OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Resources Conservation and Recycling is 89. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Challenges toward carbon neutrality in China: Strategies and countermeasures	648
Severe air pollution events not avoided by reduced anthropogenic activities during COVID-19 outbreak	505
A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies	456
Challenges, opportunities, and innovations for effective solid waste management during and post COVID-19 pandemic	444
Blockchain for the future of sustainable supply chain management in Industry 4.0	372
A brave new world: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for transitioning to sustainable supply and production	335
Pro-environmental behaviors through the lens of the theory of planned behavior: A scoping review	327
A Comprehensive Review on Recycled Aggregate and Recycled Aggregate Concrete	293
Recycling waste rubber tyres in construction materials and associated environmental considerations: A review	287
Policies for transitioning towards a circular economy: Expectations from the European Union (EU)	258
Improper solid waste management increases potential for COVID-19 spread in developing countries	229
The impact of low-carbon city construction on ecological efficiency: Empirical evidence from quasi-natural experiments	228
A typology of circular economy discourses: Navigating the diverse visions of a contested paradigm	220
Recycling of landfill wastes (tyres, plastics and glass) in construction – A review on global waste generation, performance, application and future opportunities	211
Managing supply chains for sustainable operations in the era of industry 4.0 and circular economy: Analysis of barriers	204
Dynamic and causality interrelationships from municipal solid waste recycling to economic growth, carbon emissions and energy efficiency using a novel bootstrapping autoregressive distributed lag	201
The narrative of sustainability and circular economy - A longitudinal review of two decades of research	201
Blockchain technology adoption barriers in the Indian agricultural supply chain: an integrated approach	197
Digital technologies catalyzing business model innovation for circular economy—Multiple case study	186
Review of critical metal dynamics to 2050 for 48 elements	185
Towards a circular economy for plastic packaging wastes – the environmental potential of chemical recycling	184
The impact of low-carbon city pilot policy on the total factor productivity of listed enterprises in China	180
Energy transition and carbon neutrality: Exploring the non-linear impact of renewable energy development on carbon emission efficiency in developed countries	179
Does digital financial inclusion matter for economic growth and environmental sustainability in OBRI economies? An empirical analysis	175
Effects of agriculture, renewable energy, and economic growth on carbon dioxide emissions: Evidence of the environmental Kuznets curve	165

Environmental performance comparison of bioplastics and petrochemical plastics: A review of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodological decisions	162
Making the circular economy work for human development	160
Use of steel slag as sustainable construction materials: A review of accelerated carbonation treatment	158
Recycling sludge on cropland as fertilizer – Advantages and risks	155
Nutritional and environmental losses embedded in global food waste	155
Industrial agglomeration, technological innovation and carbon productivity: Evidence from China	150
Review of soil heavy metal pollution in China: Spatial distribution, primary sources, and remediation alternatives	147
Step towards the sustainable toxic dyes removal and recycling from aqueous solution- A comprehensive review	146
A qualitative assessment of lithium ion battery recycling processes	143
How technological innovation impacts urban green economy efficiency in emerging economies: A case study of 278 Chinese cities	140
Copper and critical metals production from porphyry ores and E-wastes: A review of resource availability, processing/recycling challenges, socio-environmental aspects, and sustainability issues	140
Identifying sustainable solid waste management barriers in practice using the fuzzy Delphi method	135
A review of methods and data to determine raw material criticality	134
SYNCHRONIZED BARRIERS FOR CIRCULAR SUPPLY CHAINS IN INDUSTRY 3.5/INDUSTRY 4.0 TRANSITION FOR SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT	134
Identifying supply risks by mapping the cobalt supply chain	130
Barriers and overcoming strategies to supply chain sustainability innovation	129
Metal recovery from waste printed circuit boards: A review for current status and perspectives	128
COVID-19 waste management: Effective and successful measures in Wuhan, China	126
Deployment of electric vehicles in China to meet the carbon neutral target by 2060: Provincial disparities in energy systems, CO2 emissions, and cost effectiveness	126
Recent progress in recycling carbon fibre reinforced composites and dry carbon fibre wastes	124
Valorization of sewage sludge in the fabrication of construction and building materials: A review	122
Recycling and management practices of plastic packaging waste towards a circular economy in South Korea	121
The Green Print: Advancement of Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare	121
Lightweight foamed concrete as a promising avenue for incorporating waste materials: A review	119
Interplay between reverse logistics and circular economy: Critical success factors-based taxonomy and framework	118
Recycling waste classification using optimized convolutional neural network	118
Accelerating the energy transition to achieve carbon neutrality	117
Impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) spread-prevention actions on urban water consumption	117
Circular economy implementation in the agricultural sector: Definition, strategies and indicators	116
Toward Sustainable Reuse of Retired Lithium-ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles	115
Near-zero-waste processing of low-grade, complex primary ores and secondary raw materials in Europe: technology development trends	114
Industry 4.0 for sustainable manufacturing: Opportunities at the product, process, and system levels	112
Review of life-cycle environmental consequences of waste-to-energy solutions on the municipal solid waste management system	111
Major metals demand, supply, and environmental impacts to 2100: A critical review	111
Exploring environmental benefits of reuse and recycle practices: A circular economy case study of a modular building	110
Critical success and risk factors for circular business models valorising agricultural waste and by-products	110
Comprehensive review on metallurgical recycling and cleaning of copper slag	107
A review of recent developments in catalytic applications of biochar-based materials	106
Reuse of hazardous electrolytic manganese residue: Detailed leaching characterization and novel application as a cementitious material	105
Circular economy in the construction industry: An overview of United States stakeholders’ awareness, major challenges, and enablers	105
Remanufacturing for the circular economy: Study and evaluation of critical factors	105
A comprehensive review of biomass based thermochemical conversion technologies integrated with CO2 capture and utilisation within BECCS networks	105
From waste to sustainable industry: How can agro-industrial wastes help in the development of new products?	105
Legacy additives in a circular economy of plastics: Current dilemma, policy analysis, and emerging countermeasures	103
Microplastics in agroecosystems-impacts on ecosystem functions and food chain	103
A review of wastewater irrigation: Environmental implications	101
Micro(nano)plastics and terrestrial plants: Up-to-date knowledge on uptake, translocation, and phytotoxicity	101
A comprehensive review on performance of cementitious and geopolymeric concretes with recycled waste glass as powder, sand or cullet	101
Implementing the circular economy paradigm in the agri-food supply chain: The role of food waste prevention technologies	101
A circular economy within the planetary boundaries: Towards a resource-based, systemic approach	100

Closed loop supply chain network for local and distributed plastic recycling for 3D printing: a MILP-based optimization approach	100
Evolutionary game analysis on behavioral strategies of multiple stakeholders in E-waste recycling industry	99
Solid waste management in China: Policy and driving factors in 2004–2019	98
A new method to evaluate urban resources environment carrying capacity from the load-and-carrier perspective	97
Contributions of the circular economy to the UN sustainable development goals through sustainable construction	97
Environmental regulation and its influence on energy-environmental performance: Evidence on the Porter Hypothesis from China's iron and steel industry	97
Application of waste tire rubber and recycled aggregates in concrete products: A new compression casting approach	96
Techno-economic and environmental disassembly planning of lithium-ion electric vehicle battery packs for remanufacturing	95
Critical metals for electromobility: Global demand scenarios for passenger vehicles, 2015–2050	95
Advances in bio-waste derived activated carbon for supercapacitors: Trends, challenges and prospective	93
Challenges and recent developments in supply and value chains of electric vehicle batteries: A sustainability perspective	92
The impact of digital technology development on carbon emissions: A spatial effect analysis for China	90
Opportunities and challenges in IoT-enabled circular business model implementation – A case study	90
Evolutionary game analysis of construction waste recycling management in China	90
Covid-19 effects on municipal solid waste management: What can effectively be done in the Brazilian scenario?	89
Technological review on thermochemical conversion of COVID-19-related medical wastes	89