OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment is 28. 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
Using life cycle assessment to achieve a circular economy	131
The evolution of life cycle assessment in European policies over three decades	93
Life cycle assessment and circularity indicators	76
Environmental life cycle implications of upscaling lithium-ion battery production	74
Principles for the application of life cycle sustainability assessment	73
Ex-ante life cycle assessment of commercial-scale cultivated meat production in 2030	69
Exposure and toxicity characterization of chemical emissions and chemicals in products: global recommendations and implementation in USEtox	63
Integrating life cycle assessment and life cycle cost: a review of environmental-economic studies	59
The application of life cycle assessment in buildings: challenges, and directions for future research	58
Making the use of scenarios in LCA easier: the superstructure approach	55
Advances in application of machine learning to life cycle assessment: a literature review	54
Carbon footprint of plastic from biomass and recycled feedstock: methodological insights	44
Future scenarios and life cycle assessment: systematic review and recommendations	44
Life-cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of biochar produced from forest residues using portable systems	43
Protein quality as a complementary functional unit in life cycle assessment (LCA)	41
Life cycle assessment of decarbonization options—towards scientifically robust carbon neutrality	40
An economic assessment framework for decommissioning of offshore wind farms using a cost breakdown structure	37
Coffee biowaste valorization within circular economy: an evaluation method of spent coffee grounds potentials for mortar production	36
Methodology to address potential impacts of plastic emissions in life cycle assessment	35
Environmental footprint of regular and intensive inpatient care in a large US hospital	34
Environmental benchmarks for buildings: a critical literature review	33
Cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of cobalt sulfate production derived from a nickel–copper–cobalt mine in China	31
Quantitative study of life cycle carbon emissions from 7 timber buildings in China	31
Investigating the management challenges of the EU Ecolabel through multi-stakeholder surveys	29
Step-by-step social life cycle assessment framework: a participatory approach for the identification and prioritization of impact subcategories applied to mobility scenarios	29

Life cycle assessment of ammonia synthesis in China	28
Review and expert survey of allocation methods used in life cycle assessment of milk and beef	28
Global scale life cycle environmental impacts of single- and multi-walled carbon nanotube synthesis processes	28