Journal of Cleaner Production

Article	Citations
A review on conventional and novel materials towards heavy metal adsorption in wastewater treatment application	783
An extensive review on the consequences of chemical pesticides on human health and environment	698
Internet of Things (IoT): Opportunities, issues and challenges towards a smart and sustainable future	504
Artificial intelligence in sustainable energy industry: Status Quo, challenges and opportunities	458
The effects of trade openness on decoupling carbon emissions from economic growth – Evidence from 182 countries	421
Digital finance, green technological innovation and energy-environmental performance: Evidence from China's regional economies	420
Circular business models: A review	415
Recent advances in using of chitosan-based adsorbents for removal of pharmaceutical contaminants: A review	411
The nexus between urbanization, renewable energy, trade, and ecological footprint in ASEAN countries	405
g-C3N4/carbon dot-based nanocomposites serve as efficacious photocatalysts for environmental purification and energy generation: A review	399
A comprehensive review on green synthesis of nature-inspired metal nanoparticles: Mechanism, application and toxicity	388
Arsenic removal technologies and future trends: A mini review	370
A review of China’s municipal solid waste (MSW) and comparison with international regions: Management and technologies in treatment and resource utilization	346
Blockchain technology and the circular economy: Implications for sustainability and social responsibility	343
The Dynamic Impact of Digital Economy on Carbon Emission Reduction: Evidence City-level Empirical Data in China	337
Integrating renewable sources into energy system for smart city as a sagacious strategy towards clean and sustainable process	326
Management research and the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs): A bibliometric investigation and systematic review	322
Nexus between green finance, non-fossil energy use, and carbon intensity: Empirical evidence from China based on a vector error correction model	321
Environment friendly, renewable and sustainable poly lactic acid (PLA) based natural fiber reinforced composites – A comprehensive review	317
Towards closing the attitude-intention-behavior gap in green consumption: A narrative review of the literature and an overview of future research directions	317
Effect of green technology innovation on green total factor productivity in China: Evidence from spatial durbin model analysis	309
Green technological innovation, green finance, and financial development and their role in green total factor productivity: Empirical insights from China	306
A critical review on biochar for enhancing biogas production from anaerobic digestion of food waste and sludge	301
Recent advancement in the natural fiber polymer composites: A comprehensive review	295
Blockchain technology adoption, architecture, and sustainable agri-food supply chains	289

Three pillars of sustainability in the wake of COVID-19: A systematic review and future research agenda for sustainable development	286
Current technologies for plastic waste treatment: A review	286
Investigating the nexus between economic complexity, energy consumption and ecological footprint for the United States: New insights from quantile methods	286
Recent progress on flat plate solar collectors and photovoltaic systems in the presence of nanofluid: A review	282
China's agricultural green total factor productivity based on carbon emission: An analysis of evolution trend and influencing factors	278
Ammonia as an energy vector: Current and future prospects for low-carbon fuel applications in internal combustion engines	277
How does urbanization affect carbon emission efficiency? Evidence from China	276
Application of industry 4.0 technologies in SMEs for ethical and sustainable operations: Analysis of challenges	272
The imperativeness of environmental quality in the United States transportation sector amidst biomass-fossil energy consumption and growth	269
Does renewable energy consumption reduce ecological footprint? Evidence from eight developing countries of Asia	269
Adsorption of organic dyes from wastewater by metal-doped porous carbon materials	265
Predictive modeling for sustainable high-performance concrete from industrial wastes: A comparison and optimization of models using ensemble learners	254
Green innovation: A systematic literature review	254
The relationship between organizational culture, sustainability, and digitalization in SMEs: A systematic review	253
Solar photovoltaic energy optimization methods, challenges and issues: A comprehensive review	252
Innovation, trade openness and CO2 emissions in selected countries in Africa	251
Can environmental regulation promote urban green innovation Efficiency? An empirical study based on Chinese cities	250
Unleashing the convergence amid digitalization and sustainability towards pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A holistic review	249
Lignocellulosic biomass from agricultural waste to the circular economy: a review with focus on biofuels, biocomposites and bioplastics	244
Review on biomass feedstocks, pyrolysis mechanism and physicochemical properties of biochar: State-of-the-art framework to speed up vision of circular bioeconomy	238
To identify industry 4.0 and circular economy adoption barriers in the agriculture supply chain by using ISM-ANP	236
Chlorination disinfection by-products in municipal drinking water – A review	234
Bridge the gap: Consumers’ purchase intention and behavior regarding sustainable clothing	233
A review of biodegradable plastics to biodegradable microplastics: Another ecological threat to soil environments?	231
Comprehensive utilization status of red mud in China: A critical review	230
A state-of-the-art review and meta-analysis on sustainable supply chain management: Future research directions	229
Ecological footprint, economic complexity and natural resources rents in Latin America: Empirical evidence using quantile regressions	227
Can environmental regulation directly promote green innovation behavior?—— based on situation of industrial agglomeration	225
Fundamentals and photocatalysis of methylene blue dye using various nanocatalytic assemblies- a critical review	224
Beyond the environmental Kuznets Curve in E7 economies: Accounting for the combined impacts of institutional quality and renewables	220
The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials	220
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on environmental awareness, sustainable consumption and social responsibility: Evidence from generations in Brazil and Portugal	218
Industry 4.0 and sustainable development: A systematic mapping of triple bottom line, Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Models perspectives	218
Artificial neural network model to predict the compressive strength of eco-friendly geopolymer concrete incorporating silica fume and natural zeolite	218
Identifying the impacts of natural and human factors on ecosystem service in the Yangtze and Yellow River Basins	217
Effect of using mineral admixtures and ceramic wastes as coarse aggregates on properties of ultrahigh-performance concrete	214
How technological progress affects the carbon emission efficiency? Evidence from national panel quantile regression	209
Recent technical advancements, economics and environmental impacts of floating photovoltaic solar energy conversion systems	209
Industry 4.0, cleaner production and circular economy: An integrative framework for evaluating ethical and sustainable business performance of manufacturing organizations	209
Key resources for industry 4.0 adoption and its effect on sustainable production and circular economy: An empirical study	209
A review on municipal solid waste as a renewable source for waste-to-energy project in India: Current practices, challenges, and future opportunities	206
Do technological innovations have symmetric or asymmetric effects on environmental quality? Evidence from Pakistan	203
Alternative fuel options for low carbon maritime transportation: Pathways to 2050	203
What does the China’s economic recovery after COVID-19 pandemic mean for the economic growth and energy consumption of other countries?	202
Wind energy for sustainable development: Driving factors and future outlook	201
Sustainable toxic dyes removal with advanced materials for clean water production: A comprehensive review	201
Sustainability innovations and firm competitiveness: A review	201
Potential of building integrated and attached/applied photovoltaic (BIPV/BAPV) for adaptive less energy-hungry building’s skin: A comprehensive review	201
Construction of landscape ecological network based on landscape ecological risk assessment in a large-scale opencast coal mine area	200
An assessment of consumers’ willingness to utilize solar energy in China: End-users’ perspective	200

Nanofluids: Physical phenomena, applications in thermal systems and the environment effects- a critical review	200
Breaking circular economy barriers	198
Coupling coordination degree of production, living and ecological spaces and its influencing factors in the Yellow River Basin	198
Potentials of industry 4.0 for supply chain management within the triple bottom line of sustainability – A systematic literature review	198
Optimizing local climate zones to mitigate urban heat island effect in human settlements	197
Intelligent algorithms and control strategies for battery management system in electric vehicles: Progress, challenges and future outlook	197
Carbon emission efficiency of China’s industry sectors: From the perspective of embodied carbon emissions	196
Surface morphology assessment of CFRP transverse grinding using CNT nanofluid minimum quantity lubrication	196
Does renewable energy reduce ecological footprint at the expense of economic growth? An empirical analysis of 120 countries	196
Chitosan-based materials: Preparation, modification and application	196
Social sustainability tensions in multi-tier supply chain: A systematic literature review towards conceptual framework development	196
Improving construction and demolition waste collection service in an urban area using a simheuristic approach: A case study in Sydney, Australia	195
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on socio-economic, energy-environment and transport sector globally and sustainable development goal (SDG)	194
Environmental regulation and green innovation: Evidence from China’s new environmental protection law	193
A review of dust accumulation and cleaning methods for solar photovoltaic systems	191
A review of industrial waste heat recovery system for power generation with Organic Rankine Cycle: Recent challenges and future outlook	191
Review on state-of-health of lithium-ion batteries: Characterizations, estimations and applications	191
A systematic review for measuring circular economy: The 61 indicators	191
The role of institutional quality and environment-related technologies in environmental degradation for BRICS	190
Effects of heavy metal contamination on river water quality due to release of industrial effluents	187
Mitigations pathways towards sustainable development: Assessing the influence of fiscal and monetary policies on carbon emissions in BRICS economies	187
Spatiotemporal change detection of ecological quality and the associated affecting factors in Dongting Lake Basin, based on RSEI	186
Reviewing two decades of cleaner alternative marine fuels: Towards IMO's decarbonization of the maritime transport sector	186
Deep learning models for solar irradiance forecasting: A comprehensive review	186
The effect of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on economic growth: Non-parametric evidence	185
A review on European Union’s strategy for plastics in a circular economy and its impact on food safety	184
Efficient encapsulation of toxic dyes from wastewater using several biodegradable natural polymers and their composites	184
How environmental regulation affect corporate green investment: Evidence from China	183
A review on the characteristics of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: A source for toxic chemicals	183
Data-driven state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries: Algorithms, implementation factors, limitations and future trends	183
Corporate social responsibility and financial performance: Evidence from U.S tech firms	183
Green human resource management practices and environmental performance in Malaysian green hotels: The role of green intellectual capital and pro-environmental behavior	182
A bibliometric analysis of corporate social responsibility in sustainable development	182
Quantile time–frequency price connectedness between green bond, green equity, sustainable investments and clean energy markets	182
Industry 4.0 ten years on: A bibliometric and systematic review of concepts, sustainability value drivers, and success determinants	181
Plant extracts as green corrosion inhibitor for ferrous metal alloys: A review	181
The criticality of information and communication technology and human capital in environmental sustainability: Evidence from Latin American and Caribbean countries	181
Developments in the life cycle assessment of chemical recycling of plastic waste – A review	181
Measuring green total factor productivity of China's agricultural sector: A three-stage SBM-DEA model with non-point source pollution and CO2 emissions	180
A review on latest trends in cleaner biodiesel production: Role of feedstock, production methods, and catalysts	178
A comprehensive review on the pretreatment process in lithium-ion battery recycling	178
Exploring factors influencing construction waste reduction: A structural equation modeling approach	178
The effect of the Covid-19 on sharing economy activities	178
Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS): Environmental solution and climate change adaptation	178
Is there a green premium in the green bond market? Systematic literature review revealing premium determinants	178
Green credit policy, government behavior and green innovation quality of enterprises	177
Barriers to the adoption of electric vehicles: Evidence from India	176
Eco-friendly geopolymer materials: A review of performance improvement, potential application and sustainability assessment	176
An adoption-implementation framework of digital green knowledge to improve the performance of digital green innovation practices for industry 5.0	175
Mapping the social dimension of the circular economy	174
Behaviors and influencing factors of the heavy metals adsorption onto microplastics: A review	174
Environmental and economic assessment on 3D printed buildings with recycled concrete	174
Environmental cost of non-renewable energy and economic progress: Do ICT and financial development mitigate some burden?	173
A review on low carbon emissions projects of steel industry in the World	173
The joint impact of green human resource management, leadership and organizational culture on employees’ green behaviour and organisational environmental performance	171
Modern enabling techniques and adsorbents based dye removal with sustainability concerns in textile industrial sector -A comprehensive review	171
Municipal sewage sludge incineration and its air pollution control	170
Circular economy practices in the built environment	169
E-waste recycling behaviour: An integration of recycling habits into the theory of planned behaviour	167
The anthropogenic consequences of energy consumption in E7 economies: Juxtaposing roles of renewable, coal, nuclear, oil and gas energy: Evidence from panel quantile method	167
Drivers and barriers of circular economy business models: Where we are now, and where we are heading	166
Current knowledge from heavy metal pollution in Chinese smelter contaminated soils, health risk implications and associated remediation progress in recent decades: A critical review	166
Hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents: the new generation of green solvents for diversified and colorful applications in green chemistry	166
Recent advances on composite hydrogels designed for the remediation of dye-contaminated water and wastewater: A review	166
Adsorbent materials for ammonium and ammonia removal: A review	166
Recent advances on water disinfection using bismuth based modified photocatalysts: Strategies and challenges	165
Chemical stabilization remediation for heavy metals in contaminated soils on the latest decade: Available stabilizing materials and associated evaluation methods－A critical review	165
Resilience and cleaner production in industry 4.0: Role of supply chain mapping and visibility	164
Recent advances in polysaccharide-based adsorbents for wastewater treatment	164
Repurposing waste plastics into cleaner asphalt pavement materials: A critical literature review	163
Can the new energy demonstration city policy reduce environmental pollution? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China	163
A review on Malaysia’s solar energy pathway towards carbon-neutral Malaysia beyond Covid’19 pandemic	162
Forward osmosis technology for water treatment: Recent advances and future perspectives	162
Impacts of green finance on green innovation: A spatial and nonlinear perspective	162
Electricity production based forecasting of greenhouse gas emissions in Turkey with deep learning, support vector machine and artificial neural network algorithms	161
Food loss and waste in food supply chains. A systematic literature review and framework development approach	160
Environmental preservation amidst carbon emissions, energy consumption, and urbanization in selected african countries: Implication for sustainability	160
Heterogeneity of pollution haven/halo hypothesis and Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis across development levels of Chinese provinces	159
The relationship between environmental, social, and financial performance in the banking sector: A European study	159
Perspective review on Municipal Solid Waste-to-energy route: Characteristics, management strategy, and role in circular economy	159

Export product diversification and CO2 emissions: Contextual evidences from developing and developed economies	159
Designing a sustainable closed-loop supply chain network of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic: Pareto-based algorithms	159
Digital sustainable entrepreneurship: A business model perspective on embedding digital technologies for social and environmental value creation	158
Food packaging and sustainability – Consumer perception vs. correlated scientific facts: A review	158
Degradation of rhodamine B in water by ultrasound-assisted TiO2 photocatalysis	158
Can green credit policy promote low-carbon technology innovation?	157
Dependence and risk spillovers between green bonds and clean energy markets	157
Assessment and prediction of carbon sequestration using Markov chain and InVEST model in Sariska Tiger Reserve, India	156
Factors impacting consumers’ intention toward adoption of electric vehicles in Malaysia	156
Fossil fuel energy and environmental performance in an extended STIRPAT model	155
Sustainability in e-commerce packaging: A review	155
Electrically actuated visible and near-infrared regulating switchable smart window for energy positive building: A review	155
Effect of animal manure, crop type, climate zone, and soil attributes on greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils—A global meta-analysis	155
Energy-related approach for reduction of CO2 emissions: A critical strategy on the port-to-ship pathway	155
Sustainability in the construction industry: A systematic review of the literature	154
The interplay of circular economy with industry 4.0 enabled smart city drivers of healthcare waste disposal	154
A comprehensive review on the recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries: Urgent status and technology advances	154
Chemically modified carbonaceous adsorbents for enhanced CO2 capture: A review	154
Construction and optimization of green space ecological networks in urban fringe areas: A case study with the urban fringe area of Tongzhou district in Beijing	153
A comprehensive review of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil and its use as fuel in compression ignition engines: 3rd generation cleaner feedstock	153
An overview of non-biodegradable bioplastics	153
On the sustainable perishable food supply chain network design: A dairy products case to achieve sustainable development goals	152
Sustainable asphalt rejuvenation using waste cooking oil: A comprehensive review	151
Environmental complexity of globalization, education, and income inequalities: New insights of energy poverty	151
Sizing of a solar-wind hybrid electric vehicle charging station by using HOMER software	151
Influence of waste glass powder as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) on physical and mechanical properties of cement paste under high temperatures	151
A new hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach for location selection of sustainable offshore wind energy stations: A case study	150
How do intellectual property rights and government support drive a firm's green innovation? The mediating role of open innovation	150
Asymmetric nexus between economic policy uncertainty, renewable energy technology budgets, and environmental sustainability: Evidence from the United States	149
Recent developments in the photocatalytic applications of covalent organic frameworks: A review	149
Safety and security of oil and gas pipeline transportation: A systematic analysis of research trends and future needs using WoS	149
Fintech and SMEs sustainable business models: Reflections and considerations for a circular economy	148
Lead and cadmium clean removal from wastewater by sustainable biochar derived from poplar saw dust	148
Analysis of theoretical carbon dioxide emissions from cement production: Methodology and application	148
Closing the loop on take, make, waste: Investigating circular economy practices in the Swedish fashion industry	148
The impact of the pilot program on industrial structure upgrading in low-carbon cities	147
Role of solar energy in reducing ecological footprints: An empirical analysis	147
How does environmental regulation influence enterprises’ total factor productivity? A quasi-natural experiment based on China’s new environmental protection law	147
Industry 4.0 adoption for sustainability in multi-tier manufacturing supply chain in emerging economies	146
Recent advances in nanoscale zero-valent iron-based materials: Characteristics, environmental remediation and challenges	146
Pyrometallurgical recovery of zinc and valuable metals from electric arc furnace dust – A review	146
Critical factors for enhancing the circular economy in waste management	146
Novel Z-scheme In2S3/Bi2WO6 core-shell heterojunctions with synergistic enhanced photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride	146
A Machine Learning analysis of the relationship among iron and steel industries, air pollution, and economic growth in China	146
Extreme gradient boosting and deep neural network based ensemble learning approach to forecast hourly solar irradiance	145
A literature review on circular economy adoption in the manufacturing sector	145
Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of dye contaminants with TiO2 immobilized on ZSM-5 zeolite modified with nickel nanoparticles	145
Energy consumption prediction and diagnosis of public buildings based on support vector machine learning: A case study in China	145
Optimum sustainable inventory management with backorder and deterioration under controllable carbon emissions	145
Spatial effect of environmental regulation on green innovation efficiency: Evidence from prefectural-level cities in China	144
Do pro-environmental factors lead to purchase intention of hybrid vehicles? The moderating effects of environmental knowledge	144
Harris hawk optimization-based MPPT control for PV systems under partial shading conditions	144
Solar thermal energy technologies and its applications for process heating and power generation – A review	144
Industrial collaborative agglomeration, marketization, and green innovation: Evidence from China’s provincial panel data	144
A review on opportunities for implementation of solar energy technologies in agricultural greenhouses	143
Behavioral reasoning theory (BRT) perspectives on E-waste recycling and management	143
A comprehensive study on prospects of economy, environment, and efficiency of palm oil biodiesel as a renewable fuel	143
Current state and barriers to the circular economy in the building sector: Towards a mitigation framework	142
Predictions of carbon emission intensity based on factor analysis and an improved extreme learning machine from the perspective of carbon emission efficiency	141
Life cycle assessment of lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide (NCM) batteries for electric passenger vehicles	141
Recent development of electrochemical advanced oxidation of herbicides. A review on its application to wastewater treatment and soil remediation	140
Comparison of energy consumption and carbon emissions from clinker and recycled cement production	140
Development of high performance sustainable optimized fiber reinforced geopolymer concrete and prediction of compressive strength	139
Assessing the impacts of ageing and natural resource extraction on carbon emissions: A proposed policy framework for European economies	139
Rule of law and CO2 emissions: A comparative analysis across 65 belt and road initiative(BRI) countries	139
Barriers to industry 4.0 adoption and its performance implications: An empirical investigation of emerging economy	139
Biomass gasification using dual fluidized bed gasification systems: A review	138
Recycling of steel slag aggregate in portland cement concrete: An overview	138
Toxicity changes of wastewater during various advanced oxidation processes treatment: An overview	138
Fly-ash based geopolymer mortar for high-temperature application – Effect of slag addition	138
Are green bonds a different asset class? Evidence from time-frequency connectedness analysis	137
Industry 4.0 applications for sustainable manufacturing: A systematic literature review and a roadmap to sustainable development	137
Applications of geothermal organic Rankine Cycle for electricity production	137
Additives for reducing nitrogen loss during composting: A review	137
Review of ternary hybrid nanofluid: Synthesis, stability, thermophysical properties, heat transfer applications, and environmental effects	136
Unlocking digital technologies for waste recycling in Industry 4.0 era: A transformation towards a digitalization-based circular economy in Indonesia	136
Two decades of research on waste management in the circular economy: Insights from bibliometric, text mining, and content analyses	135
Ramification of remanufacturing in a sustainable three-echelon closed-loop supply chain management for returnable products	135
Integration of techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment for sustainable process design – A review	135
The Sustainable Development Goals and corporate sustainability performance: Mapping, extent and determinants	134
Photovoltaic power forecasting based on a support vector machine with improved ant colony optimization	134
Efficient adsorption of Cr (VI) from aqueous environments by phosphoric acid activated eucalyptus biochar	133
Agriculture carbon-emission reduction and changing factors behind agricultural eco-efficiency growth in China	132
Rotating discs solar still: New mechanism of desalination	132
Advances in biogas valorization and utilization systems: A comprehensive review	132
A comparative study on solidification/stabilization characteristics of coal fly ash-based geopolymer and Portland cement on heavy metals in MSWI fly ash	131
Can the current environmental tax rate promote green technology innovation? - Evidence from China’s resource-based industries	131
Green innovation and enterprise green total factor productivity at a micro level: A perspective of technical distance	131
Marine oil spill pollution causes and governance: A case study of Sanchi tanker collision and explosion	131
Quantization of the coupling mechanism between eco-environmental quality and urbanization from multisource remote sensing data	131
Threats of climate and land use change on future flood susceptibility	131
Industry 4.0 and sustainability: Towards conceptualization and theory	131
What drives willingness to purchase and stated buying behavior toward organic food? A Stimulus–Organism–Behavior–Consequence (SOBC) perspective	130
A focus to green synthesis of metal/metal based oxide nanoparticles: Various mechanisms and applications towards ecological approach	130
Magnetic Mg0.5Zn0.5FeMnO4 nanoparticles: Green sol-gel synthesis, characterization, and photocatalytic applications	130