OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment is 32. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
CriticS: a resource criticality characterization method for life cycle assessment considering stakeholders’ perspectives	185
Effect factors for marine invasion impacts on biodiversity	151
Characterization factors for freshwater ecotoxicity of pharmaceuticals	97
Mitigating carbon emissions in the taxi service industry: a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment of batteries for electric taxis and identification of a greener vehicle fleet	90
Temporally explicit abiotic depletion potential (TADP) for mineral resource use based on future demand projections	74
Environmental and social impacts of women’s argan oil production in Morocco	73
Is laser-induced graphene (LIG) environmentally sustainable? Laboratory-scale life cycle assessment of LIG from petroleum- and bio-derived precursors	73
Linking inventories and impact assessment models for addressing biodiversity impacts: mapping rules and challenges	63
Environmental impact of rocoto chili pepper production: integrated assessment of yield, bioactive composition, and environmental footprint	60
Ex-ante life cycle assessment of commercial-scale cultivated meat production in 2030	57
Critical review of environmental impact evaluations of electronic healthcare devices: challenges and recommendations	57
From corporate greenhouse gas inventories to design-relevant LCAs: an integrated framework for industrial decarbonization	52
S-LCA of lithium mining in Chile and its potential impacts on water and the local community	49
How differentiating design strategies across building components lead to maximum reduction of adverse environmental impacts	48
Life cycle assessment of microalgae-assisted microbial fuel cells	48
Mapping the landscape of life cycle sustainability assessments in Canadian agri-food systems: food commodity trends, gaps, and pathways to net-zero	45
Life cycle assessment as a driver for process optimisation of cellobiose lipids fermentation and purification	45
Environmental impact of Danish pork—effect of allocation methods at slaughtering stage	45
Social organizational life cycle assessment of wire arc additive manufacturing: a case study of a Belgian company	45
Life cycle inventories and life cycle assessment for an electricity grid network: case study of the Jamali grid, Indonesia	42
Analysis of human well-being as the area of protection in social life cycle assessment	40
Improving life cycle assessment for carbon capture and circular product systems	37
Extending the product-group-specific approach in nutritional life cycle assessment	36
Life cycle assessment of hydropower utilization in Iceland as a driving force for climate strategy and decarbonization	35
Life cycle assessment of culture media with alternative compositions for cultured meat production	34

What’s up and where to go in social life cycle impact assessment cause-effect model development?	34
At the intersection of life cycle assessment and indirect greenhouse gas emissions accounting	33
Life cycle assessment of portable charging technologies—a case study of a solar charger and a power bank	33
Solutions to achieve carbon-neutral mixtures for the U.S. pavement network	32
Statistics-based LCA of artisanal fishing in the Union of the Comoros: efficiency challenges	32
Accounting for nutrition-related health impacts in food life cycle assessment: insights from an expert workshop	32
Swiss Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment: A method to assess the emissions and environmental impacts of agricultural systems and products	32