates with scholars based in United States, Latvia and Netherlands. Trevor Zink's co-authors include Roland Geyer, Brandon Kuczenski, Richard Startz, Rajeevan Amirtharajah, Venkatesh Akella, Iván Montiel, Petra Christmann, Yuxiong Huang, Eréndira Aceves‐Bueno and Rebecca R. Gentry and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Resources Conservation and Recycling and Ecosystems.

In The Last Decade

Trevor Zink

14 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Circular Economy Rebound

2017 755 citations Trevor Zink, Roland Geyer Journal of Industrial Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Trevor Zink United States	10	812	438	340	324	256	15	1.4k
Anne P.M. Velenturf United Kingdom	17	913 1.1×	430 1.0×	335 1.0×	198 0.6×	353 1.4×	32	1.8k
Ana Carvalho Portugal	21	1.1k 1.4×	330 0.8×	335 1.0×	285 0.9×	241 0.9×	58	2.0k
Joan Manuel F. Mendoza Spain	22	1.0k 1.2×	437 1.0×	506 1.5×	262 0.8×	256 1.0×	38	2.0k
Sophie Huysveld Belgium	17	874 1.1×	802 1.8×	302 0.9×	294 0.9×	215 0.8×	32	1.8k
Blanca Corona Netherlands	23	741 0.9×	341 0.8×	307 0.9×	536 1.7×	176 0.7×	41	2.0k
Maria Sharmina United Kingdom	21	759 0.9×	234 0.5×	413 1.2×	307 0.9×	257 1.0×	63	2.0k
Xiaoman Yu China	17	885 1.1×	372 0.8×	405 1.2×	386 1.2×	440 1.7×	22	1.7k
Andrea Raggi Italy	23	732 0.9×	283 0.6×	412 1.2×	521 1.6×	220 0.9×	75	1.7k
Yann Leroy France	17	1.1k 1.4×	429 1.0×	442 1.3×	241 0.7×	381 1.5×	52	1.7k
Sebastião Roberto Soares Brazil	21	624 0.8×	368 0.8×	224 0.7×	634 2.0×	204 0.8×	42	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Trevor Zink

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15 of 15 papers shown

Genovese, Andrea, et al.. (2025). Revisiting circular economy rebound: Market dynamics, policy implications, and future research directions. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 29(6). 1936–1945.

Zink, Trevor, et al.. (2022). Markets and the Future of the Circular Economy. Circular Economy and Sustainability. 3(3). 1569–1595. 31 indexed citations

Zink, Trevor. (2019). The Inevitable Labor and Environmental Crises and the Need for a New Economic System. Journal of Management Inquiry. 28(3). 311–315. 8 indexed citations

Zink, Trevor & Roland Geyer. (2018). Material Recycling and the Myth of Landfill Diversion. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 23(3). 541–548. 59 indexed citations

Montiel, Iván, Petra Christmann, & Trevor Zink. (2018). The Effect of Sustainability Standard Uncertainty on Certification Decisions of Firms in Emerging Economies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Zink, Trevor & Roland Geyer. (2017). Circular Economy Rebound. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 21(3). 593–602. 755 indexed citations breakdown →

Zink, Trevor, Roland Geyer, & Richard Startz. (2017). Toward Estimating Displaced Primary Production from Recycling: A Case Study of U.S. Aluminum. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 22(2). 314–326. 46 indexed citations

Montiel, Iván, Petra Christmann, & Trevor Zink. (2016). The Effect of Sustainability Standard Uncertainty on Certification Decisions of Firms in Emerging Economies. Journal of Business Ethics. 154(3). 667–681. 36 indexed citations

Geyer, Roland, et al.. (2015). Common Misconceptions about Recycling. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 20(5). 1010–1017. 188 indexed citations

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Zink, Trevor, Roland Geyer, & Richard Startz. (2015). A Market‐Based Framework for Quantifying Displaced Production from Recycling or Reuse. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 20(4). 719–729. 94 indexed citations

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Aceves‐Bueno, Eréndira, Adeyemi S. Adeleye, Darcy Bradley, et al.. (2015). Citizen Science as an Approach for Overcoming Insufficient Monitoring and Inadequate Stakeholder Buy-in in Adaptive Management: Criteria and Evidence. Ecosystems. 18(3). 493–506. 113 indexed citations

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Zink, Trevor. (2014). Net Green: The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the Natural Environment and Employee Satisfaction. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

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Montiel, Iván, Petra Christmann, & Trevor Zink. (2014). The Complexity of Voluntary Sustainability Standards: An Emerging Economies Perspective. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2014(1). 13787–13787. 1 indexed citations

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Zink, Trevor, et al.. (2014). Comparative life cycle assessment of smartphone reuse: repurposing vs. refurbishment. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 19(5). 1099–1109. 91 indexed citations

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Kuczenski, Brandon, Roland Geyer, Trevor Zink, & Ashley G. Henderson. (2014). Material flow analysis of lubricating oil use in California. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 93. 59–66. 26 indexed citations

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