Walter R. Stahel

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Walter R. Stahel is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter R. Stahel has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 3 papers in Strategy and Management and 3 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Walter R. Stahel's work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (3 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (3 papers) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (2 papers). Walter R. Stahel is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Policy and Economics (3 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (3 papers) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (2 papers). Walter R. Stahel collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and India. Walter R. Stahel's co-authors include Jérôme Dupras, Sébastien Lamontagne, Sébastien Sauvé, Kristina Dahlström, Jim Skea, Göran Skogh, Henrikke Baumann, Roland Clift, Richard Murphy and Angela Wilkinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences and Science and Public Policy.

In The Last Decade

Walter R. Stahel

30 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

The circular economy 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 500 1000 1.5k
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. The circular economy
    2016 1.5k citations Walter R. Stahel Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter R. Stahel Switzerland 13 1.3k 761 474 469 274 31 2.4k
Antero Honkasalo Finland 8 1.7k 1.3× 830 1.1× 541 1.1× 562 1.2× 291 1.1× 15 2.5k
Cali Nuur Sweden 20 1.3k 1.0× 650 0.9× 306 0.6× 409 0.9× 292 1.1× 53 2.3k
Lucila Maria de Souza Campos Brazil 26 1.6k 1.2× 823 1.1× 337 0.7× 353 0.8× 300 1.1× 125 2.8k
Joan Manuel F. Mendoza Spain 22 1.0k 0.8× 506 0.7× 437 0.9× 256 0.5× 347 1.3× 38 2.0k
Michael Lieder Sweden 10 1.9k 1.4× 920 1.2× 550 1.2× 893 1.9× 261 1.0× 13 2.5k
Josef‐Peter Schöggl Austria 21 1.2k 0.9× 580 0.8× 327 0.7× 426 0.9× 184 0.7× 41 1.9k
Sjors Witjes Netherlands 10 1.4k 1.1× 733 1.0× 385 0.8× 416 0.9× 276 1.0× 22 1.8k
Fiona Charnley United Kingdom 23 1.9k 1.5× 1.0k 1.3× 380 0.8× 896 1.9× 242 0.9× 57 2.9k
Aldo Roberto Ometto Brazil 32 1.7k 1.3× 857 1.1× 627 1.3× 663 1.4× 372 1.4× 91 3.1k
Roberta Salomone Italy 30 1.6k 1.2× 836 1.1× 439 0.9× 427 0.9× 463 1.7× 64 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Walter R. Stahel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter R. Stahel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter R. Stahel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sauvé, Sébastien, Sébastien Lamontagne, Jérôme Dupras, & Walter R. Stahel. (2021). Circular economy of water: Tackling quantity, quality and footprint of water. Environmental Development. 39. 100651–100651. 45 indexed citations
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Stahel, Walter R.. (2020). The circular economy and intelligent decentralization, nanotechnologies and materials,minerals and mining. Nanotechnology Perceptions. 16(2). 151–168.
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Stahel, Walter R., et al.. (2019). The Circular Economy. 117 indexed citations
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Stahel, Walter R., et al.. (2019). The Circular Economy: A User's Guide. 69 indexed citations
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Stahel, Walter R., et al.. (2017). The Sustainable Business WorkBook. 1 indexed citations
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Stahel, Walter R.. (2016). The circular economy. Nature. 531(7595). 435–438. 1530 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stahel, Walter R.. (2016). Durability, Function and Performance. 183–204. 9 indexed citations
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Stahel, Walter R., et al.. (2016). Économie circulaire : système économique et finitude des ressources / Vincent Aurez, Laurent Georgeault ; préface de Walter Stahel ; postface de Dominique Bourg. 2 indexed citations
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Köhler, Jonathan, Kristian Lindgren, Walter R. Stahel, et al.. (2015). Concurrent Design Foresight. Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Stahel, Walter R., et al.. (2014). Climate change as a major risk management challenge: How to engage the global insurance industry. 2(1). 153–188. 2 indexed citations
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Stahel, Walter R.. (2013). Policy for material efficiency—sustainable taxation as a departure from the throwaway society. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 371(1986). 20110567–20110567. 177 indexed citations
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Stahel, Walter R.. (2009). In Favour of a Proactive Insurance Approach to Climate Change. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Issues and Practice. 34(3). 319–322. 4 indexed citations
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Stahel, Walter R.. (2007). Resource-miser business models. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management. 7(5/6). 483–483. 12 indexed citations
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Stahel, Walter R.. (2005). The Functional Economy: Cultural & Organizational Change. International Journal of Performability Engineering. 1(2). 121. 73 indexed citations
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Dahlström, Kristina, Jim Skea, & Walter R. Stahel. (2003). Innovation, Insurability and Sustainable Development: Sharing Risk Management between Insurers and the State. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Issues and Practice. 28(3). 394–412. 13 indexed citations
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Stahel, Walter R.. (2002). Insurance, Risk Management and Culture. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Issues and Practice. 27(2). 268–274. 3 indexed citations
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Stahel, Walter R., et al.. (1996). Öko-intelligente Produkte, Dienstleistungen und Arbeit. Publication Server of the Wuppertal Institute (Wuppertal Institute). 1 indexed citations
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Stahel, Walter R., et al.. (1990). Les limites du certain : affronter les risques dans une nouvelle économie de service. 7 indexed citations
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Stahel, Walter R.. (1986). Product life as a variable: the notion of utilization. Science and Public Policy. 13(4). 185–193. 26 indexed citations

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