Urs Baier

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 851 citations indexed

About

Urs Baier is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Building and Construction and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Urs Baier has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 851 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 7 papers in Building and Construction and 5 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Urs Baier's work include Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (7 papers), Phosphorus and nutrient management (4 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (3 papers). Urs Baier is often cited by papers focused on Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production (7 papers), Phosphorus and nutrient management (4 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (3 papers). Urs Baier collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Israel. Urs Baier's co-authors include Stefanie Hellweg, Claudio Beretta, Franziska Stoessel, Oliver Thees, Vanessa Burg, Gillianne Bowman, C.J. Banks, Yue Zhang, S. Heaven and Klaus G. Troitzsch and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Bioresource Technology and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Urs Baier

21 papers receiving 822 citations

Hit Papers

Quantifying food losses and the potential for reduction i... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Quantifying food losses and the potential for reduction in Switzerland
    2012 459 citations Claudio Beretta, Franziska Stoessel et al. Waste Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Urs Baier Switzerland 9 437 301 160 147 124 23 851
Gudrun Obersteiner Austria 12 432 1.0× 460 1.5× 147 0.9× 78 0.5× 122 1.0× 28 1.0k
Jenny Gustavsson Sweden 9 663 1.5× 324 1.1× 222 1.4× 123 0.8× 241 1.9× 13 1.4k
Amanda Cuéllar United States 8 332 0.8× 152 0.5× 90 0.6× 88 0.6× 115 0.9× 11 698
Valeria De Laurentiis Italy 14 594 1.4× 263 0.9× 65 0.4× 102 0.7× 186 1.5× 23 1.3k
Francesca Girotto Italy 14 336 0.8× 277 0.9× 315 2.0× 162 1.1× 84 0.7× 34 1.1k
David J. Tonjes United States 13 728 1.7× 659 2.2× 119 0.7× 84 0.6× 207 1.7× 36 1.3k
Paola Federica Albizzati Spain 11 268 0.6× 313 1.0× 56 0.3× 141 1.0× 54 0.4× 14 678
Konstadinos Abeliotis Greece 15 331 0.8× 308 1.0× 76 0.5× 69 0.5× 137 1.1× 52 954
Cristina Ghinea Romania 15 219 0.5× 327 1.1× 117 0.7× 76 0.5× 69 0.6× 52 782
Erasmo Cadena Spain 11 149 0.3× 359 1.2× 109 0.7× 77 0.5× 63 0.5× 26 922

Countries citing papers authored by Urs Baier

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Fields of papers citing papers by Urs Baier

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Urs Baier. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Urs Baier. The network helps show where Urs Baier may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Urs Baier

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

All Works

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Baier, Urs, et al.. (2022). Hydrothermal carbonization as an alternative sanitation technology: process optimization and development of low-cost reactor. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 139–139. 2 indexed citations
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Merkle, Wolfgang, et al.. (2022). Two-stage anaerobic digestion: State of technology and perspective roles in future energy systems. Bioresource Technology. 360. 127633–127633. 49 indexed citations
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Joshi, Akshay, et al.. (2022). Systematic development of extraction methods for quantitative microplastics analysis in soils using metal-doped plastics. Environmental Pollution. 311. 119933–119933. 28 indexed citations
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Baier, Urs, et al.. (2021). Hydrothermal carbonization as an alternative sanitation technology: process optimization and development of low-cost reactor. Open Research Europe. 1. 139–139. 3 indexed citations
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Saidmamatov, Olimjon, et al.. (2021). Challenges and Solutions for Biogas Production from Agriculture Waste in the Aral Sea Basin. Processes. 9(2). 199–199. 12 indexed citations
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Burg, Vanessa, et al.. (2021). Farmer's willingness to adopt private and collective biogas facilities: An agent-based modeling approach. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 167. 105400–105400. 45 indexed citations
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Banks, C.J., S. Heaven, Yue Zhang, & Urs Baier. (2018). Food waste digestion: anaerobic digestion of food waste for a circular economy. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 61 indexed citations
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Burg, Vanessa, et al.. (2018). Valorization of an untapped resource: Energy and greenhouse gas emissions benefits of converting manure to biogas through anaerobic digestion. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 136. 53–62. 83 indexed citations
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Baier, Urs, et al.. (2018). Lebensmittelabfälle in Schweizer Grüngut. 1 indexed citations
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Baier, Urs, et al.. (2016). Biologische Methanisierung : Methanogenese als mikrobiologische Alternative zur katalytischen Methanisierung. Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften digital collection (Zurich University of Applied Sciences). 96. 18–23. 1 indexed citations
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Baier, Urs, et al.. (2015). Behandlung des Prozesswassers aus hydrothermal karbonisiertem Klärschlamm vor der Einleitung in eine Abwasserreinigungsanlage. 156(10). 1004–1011. 2 indexed citations
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Beretta, Claudio, Franziska Stoessel, Urs Baier, & Stefanie Hellweg. (2012). Quantifying food losses and the potential for reduction in Switzerland. Waste Management. 33(3). 764–773. 459 indexed citations breakdown →
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Baier, Urs, et al.. (2007). Methanverluste bei der Biogasaufbereitung. Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften digital collection (Zurich University of Applied Sciences). 2 indexed citations
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Baier, Urs, et al.. (2005). Environmental aspects of the anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes and of solid agricultural wastes. Water Science & Technology. 52(1-2). 203–208. 46 indexed citations
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Baier, Urs, et al.. (2003). Großflächenbeschichtung mit superhartem Kohlenstoff. Large area deposition of superhard carbon films. Vakuum in Forschung und Praxis. 15(6). 299–304.
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Baier, Urs. (1997). Thermal inactivation of plant seeds in sewage sludge. Water Science & Technology. 36(11). 197–202. 1 indexed citations
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Baier, Urs, et al.. (1997). Enhanced anaerobic degradation of mechanically disintegrated sludge. Water Science & Technology. 36(11). 137–143. 39 indexed citations
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Petrozzi, Sergio, et al.. (1989). Methods of anaerobic degradation of toxic compounds in chemical and industrial wastewaters.. PubMed. 12. 35–72. 4 indexed citations

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