2026 Mario Giampietro: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	53	4259	4079	109	109	189	10172

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Mario Giampietro is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science with significant contributions to the understanding of sustainability and ecological systems.

Their recent publications include the following:

From elite folk science to the policy legend of the circular economy, 2020, Environmental Science & Policy
The technique is never neutral. How methodological choices condition the generation of narratives for sustainability, 2020, Environmental Science & Policy
Towards a circular nutrient economy. A novel way to analyze the circularity of nutrient flows in food systems, 2021, Resources Conservation and Recycling
A multiscale integrated analysis of the factors characterizing the sustainability of food systems in Europe, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
Environmental pressure of the European agricultural system: Anticipating the biophysical consequences of internalization, 2020, Ecosystem Services

The scientist has collaborated frequently with the following coauthors:

Sandra G.F. Bukkens
Ansel Renner
Juan José Cadillo-Benalcazar
Raúl Velasco-Fernández
Maddalena Ripa

They publish frequently in several venues, particularly:

Environmental Science & Policy
Energy
SSRN Electronic Journal
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Resources Conservation and Recycling

In terms of research focus, their main fields and subfields of study comprise:

Environmental Science
Environmental Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Water Science and Technology
Global and Planetary Change

Their key research topics include:

Environmental Impact and Sustainability
Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
Global Energy and Sustainability Research
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Process Optimization and Integration

Best Publications

Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Agroecosystems

Mario Giampietro

509
Citations
Feasibility of Large-Scale Biofuel Production

Mario Giampietro;Sergio Ulgiati;David Pimentel

392
Citations
Multi-scale integrated analysis of societal and ecosystem metabolism (MuSIASEM): Theoretical concepts and basic rationale

Mario Giampietro;Kozo Mayumi;Jesus Ramos-Martin

330
Citations
The Biofuel Delusion: The Fallacy of Large Scale Agro-Biofuels Production

Mario Giampietro;Kozo Mayumi

318
Citations
The Metabolic Pattern of Societies: Where Economists Fall Short

Mario Giampietro;Kozo Mayumi;Alevgül H. Sorman

317
Citations
The Hijacking of the Bioeconomy

Franck-Dominique Vivien;Martino Nieddu;Nicolas Befort;Romain Debref

301
Citations
Are Local Food Chains More Sustainable than Global Food Chains? Considerations for Assessment

Gianluca Brunori;Francesca Galli;Dominique Barjolle;Rudolf van Broekhuizen

279
Citations
Multiple-Scale Integrated Assessment of Societal Metabolism: Introducing the Approach

Mario Giampietro;Kozo Mayumi

235
Citations
Energy Analysis for a Sustainable Future: Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism

Mario Giampietro;Kozo Mayumi;Alevgül H. Şorman

215
Citations
Multiple-Scale Integrated Assessments of Societal Metabolism: Integrating Biophysical and Economic Representations Across Scales

Mario Giampietro;Kozo Mayumi

208
Citations
Integrated assessment and energy analysis : Quality assurance in multi-criteria analysis of sustainability

Mario Giampietro;Kozo Mayumi;Giuseppe Munda

192
Citations
Fossil energy use in agriculture: an international comparison

Piero Conforti;Mario Giampietro

177
Citations
Using hierarchy theory to explore the concept of sustainable development

Mario Giampietro

170
Citations
The energetic metabolism of societies and the degrowth paradigm: analyzing biophysical constraints and realities

Alevgul H. Sorman;Mario Giampietro

169
Citations
Resource accounting for sustainability assessment : the nexus between energy, food, water and land use

Mario Giampietro;Richard J. Aspinall;Jesus Ramos-Martin;Sandra G. F. Bukkens

165
Citations
Energy analysis of agricultural ecosystem management: human return and sustainability

Mario Giampietro;Giovanni Cerretelli;David Pimentel

162
Citations
Technological changes in energy use in U.S. agricultural production.

David Pimentel;Wen Dazhong;Mario Giampietro

158
Citations
Questioning the Ecological Footprint

Alessandro Galli;Mario Giampietro;Mario Giampietro;Steve Goldfinger;Elias Lazarus

146
Citations
From elite folk science to the policy legend of the circular economy

Mario Giampietro;Silvio O. Funtowicz

136
Citations
Footprints to nowhere

Mario Giampietro;Mario Giampietro;Andrea Saltelli

130
Citations
Socioeconomic pressure, demographic pressure, environmental loading and technological changes in agriculture

Mario Giampietro

123
Citations
Integrated Assessment of Large-Scale Biofuel Production

Mario Giampietro;Sergio Ulgiati

120
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Pimentel Cornell University

Andrea Saltelli UPF Barcelona School of Management

Jeroen P. van der Sluijs University of Bergen

Sergio Ulgiati Parthenope University of Naples

John M. Gowdy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Alan C. Brent Victoria University of Wellington

Maurizio G. Paoletti University of Padua

I.J.M. de Boer Wageningen University & Research

Joan Rieradevall Autonomous University of Barcelona

Mathis Wackernagel Technical University of Munich

External Links

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