OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment is 11. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The effects of energy consumption of alumina production in the environmental impacts using life cycle assessment	111
Making the use of scenarios in LCA easier: the superstructure approach	101
Comparative sustainability assessment of lithium-ion, lithium-sulfur, and all-solid-state traction batteries	95
Carbon footprint and embodied energy of a wind turbine blade—a case study	86
Step-by-step social life cycle assessment framework: a participatory approach for the identification and prioritization of impact subcategories applied to mobility scenarios	85
Reducing cooling load and lifecycle cost for residential buildings: a case of Lahore, Pakistan	80
Towards net-zero carbon buildings: Investigating the impact of early-stage structure design on building embodied carbon	77
Marginal and average considerations in LCA and their role for defining emission factors and characterization factors	71
Can the commercial cultivation of wild edible species contribute to sustainable food production? A case study of golden thistle (Scolymus hispanicus L.)	61
Life cycle assessment of pharmaceutical packaging	60
CriticS: a resource criticality characterization method for life cycle assessment considering stakeholders’ perspectives	59
Critical review of environmental impact evaluations of electronic healthcare devices: challenges and recommendations	51
Assessment of waste-integrated concrete products: a cradle-to-cradle perspective	49
Biologically based net energy allocation procedures can improve carbon footprint analysis in milk production systems	49
Physicochemical reaction-based allocation for the resource consumption of hydrometallurgical processing of rare-earth oxides—a case study on ion adsorption-type rare-earth oxides in China	40
Characterizing the impacts of highway pavement in a newly planned greater bay area economic belt in China	40
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	38
S-LCA of lithium mining in Chile and its potential impacts on water and the local community	37
Correction: Characterizing human health damage from ionizing radiation in life cycle assessment	37
Assessing social risks in Greek and Dutch economies: A product social impact life cycle assessment approach	37
Comparison of reusable and single-use specula in Belgian hospitals: an environmental life cycle assessment and economic analysis	36
Development of a collision impact indicator to integrate in the life cycle assessment of offshore wind farms	36
Exploring sustainability potentials in vineyards through LCA? Evidence from farming practices in South Africa	35
Can LCA be FAIR? Assessing the status quo and opportunities for FAIR data sharing	35
Analysis and remediation of the confusing specification of the lognormal distribution	33

Synergies and challenges of bottom-up and top-down approaches for assessing social impacts in mining operation	32
Sustainability improvement in complex systems composed of products and services	32
Correction to: Waste is not a service	31
Applying social life cycle assessment to evaluate the use phase of mobility services: a case study in Berlin	31
Agrifood systems transformation for climate action and environmental improvements, with co-benefits for food security and nutrition	29
“Allocation at the point of substitution” applied to recycled rare earth elements: what can we learn?	28
Characterizing country-specific human and ecosystem health impact and damage cost of agricultural pesticides: the case for Thailand	28
Life-LCA: the first case study of the life cycle impacts of a human being	28
A parametric study on the impact of open-source inventory variability and uncertainty for the life cycle assessment of road bituminous pavements	27
Coffee biowaste valorization within circular economy: an evaluation method of spent coffee grounds potentials for mortar production	27
Exploring the effectiveness of grey literature indicators and life cycle assessment in assessing circular economy at the micro level: a comparative analysis	27
Evaluating alternative environmental decision support matrices for future Higg MSI scenarios	27
SETAC Europe young scientist LCA award 2021 for T. Schaubroeck	27
Theory without practice: a reply to the note from Heijungs on the average versus marginal debate in Life Cycle Impact Assessment	26
Waste is not a service	26
The living wage gap—a quantitative measure of poverty in global supply chains	26
Electric and biomethane-fuelled urban buses: comparison of environmental performance of different powertrains	25
Application of holistic and integrated LCSA: Case study on laminated veneer lumber production in Central Germany	25
A case study comparison of a sulphuric acid plant with and without on-site low-grade heat recovery and repurposing	25
Life cycle assessment of manufacturing cellulose nanofibril-reinforced chitosan composite films for packaging applications	25
Linking inventories and impact assessment models for addressing biodiversity impacts: mapping rules and challenges	24
In pursuit of more fruitful food systems	24
Correction to: Including GHG emissions from mangrove forests LULUC in LCA: a case study on shrimp farming in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam	24
Estimating quantity and equity of carbon emission from roads based on an improved LCA approach: the case of China	24
Correction to: Comparative life cycle assessment of rex rabbit breeding industry chains: benefits of a circular industry chain	24
Environmental impact assessment of aluminum electrolytic capacitors in a product family from the manufacturer’s perspective	23
Temporally explicit abiotic depletion potential (TADP) for mineral resource use based on future demand projections	23
Alignment of the life cycle initiative’s “principles for the application of life cycle sustainability assessment” with the LCSA practice: A case study review	22
Integration of a circular economy metric with life cycle assessment: methodological proposal of compared agri-food products	22
A novel life cycle assessment and life cycle costing framework for carbon fibre-reinforced composite materials in the aviation industry	22
Regionalized life cycle inventory data collection and calculation for perennial forage production in Canada: methodological best practices and limitations	22
Environmental assessment of hard coal char as a carbon reductant for silicon alloys production	21
Life cycle assessment of sitka spruce forest products grown in Ireland	21
Sustainability assessment of peri-urban organic horticulture — A case study in the United Kingdom	21
Context-specific assessments of carbon footprints of the rice value chain: from product labeling to potential mitigation impacts	21
Mineral resources depletion, dissipation and accessibility in LCA: a critical analysis	21
What does it mean when something is the “main contributor” to eco-efficiency?	21
How methods to assess land-use changes influence the resulting global warming potential and cost of optimized diets: a case study on Danish pigs applying life cycle assessment methodology	20
Comparative life cycle assessment of traditional timber jack arch slab refurbishment solutions: Eco-efficient proposal versus conventional ones	20
Comprehensive analysis of social subcategories throughout life cycle assessment approach for the textile industry	20
Effect factors for marine invasion impacts on biodiversity	20
Complacency in the quantification and reporting of climate impacts as carbon dioxide equivalent emissions	20
Environmental sustainability of Finnish pork production: life cycle assessment of climate change and water scarcity impacts	20
Life cycle assessment of importing canned tuna into Aruba through different supply chains, in varying can sizes and in oils, brine or tomato sauce	19
Quantifying the life-cycle health impacts of a cobalt-containing lithium-ion battery	19
Social organisational LCA for the academic activity of the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU	18
Life cycle assessment on construction and demolition waste recycling: a systematic review analyzing three important quality aspects	18
Life cycle assessment in the context of decarbonization and carbon neutrality	17
Cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of iodine production from caliche ore in Chile	17
Strategies to improve building environmental and economic performance: an exploratory study on 37 residential building scenarios	17

Assessing decarbonization pathways of China’s heavy-duty trucks in a well-to-wheels perspective	17
Methodology to address potential impacts of plastic emissions in life cycle assessment	17
Environmental and social impacts of women’s argan oil production in Morocco	17
Toward a framework for selecting indicators of measuring sustainability and circular economy in the agri-food sector: a systematic literature review	16
Life cycle impacts assessment of two gold extraction systems in Colombia: open-pit and alluvial mining	16
Life cycle assessment of ammonia synthesis in China	16
Life cycle assessment of pharmaceutical and clinical packaging required for medication administration practices	16
UM3-LCE3-ISN: a methodology for multi-level life cycle environmental and economic evaluation of industrial symbiosis networks	16
Assessing the contribution of products to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals: a methodological proposal	16
Does circular economy curtail the social impacts of fertilizer industry—evidence and insights from emerging economies	16
A proposed framework to develop nutrient profiling algorithms for assessments of sustainable food: the metrics and their assumptions matter	16
Ex-ante life cycle assessment of commercial-scale cultivated meat production in 2030	15
The evolution of life cycle assessment in European policies over three decades	15
Evaluating environmental impacts of bio-based insulation materials through scenario-based and dynamic life cycle assessment	15
Life cycle inventories and life cycle assessment for an electricity grid network: case study of the Jamali grid, Indonesia	15
Life cycle management in bakeries: a proposed roadmap towards sustainability	15
Participatory approach for pertinent impact subcategory identification: Local community	15
Comparative study on environmental and economic assessment of straw heating across administrative areas scale of rural China	15
Environmental assessment of copper production in Europe: an LCA case study from Sweden conducted using two conventional software-database setups	15
The limitations of bioeconomy LCA studies for understanding the transition to sustainable bioeconomy	15
Unveiling the social performance of selected agri-food chains in Costa Rica: the case of green coffee, raw milk and leafy vegetables	15
Comparison of life cycle assessment between lyocell fiber and viscose fiber in China	15
Variance-based global sensitivity analysis and beyond in life cycle assessment: an application to geothermal heating networks	15
New life cycle impact methods require another type of life cycle inventory results	15
Toxicity impacts in the environmental footprint method: calculation principles	15
2022 SETAC Europe award for lifetime achievement in life cycle assessment	15
Life cycle assessment research and application in Nigeria	15
Life cycle assessment and process simulation of prospective battery-grade cobalt sulfate production from Co-Au ores in Finland	15
Characterizing antibiotics in LCA—a review of current practices and proposed novel approaches for including resistance	15
Cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries for sustainable design and manufacturing	14
Employee mobility and service-related management in the carbon footprint of services—German case studies	14
Correction to: Methodology to address potential impacts of plastic emissions in life cycle assessment	14
Environmental impact of Danish pork—effect of allocation methods at slaughtering stage	14
Loss of mineral resource value in LCA: application of the JRC-LCI method to multiple case studies combined with inaccessibility and value-based impact assessment	14
Social impact and social performance of paddy rice production in Iran and Malaysia	14
The electrochemical model coupled parameterized life cycle assessment for the optimized design of EV battery pack	14
Digital technologies for life cycle assessment: a review and integrated combination framework	13
Life cycle environmental impact assessment of lab-scale preparation of porous alumina pellets as substrate for hydrogen separation metal layer-based membranes	13
Life cycle assessment of MHP (Mobile Hydrogen Powersupply), an off-grid system to charge battery electric vehicles	13
A systematic approach to assist in life-cycle assessment of ammunition demilitarization process: a case study with the 105-mm HE M1 ammunition	13
Analysis of human well-being as the area of protection in social life cycle assessment	13
Environmental Product Declarations worldwide: a case study in Argentina	13
Transition of the procurement process to Paris-compatible buildings: consideration of environmental life cycle costing in tendering and awarding	13
Conditions for the broad application of prospective life cycle inventory databases	12
Integrating consumer behaviour into the environmental assessment of circular packaging: a scoping review	12
Life cycle assessment of a marine biorefinery producing protein, bioactives and polymeric packaging material	12
Accounting for product recovery potential in building life cycle assessments: a disassembly network-based approach	12
Life cycle assessment of conventional and organic Arabica coffees: from farm to pack	12
Impact of rolling processes in the production of aluminum packaging assessed through LCA	12
A new life cycle impact assessment methodology for assessing the impact of abiotic resource use on future resource accessibility	12
Correction: Swiss Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment: A method to assess the emissions and environmental impacts of agricultural systems and products	12
Top-down characterization of resource use in LCA: from problem definition of resource use to operational characterization factors for resource inaccessibility of elements in a short-term time perspect	12
Human health impacts of particulate matter emitted from different milk production systems in Brazil: a regionalized LCA sensitivity analysis	12
Ex-ante life cycle assessment of FineFuture flotation technology: case study of Grecian Magnesite	12
Sustainability performance evaluation in the organic durum wheat production: evidence from Italy	12
Exploring the total cost of whole fresh, fresh-cut and pre-cooked vegetables	12
Replacing location-based electricity consumption with market-based residual mixes in background data to avoid possible double counting: a quantitative analysis of effects and challenges	12
Environmental life cycle implications of upscaling lithium-ion battery production	11
Cooling load reduction strategies for community worship place towards attaining sustainability: a life cycle cost perspective	11
Life cycle assessment of culture media with alternative compositions for cultured meat production	11
Reduction potential of German environmental food impacts due to a planetary health diet	11
Cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of cobalt sulfate production derived from a nickel–copper–cobalt mine in China	11
Freshwater consumption and domestic water deprivation in LCIA: revisiting the characterization of human health impacts	11
LCA standards for environmental product assessments in the bioeconomy with a focus on biogenic carbon: A systematic review	11
Applying material flow assessment-based system expansion with multiple functions to solve for multifunctionality of recycling in life cycle assessment	11
Weighting factors for LCA—a new set from a global survey	11
Stochastic error propagation with independent probability distributions in LCA does not preserve mass balances and leads to unusable product compositions—a first quantification	11
A comparative life cycle assessment of kitchen garbage utilization approaches in China	11
Assessing climate impacts of agroforestry system in LCA: case study in Zambia	11
Social life cycle assessment in current and future Norwegian livestock production	11
Transforming the feeding regime towards low-input increases the environmental impact of organic milk production on a case study farm in central germany	11