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Global phosphorus scarcity: identifying synergies for a sustainable future

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, October 2011
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#40 of 4,547)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
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9 Wikipedia pages

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Title
Global phosphorus scarcity: identifying synergies for a sustainable future
Published in
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, October 2011
DOI 10.1002/jsfa.4650
Pubmed ID
Authors

Tina‐Simone S Neset, Dana Cordell

Abstract

Global food production is dependent on constant inputs of phosphorus. In the current system this phosphorus is not predominantly derived from organic recycled waste, but to a large degree from phosphate-rock based mineral fertilisers. However, phosphate rock is a finite resource that cannot be manufactured. Our dependency therefore needs to be addressed from a sustainability perspective in order to ensure global food supplies for a growing global population. The situation is made more urgent by predictions that, for example, the consumption of resource intensive foods and the demand for biomass energy will increase. The scientific and societal debate has so far been focussed on the exact timing of peak phosphorus and on when the total depletion of the global reserves will occur. Even though the timing of these events is important, all dimensions of phosphorus scarcity need to be addressed in a manner which acknowledges linkages to other sustainable development challenges and which takes into consideration the synergies between different sustainability measures. Many sustainable phosphorus measures have positive impacts on other challenges; for example, shifting global diets to more plant-based foods would not only reduce global phosphorus consumption, but also reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce nitrogen fertiliser demand and reduce water consumption.

Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 <1%
Belgium 2 <1%
Australia 2 <1%
Burkina Faso 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Malaysia 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Other 2 <1%
Unknown 373 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 76 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 72 19%
Student > Bachelor 49 13%
Researcher 44 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 22 6%
Other 50 13%
Unknown 74 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 101 26%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 85 22%
Engineering 34 9%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 16 4%
Social Sciences 12 3%
Other 52 13%
Unknown 87 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 57. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 January 2023.
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#708,512
of 24,712,008 outputs
Outputs from Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
#40
of 4,547 outputs
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#2,712
of 136,785 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
#1
of 38 outputs
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