OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Resources Conservation and Recycling is 88. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Challenges toward carbon neutrality in China: Strategies and countermeasures	842
A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies	523
Challenges, opportunities, and innovations for effective solid waste management during and post COVID-19 pandemic	501
Blockchain for the future of sustainable supply chain management in Industry 4.0	478
A Comprehensive Review on Recycled Aggregate and Recycled Aggregate Concrete	427
Recycling of landfill wastes (tyres, plastics and glass) in construction – A review on global waste generation, performance, application and future opportunities	268
Does digital financial inclusion matter for economic growth and environmental sustainability in OBRI economies? An empirical analysis	252
Managing supply chains for sustainable operations in the era of industry 4.0 and circular economy: Analysis of barriers	250
The narrative of sustainability and circular economy - A longitudinal review of two decades of research	245
Digital technologies catalyzing business model innovation for circular economy—Multiple case study	243
Dynamic and causality interrelationships from municipal solid waste recycling to economic growth, carbon emissions and energy efficiency using a novel bootstrapping autoregressive distributed lag	240
The impact of low-carbon city pilot policy on the total factor productivity of listed enterprises in China	235
Energy transition and carbon neutrality: Exploring the non-linear impact of renewable energy development on carbon emission efficiency in developed countries	230
Towards a circular economy for plastic packaging wastes – the environmental potential of chemical recycling	217
Use of steel slag as sustainable construction materials: A review of accelerated carbonation treatment	213
Conceptualizing the Circular Economy (Revisited): An Analysis of 221 Definitions	213
Environmental performance comparison of bioplastics and petrochemical plastics: A review of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodological decisions	211
Review of soil heavy metal pollution in China: Spatial distribution, primary sources, and remediation alternatives	202
How technological innovation impacts urban green economy efficiency in emerging economies: A case study of 278 Chinese cities	187
Step towards the sustainable toxic dyes removal and recycling from aqueous solution- A comprehensive review	184
Industrial agglomeration, technological innovation and carbon productivity: Evidence from China	180
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	171
A qualitative assessment of lithium ion battery recycling processes	170
Recent progress in recycling carbon fibre reinforced composites and dry carbon fibre wastes	163
Circular economy implementation in the agricultural sector: Definition, strategies and indicators	162

Micro(nano)plastics and terrestrial plants: Up-to-date knowledge on uptake, translocation, and phytotoxicity	157
Toward Sustainable Reuse of Retired Lithium-ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles	156
Deployment of electric vehicles in China to meet the carbon neutral target by 2060: Provincial disparities in energy systems, CO2 emissions, and cost effectiveness	156
Lightweight foamed concrete as a promising avenue for incorporating waste materials: A review	148
From waste to sustainable industry: How can agro-industrial wastes help in the development of new products?	147
Accelerating the energy transition to achieve carbon neutrality	147
Contributions of the circular economy to the UN sustainable development goals through sustainable construction	144
Major metals demand, supply, and environmental impacts to 2100: A critical review	142
A comprehensive review of biomass based thermochemical conversion technologies integrated with CO2 capture and utilisation within BECCS networks	142
The impact of the urban digital economy on China's carbon intensity: Spatial spillover and mediating effect	142
COVID-19 waste management: Effective and successful measures in Wuhan, China	140
Microplastics in agroecosystems-impacts on ecosystem functions and food chain	139
Industry 4.0 for sustainable manufacturing: Opportunities at the product, process, and system levels	138
The impact of digital technology development on carbon emissions: A spatial effect analysis for China	137
Comprehensive review on metallurgical recycling and cleaning of copper slag	136
Recycling waste classification using optimized convolutional neural network	136
Challenges and recent developments in supply and value chains of electric vehicle batteries: A sustainability perspective	135
A review of recent developments in catalytic applications of biochar-based materials	135
Critical success and risk factors for circular business models valorising agricultural waste and by-products	135
Circular economy in the construction industry: An overview of United States stakeholders’ awareness, major challenges, and enablers	134
Implementing the circular economy paradigm in the agri-food supply chain: The role of food waste prevention technologies	130
Impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) spread-prevention actions on urban water consumption	130
A review of wastewater irrigation: Environmental implications	125
Application of waste tire rubber and recycled aggregates in concrete products: A new compression casting approach	124
Advances in bio-waste derived activated carbon for supercapacitors: Trends, challenges and prospective	122
Life Cycle Assessment of Lithium-ion Batteries: A Critical Review	118
Environmental regulation and its influence on energy-environmental performance: Evidence on the Porter Hypothesis from China's iron and steel industry	118
Spatial-temporal heterogeneity of ecosystem service interactions and their social-ecological drivers: Implications for spatial planning and management	118
A comprehensive review on performance of cementitious and geopolymeric concretes with recycled waste glass as powder, sand or cullet	117
Solid waste management in China: Policy and driving factors in 2004–2019	117
Influence of Russia-Ukraine War on the Global Energy and Food Security	116
Effects of land use and cover change (LUCC) on terrestrial carbon stocks in China between 2000 and 2018	115
Identifying the main crops and key factors determining the carbon footprint of crop production in China, 2001–2018	114
Government regulation to promote coordinated emission reduction among enterprises in the green supply chain based on evolutionary game analysis	109
United States plastics: Large flows, short lifetimes, and negligible recycling	106
Opportunities and challenges in IoT-enabled circular business model implementation – A case study	103
Recycling of multi-material multilayer plastic packaging: Current trends and future scenarios	102
Invasive plants as potential sustainable feedstocks for biochar production and multiple applications: A review	101
Consumers’ awareness of plastic packaging: More than just environmental concerns	100
A comprehensive review on the recycling of discarded printed circuit boards for resource recovery	99
Factors influencing ecosystem services in the Pearl River Delta, China: Spatiotemporal differentiation and varying importance	99
Why “Circular” doesn't always mean “Sustainable”	99
Public attitudes towards microplastics: Perceptions, behaviors and policy implications	99
Rare earth metals from secondary sources: Review of potential supply from waste and byproducts	99
Technological review on thermochemical conversion of COVID-19-related medical wastes	99
Techno-economic assessment of mechanical recycling of challenging post-consumer plastic packaging waste	98
Bioprocessing of spent lithium ion batteries for critical metals recovery – A review	97
State of the art in recycling waste thermoplastics and thermosets and their applications in construction	96
Potential contributions of wind and solar power to China's carbon neutrality	96
Covid-19 effects on municipal solid waste management: What can effectively be done in the Brazilian scenario?	96

Wind turbine blade material in the United States: Quantities, costs, and end-of-life options	95
Assessing scaling effects of circular economy strategies: A case study on plastic bottle closed-loop recycling in the USA PET market	95
A forecast on future raw material demand and recycling potential of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles	94
Supply chains in circular business models: processes and performance objectives	94
Garbage classification system based on improved ShuffleNet v2	93
Coupling efficiency measurement and spatial correlation characteristic of water–energy–food nexus in China	92
Green transition pathways for cement industry in China	92
Spaceship earth's odyssey to a circular economy - a century long perspective	91
There is no sustainable circular economy without a circular society	91
Induction mechanism and optimization of tradable green certificates and carbon emission trading acting on electricity market in China	90
Concerns and strategies for wastewater treatment during COVID-19 pandemic to stop plausible transmission	90
Circularity indicator for residential buildings: Addressing the gap between embodied impacts and design aspects	89
Development of machine learning - based models to forecast solid waste generation in residential areas: A case study from Vietnam	89