OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Resources Conservation and Recycling is 84. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Changing of the guard: A paradigm shift for more sustainable supply chains	903
Editorial Board	476
Tracing the global tin flow network: highly concentrated production and consumption	297
Prospects on end of life electric vehicle batteries through 2050 in Catalonia	283
Energy efficiency of the mining sector in China, what are the main influence factors?	278
The morphology and properties of recycled plastics made from multi-layered packages and the consequences for the circular economy	255
Editorial Board	254
Near-infrared-based sortability of polyester-containing textile waste	248
Integration of anaerobic co-digestion of grass silage and cattle slurry within a livestock farming system in Ireland: Quantification of greenhouse gas emission reduction and nutrient flow	236
Heat loss from non-circulating domestic hot water pipes increases water consumption and energy demand	233
Green recycling assessment on typical spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs): A multi-objective assessment	229
Leveraging dairy cattle to upcycle culled citrus fruit for emission mitigation and resource co-benefits: A case study	193
Evidence of animal productivity outcomes when fed diets including food waste: A systematic review of global primary data	193
Is efficiency enough for circular economy?	191
Enhancing the beneficial reuse properties of construction and demolition debris fines using lab-scale washing	180
Water utilization and treatment efficiency of China's provinces and decoupling analysis based on policy implementation	175
A comparative life cycle assessment of tyre recycling using pyrolysis compared to conventional end-of-life pathways	172
Evolving cobalt cycle and urban mines in the EU, 1988–2020	171
The EU green deal: Spreading or concentrating prosperity?	171
Projecting future critical material demand and recycling from China's electric passenger vehicles considering vehicle segment heterogeneity	167
Developing a smart green supplier risk assessment system integrating natural language processing and life cycle assessment based on AHP framework: An empirical study	166
Industry associations as levers for the implementation of cascading - A longitudinal study of post-consumer wood recycling in Germany	162
Exploring the role of social life cycle assessment in transition to circular economy: A systematic review	161
Towards the globally sustainable use of forestlands and wood resources: Estimating fair timber price deriving supply curves in a proven stable state	161
Solid waste management in emerging economies: Opportunities and challenges for reuse and recycling	159

Tracing environmental impacts of grain losses along the supply chain in the North China Plain: An integrated framework	159
Circularity scoring system: A product specific application to lithium-ion batteries of electric vehicles	156
Combining dynamic material flow analysis and life cycle assessment to evaluate environmental benefits of recycling – A case study for direct and hydrometallurgical closed-loop recycling of electric ve	156
Can planned obsolescence ever be obsolete? Trade-offs between consumer safety, product performance and lifetime	153
Spatiotemporal dynamics of carbon sinks in China's terrestrial ecosystems from 2010 to 2060	153
Repurposing cottonseed meal as dye biosorbent	151
The hydrometallurgical recovery of critical and valuable elements from WEEE shredding dust: Process effectiveness in a life cycle perspective	148
Measuring circular reuse magnitude and replacement rate: A new method	147
Four pathways towards carbon neutrality by controlling net greenhouse gas emissions in Chinese cropland	147
Low plasticity clay stabilized with cement and zeolite: An experimental and environmental impact study	136
Consumer preferences for visually sub-optimal food: Role of information framing and personal goals	136
Stabilisation of pores in glass foam by using a modified curing-sintering process: sustainable recycling of automotive vehicles’ waste glass	134
A sensor combination based automatic sorting system for waste washing machine parts	129
Spatially and taxonomically explicit characterisation factors for greenhouse gas emission impacts on biodiversity	128
Nanopowders from waste printed circuit boards: Review and evaluation from an alternatives assessment perspective	127
Material recycling of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) from toy waste using density separation and safer solvents	126
Co-products recovery does not necessarily mitigate environmental and economic tradeoffs in lithium-ion battery recycling	125
Experimental investigation on bending strength of compacted plastic-concrete	122
RSM-based optimized mix design of recycled aggregate concrete containing supplementary cementitious materials based on waste generation and global warming potential	118
Upcycling of air pollution control residue waste into cementitious product through geopolymerization technology	114
A review of bioplastics at end-of-life: Linking experimental biodegradation studies and life cycle impact assessments	110
Life cycle assessment of rubberized semi-dense asphalt pavements; A hybrid comparative approach	110
Diagnosing remanufacture potential at product-component level: A disassemblability and integrity approach	107
CO2 mineralization and utilization by tailings sand in China for potential carbon sinks and spatial project layout	106
Limits to graphite supply in a transition to a post-fossil society	106
Global projections of future wilderness decline under multiple IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios	104
Editorial Board	103
Green steel: The future path towards sustainable automotive manufacturing	103
Economic and greenhouse gas analysis of regional bioenergy-powered district energy systems in California	101
Parametric design, life cycle assessment, and optimization of a discrete product with application to an electric traction motor	101
Utilising the microstructure of chemically and thermally activated waste textiles for noise attenuation in an urban Australian context	100
Assessing nutrient circularity capacity in South American metropolitan areas	99
The ‘WEEE’ challenge: Is reuse the “new recycling”?	99
SeqFLoW: A systematic approach to identify and select food waste valorisation opportunities	98
Exploring clothing fit as a motivator for lifetime extension and circular disposal	97
How can repair businesses improve their service? Consumer priorities concerning operational aspects of repair services	96
Sustainable water stewardship in China's industrial parks	96
Editorial Board	95
Establishing a quantification process for nexus repercussions to mitigate environmental impacts in a water-energy interdependency network	95
A balanced staple food structure effectively curbs the environmental impact and counters the nutrient losses from elevated CO2	93
Evaluation of polyhydroxyalkanoate recovery from food waste by sequencing batch biofilm reactor with high mixed microbial biomass	93
Exploring the environmental impact of metallic element usage in smartphone evolution	92
Editorial Board	91
Editorial Board	91
Dynamics of large-scale solar PV adoption feedback effects: A technical, economic, and environmental assessment	91
Editorial Board	91
Spatial and in-product density characterization of in-use copper stocks in Japan for stock recyclability assessment	90
Forest residues contribute significantly to climate change in China	90
Ex-ante life cycle assessment framework and application to a nano-reinforced biopolymer film based on mango kernel	90
Material and C/N flow analyses of alternative sludge pretreatment technologies for recovering carbon sources for denitrification	88

Possibilities for changing to resource recovery in Kampala's on-site sanitation regime	87
Beyond the global north: Adopting a global perspective for sustainable consumption and production	87
Lessons from English pre-industrial times for a post-industrial circular economy	86
Mining microbial resources from water	86
Mercury throughput of the Austrian manufacturing industry – Discussion of data and data gaps	85
Phosphorus (P) recovery from corn biorefineries is promising for mitigating environmental impacts and promoting the P circular economy	85
Illustrating China's journey to balance, circular, and secure potassium cycles in the last three decades	85
Novel approach to recycling of steel swarf using hydrometallurgy	84
Multi-effect equilibrium analysis for sector-level direct/indirect socio-economic and environmental effects of large-scale hydropower initiatives: A case study for the world's 7th-largest hydropower p	84