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Steven Van Passel

Steven Van Passel

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
49
Citations
9838
World Ranking
1450
National Ranking
14

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
52
Citations
10603
World Ranking
4465
National Ranking
62

Steven Van Passel publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven Van Passel sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 302 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Steven Van Passel D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven Van Passel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Steven Van Passel is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium, where their research primarily addresses environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their scholarly output encompasses a substantial corpus of work totaling more than ninety-one publications in environmental science and seventy-seven in agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist's research spans key subfields including economics and econometrics, general agricultural and biological sciences, global and planetary change, strategy and management, and soil science.

Principal topics of their work include sustainable supply chain management, agricultural innovations and practices, climate change impacts on agriculture, economic and environmental valuation, environmental impact and sustainability, land use and ecosystem services, and agricultural risk and resilience.

Steven Van Passel has contributed to a variety of recent papers, such as:

  • Urban green infrastructure: A review on valuation toolkits from an urban planning perspective, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Rethinking resilient agriculture: From Climate-Smart Agriculture to Vulnerable-Smart Agriculture, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Techno-economic assessment of mechanical recycling of challenging post-consumer plastic packaging waste, 2021, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Economic performance of pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste: Open-loop versus closed-loop recycling, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • A review on learning effects in prospective technology assessment, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Frequent collaborators have included Pieter Billen, Enyew Adgo, Hossein Azadi, Jan Nyssen, and Philippe Nimmegeers.

Their work has been published in several notable venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Environment Development and Sustainability
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Best Publications

  • Enhanced Landfill Mining in view of multiple resource recovery: a critical review

    Peter Tom Jones;Daneel Geysen;Yves Tielemans;Steven Van Passel

  • Organic Farming and Small-Scale Farmers: Main Opportunities and Challenges

    Zeynab Jouzi;Hossein Azadi;Fatemeh Taheri;Kiumars Zarafshani

  • Bridging the gap between LCA, LCC and CBA as sustainability assessment tools

    Rob Hoogmartens;Steven Van Passel;Karel Van Acker;Maarten Dubois

  • Measuring farm sustainability and explaining differences in sustainable efficiency

    Steven Van Passel;Frank Nevens;Erik Mathijs;Guido Van Huylenbroeck

  • MOTIFS: a monitoring tool for integrated farm sustainability

    Marijke Meul;Steven Van Passel;Frank Nevens;Joost Dessein

  • Life cycle analyses of organic photovoltaics: a review

    Sebastien Lizin;Steven Van Passel;Ellen De Schepper;Wouter Maes

  • Determinants of risk behaviour: effects of perceived risks and risk attitude on farmer’s adoption of risk management strategies

    F. van Winsen;Y. de Mey;L. Lauwers;S. Van Passel

  • Urban green infrastructure: A review on valuation toolkits from an urban planning perspective.

    Wito Van Oijstaeijen;Steven Van Passel;Jan Cools

  • A Ricardian Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on European Agriculture

    Steven Van Passel;Steven Van Passel;Steven Van Passel;Emanuele Massetti;Robert O. Mendelsohn

  • Rethinking resilient agriculture: From Climate-Smart Agriculture to Vulnerable-Smart Agriculture

    Hossein Azadi;Hossein Azadi;Hossein Azadi;Saghi Movahhed Moghaddam;Stefan Burkart;Hossein Mahmoudi

  • How to assess the potential of emerging green technologies? Towards a prospective environmental and techno-economic assessment framework

    Gwenny Thomassen;Miet Van Dael;Steven Van Passel;Steven Van Passel;Fengqi You

  • The economics of enhanced landfill mining: private and societal performance drivers

    Steven Van Passel;Maarten Dubois;Maarten Dubois;Johan Eyckmans;Johan Eyckmans;Serge de Gheldere

  • Techno-economic assessment of mechanical recycling of challenging post-consumer plastic packaging waste

    Macarena Larrain;Steven Van Passel;Gwenny Thomassen;Gwenny Thomassen;Bart Van Gorp

  • Renewable energy development in rural areas of Iran

    Nashmil Afsharzade;Abdolhamid Papzan;Mehdi Ashjaee;Sohrab Delangizan

  • Battery pack recycling: Behaviour change interventions derived from an integrative theory of planned behaviour study

    Sebastien Lizin;Miet Van Dael;Steven Van Passel

  • A systematic review of environmental and economic impacts of smart grids

    M. Moretti;S. Njakou Djomo;S. Njakou Djomo;H. Azadi;K. May

  • Multilevel and multi-user sustainability assessment of farming systems

    Steven Van Passel;Marijke Meul

  • The Future of Ex-Ante LCA? Lessons Learned and Practical Recommendations

    Matthias Buyle;Amaryllis Audenaert;Pieter Billen;Katrien Boonen

  • Economic performance of pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste : open-loop versus closed-loop recycling

    Macarena Larrain;Steven Van Passel;Gwenny Thomassen;Gwenny Thomassen;Uros Kresovic

  • Sustainable value assessment of farms using frontier efficiency benchmarks

    Steven Van Passel;Guido Van Huylenbroeck;Ludwig Lauwers;Erik Mathijs

  • Food Miles to assess sustainability: A revision

    Steven Van Passel

  • MOTIFS : a monitoring tool for integrated farm sustainability

    Marijke Meul;Steven Van Passel;Frank Nevens;Joost Dessein

Frequent Co-Authors

Hossein Azadi
Hossein Azadi Ghent University
Jan Nyssen
Jan Nyssen Ghent University
Frank Witlox
Frank Witlox Ghent University
Guido Van Huylenbroeck
Guido Van Huylenbroeck Ghent University
Miet Maertens
Miet Maertens KU Leuven
Robert M. Malina
Robert M. Malina The University of Texas at Austin
Erik Mathijs
Erik Mathijs KU Leuven
Robert Mendelsohn
Robert Mendelsohn Yale University
Jean Manca
Jean Manca Hasselt University
Ben Derudder
Ben Derudder KU Leuven

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