Karel Van Acker

Karel Van Acker

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

H-index: 40

Europe-Belgium

About Karel Van Acker

Karel Van Acker, With an exceptional h-index of 40 and a recent h-index of 29 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, specializes in the field of Sustainability assessments, circular economy, resource efficiency, materials science.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Towards sustainable resource valorization: A life cycle sustainability assessment of metals recovery from sulfidic mining residues in Sweden

SAB: An open-access Python-based integrated platform for fully automated emergent sustainability assessment of biorefineries

How to measure a circular economy: A holistic method compiling policy monitors

The Goals of Product Passports

The circular economy as a requirement for IS

Prospective life cycle assessment of hemp fiber production versus conventional glass fiber production

Use of a fully biobased and non-reprotoxic epoxy polymer and woven hemp fabric to prepare environmentally friendly composite materials with excellent physical properties

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment using the Social Footprint methodology 2021: Comparing sustainability performance of bio fiber with conventional glass fiber

Karel Van Acker Information

University

Position

Full Professor

Citations(all)

7002

Citations(since 2020)

4599

Cited By

3643

hIndex(all)

40

hIndex(since 2020)

29

i10Index(all)

84

i10Index(since 2020)

57

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Karel Van Acker Skills & Research Interests

Sustainability assessments

circular economy

resource efficiency

materials science

Top articles of Karel Van Acker

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Towards sustainable resource valorization: A life cycle sustainability assessment of metals recovery from sulfidic mining residues in Sweden

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Andrea Di Maria

Mohammad Khoshkhoo

Anders Sand

Karel Van Acker

2024/5/1

SAB: An open-access Python-based integrated platform for fully automated emergent sustainability assessment of biorefineries

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Hanie Zarafshani

Ponnapat Watjanatepin

Kranti Navare

Giovanna Sauve

Karel Van Acker

2024/1/4

How to measure a circular economy: A holistic method compiling policy monitors

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

René H Reich

Veerle Vermeyen

Luc Alaerts

Karel Van Acker

2023/1/1

The Goals of Product Passports

René Herbert Reich

Joelle Ayan

Luc Alaerts

Karel Van Acker

2023/9/7

The circular economy as a requirement for IS

René Herbert Reich

2023/6/12

Prospective life cycle assessment of hemp fiber production versus conventional glass fiber production

Hanie Zarafshani

Ponnapat Watjanatepin

Karel Van Acker

2023/7/3

Use of a fully biobased and non-reprotoxic epoxy polymer and woven hemp fabric to prepare environmentally friendly composite materials with excellent physical properties

Composites Part B: Engineering

Kuntawit Witthayolankowit

Thanya Rakkijakan

Rabia Ayub

Ivan Kumaniaev

Sylvie Pourchet

...

2023/6/1

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment using the Social Footprint methodology 2021: Comparing sustainability performance of bio fiber with conventional glass fiber

Hanie Zarafshani

Bo Weidema

Bertram F de Boer

Ponnapat Watjanatepin

Karel Van Acker

2023/5/3

Environmental assessment of woven hemp fibre reinforced epoxy composites and potential applications in aerospace and electric scooter industries

Results in Materials

Ponnapat Watjanatepin

Mark Lepelaar

Jens Verbruggen

Pierre Ouagne

Rosario De Luca

...

2023/12/1

Modeling the current and future flow of post-consumer textile waste in Flanders and the Netherlands

Veerle Vermeyen

2023/7/2

Defining the goals of Product Passports by circular product strategies

Procedia CIRP

René H Reich

Joëlle Ayan

Luc Alaerts

Karel Van Acker

2023/1/1

Preliminary Environmental Assessment of Carbonated Slags as a Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Materials (CCUS)

Materials Proceedings

Ponnapat Watjanatepin

Laura Steinwidder

Anthony de Schutter

Giuseppe Granata

Sara Vicca

...

2023/11/6

The Circular Economy as a requirement for smart information system designs

René Herbert Reich

Luc Alaerts

Karel Van Acker

2023/6/19

Integrated early-stage environmental and economic assessment of emerging technologies and its applicability to the case of plasma gasification

Giovanna Sauve

John Laurence Esguerra

David Laner

Joakim Johansson

Niclas Svensson

...

2023/1/1

Environmental Impact Assessment of Silicon Wafers Supply Chains in the Semiconductor Industry

Abdullah Ahsan Ahmed

René Herbert Reich

Andrea Di Maria

Karel Van Acker

2023/9/27

Building the next generation of circular economy monitors based on information system concepts

Luc Alaerts

Rene Reich

Karel Van Acker

2023/6/12

Evaluating carbon balance of wood cascading–the need for accounting storage period and rate of carbon uptake

Kranti Navare

Wouter Arts

Bert Sels

Giorgia Faraca

Karel Van Acker

2022

Evaluating energy and resource efficiency for recovery of metallurgical residues using environmental and economic analysis

Journal of Cleaner Production

Andrea Di Maria

Mikel Merchán

Muriel Marchand

David Eguizabal

Maider García De Cortázar

...

2022/7/1

Environmental and economic analysis to evaluate the valorization process of metallurgical waste and by-products

Andrea Di Maria

Giovanna Sauve

Mikel Merchán

Muriel Marchand

David Eguizabal

...

2022

Evaluating carbon balance of wood-the need for evaluating storage period and carbon uptake

Kranti Navare

Giorgia Faraca

Bert Sels

Karel Van Acker

2022/6/9

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