Journal of Cleaner Production

Article	Citations
Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants using TiO2-based photocatalysts: A review	821
Industry 4.0, digitization, and opportunities for sustainability	819
A review on conventional and novel materials towards heavy metal adsorption in wastewater treatment application	636
An extensive review on the consequences of chemical pesticides on human health and environment	528
Renewable and sustainable biobased materials: An assessment on biofibers, biofilms, biopolymers and biocomposites	481
A critical review on application of photocatalysis for toxicity reduction of real wastewaters	458
Clean production and properties of geopolymer concrete; A review	443
Internet of Things (IoT): Opportunities, issues and challenges towards a smart and sustainable future	398
The effects of trade openness on decoupling carbon emissions from economic growth – Evidence from 182 countries	384
Applying blockchain technology to improve agri-food traceability: A review of development methods, benefits and challenges	383
g-C3N4/carbon dot-based nanocomposites serve as efficacious photocatalysts for environmental purification and energy generation: A review	375
Recent advances in using of chitosan-based adsorbents for removal of pharmaceutical contaminants: A review	372
Adoption of electric vehicle: A literature review and prospects for sustainability	366
The nexus between urbanization, renewable energy, trade, and ecological footprint in ASEAN countries	365
(Micro)plastic crisis: Un-ignorable contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change	358
Does technological innovation reduce CO2 emissions?Cross-country evidence	340
A comprehensive review on green synthesis of nature-inspired metal nanoparticles: Mechanism, application and toxicity	333
A review of the state of health for lithium-ion batteries: Research status and suggestions	326
A framework to overcome sustainable supply chain challenges through solution measures of industry 4.0 and circular economy: An automotive case	323
Circular business models: A review	319
Digital finance, green technological innovation and energy-environmental performance: Evidence from China's regional economies	317
Circular economy in the construction industry: A systematic literature review	303
Arsenic removal technologies and future trends: A mini review	299
Artificial intelligence in sustainable energy industry: Status Quo, challenges and opportunities	292
Could environmental regulation and R&D tax incentives affect green product innovation?	292

The circular economy in the textile and apparel industry: A systematic literature review	292
A review of China’s municipal solid waste (MSW) and comparison with international regions: Management and technologies in treatment and resource utilization	291
Blockchain technology and the circular economy: Implications for sustainability and social responsibility	287
Industry 4.0 based sustainable circular economy approach for smart waste management system to achieve sustainable development goals: A case study of Indonesia	285
Environmental impact assessment of fly ash and silica fume based geopolymer concrete	283
Nexus between green finance, non-fossil energy use, and carbon intensity: Empirical evidence from China based on a vector error correction model	271
Effect of green technology innovation on green total factor productivity in China: Evidence from spatial durbin model analysis	264
Management research and the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs): A bibliometric investigation and systematic review	262
Investigating the nexus between economic complexity, energy consumption and ecological footprint for the United States: New insights from quantile methods	260
Recent progress on flat plate solar collectors and photovoltaic systems in the presence of nanofluid: A review	260
Three pillars of sustainability in the wake of COVID-19: A systematic review and future research agenda for sustainable development	257
Construction and demolition waste management contributing factors coupled with reduce, reuse, and recycle strategies for effective waste management: A review	256
A critical review on biochar for enhancing biogas production from anaerobic digestion of food waste and sludge	256
Integrating renewable sources into energy system for smart city as a sagacious strategy towards clean and sustainable process	253
Environment friendly, renewable and sustainable poly lactic acid (PLA) based natural fiber reinforced composites – A comprehensive review	253
How renewable energy consumption contribute to environmental quality? The role of education in OECD countries	252
Acceleration of discharge process of clean energy storage unit with insertion of porous foam considering nanoparticle enhanced paraffin	250
Properties of fresh and hardened fly ash/slag based geopolymer concrete: A review	246
Revisiting the Environmental Kuznets Curve in Malaysia: The role of globalization in sustainable environment	241
Recent advancement in the natural fiber polymer composites: A comprehensive review	240
Towards closing the attitude-intention-behavior gap in green consumption: A narrative review of the literature and an overview of future research directions	239
China's agricultural green total factor productivity based on carbon emission: An analysis of evolution trend and influencing factors	239
Current technologies for plastic waste treatment: A review	238
The Dynamic Impact of Digital Economy on Carbon Emission Reduction: Evidence City-level Empirical Data in China	237
The imperativeness of environmental quality in the United States transportation sector amidst biomass-fossil energy consumption and growth	234
Does renewable energy consumption reduce ecological footprint? Evidence from eight developing countries of Asia	231
Industry 4.0: How it is defined from a sociotechnical perspective and how much sustainability it includes – A literature review	230
Blockchain technology adoption, architecture, and sustainable agri-food supply chains	230
Relation of environment sustainability to CSR and green innovation: A case of Pakistani manufacturing industry	228
Innovation, trade openness and CO2 emissions in selected countries in Africa	226
Application of industry 4.0 technologies in SMEs for ethical and sustainable operations: Analysis of challenges	226
Strength, microstructure, efflorescence behavior and environmental impacts of waste glass geopolymers cured at ambient temperature	225
Does increasing investment in research and development promote economic growth decoupling from carbon emission growth? An empirical analysis of BRICS countries	224
How does urbanization affect carbon emission efficiency? Evidence from China	222
Green Human Resource Management for organisational citizenship behaviour towards the environment and environmental performance on a university campus	222
A review on PEM electrolyzer modelling: Guidelines for beginners	221
Asymmetric impacts of the policy and development of green credit on the debt financing cost and maturity of different types of enterprises in China	220
Carbon emission transfer strategies in supply chain with lag time of emission reduction technologies and low-carbon preference of consumers	220
Sustainable supplier selection: A novel integrated fuzzy best worst method (F-BWM) and fuzzy CoCoSo with Bonferroni (CoCoSo’B) multi-criteria model	220
Adsorption of organic dyes from wastewater by metal-doped porous carbon materials	219
Grid-connected renewable energy sources: Review of the recent integration requirements and control methods	218
Life cycle assessment of bio-based and fossil-based plastic: A review	218
Investigating influence of green innovation on sustainability performance: A case on Malaysian hotel industry	216
Can environmental regulation promote urban green innovation Efficiency? An empirical study based on Chinese cities	214
Can China’s policy of carbon emission trading promote carbon emission reduction?	211
Predictive modeling for sustainable high-performance concrete from industrial wastes: A comparison and optimization of models using ensemble learners	210
A comprehensive review of engineered biochar: Production, characteristics, and environmental applications	207
Circular ecosystem innovation: An initial set of principles	206
A state-of-the-art review and meta-analysis on sustainable supply chain management: Future research directions	206
Review on biomass feedstocks, pyrolysis mechanism and physicochemical properties of biochar: State-of-the-art framework to speed up vision of circular bioeconomy	204

To identify industry 4.0 and circular economy adoption barriers in the agriculture supply chain by using ISM-ANP	203
Beyond the environmental Kuznets Curve in E7 economies: Accounting for the combined impacts of institutional quality and renewables	203
Cleaner dyeing of textiles using plasma treatment and natural dyes: A review	202
Effect of using mineral admixtures and ceramic wastes as coarse aggregates on properties of ultrahigh-performance concrete	199
Unleashing the convergence amid digitalization and sustainability towards pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A holistic review	199
Influence of rice husk ash on mechanical properties and fire resistance of recycled aggregate high-calcium fly ash geopolymer concrete	198
Ammonia as an energy vector: Current and future prospects for low-carbon fuel applications in internal combustion engines	198
Solar photovoltaic energy optimization methods, challenges and issues: A comprehensive review	197
Plastic recycling in additive manufacturing: A systematic literature review and opportunities for the circular economy	195
Green technological innovation, green finance, and financial development and their role in green total factor productivity: Empirical insights from China	194
Ecological footprint, economic complexity and natural resources rents in Latin America: Empirical evidence using quantile regressions	194
Chlorination disinfection by-products in municipal drinking water – A review	193
Green innovation: A systematic literature review	193
The effect of industrial agglomeration on green development efficiency in Northeast China since the revitalization	191
The relationship between organizational culture, sustainability, and digitalization in SMEs: A systematic review	191
Can environmental regulation directly promote green innovation behavior?—— based on situation of industrial agglomeration	191
Unlocking employees’ green creativity: The effects of green transformational leadership, green intrinsic, and extrinsic motivation	190
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on environmental awareness, sustainable consumption and social responsibility: Evidence from generations in Brazil and Portugal	190
What does the China’s economic recovery after COVID-19 pandemic mean for the economic growth and energy consumption of other countries?	189
Do technological innovations have symmetric or asymmetric effects on environmental quality? Evidence from Pakistan	189
Prospects of biopolymer technology as an alternative option for non-degradable plastics and sustainable management of plastic wastes	188
Circular supply chain management: A state-of-art review and future opportunities	187
An assessment of consumers’ willingness to utilize solar energy in China: End-users’ perspective	185
A review of biodegradable plastics to biodegradable microplastics: Another ecological threat to soil environments?	185
Critical success factors of green innovation: Technology, organization and environment readiness	184
Nanofluids: Physical phenomena, applications in thermal systems and the environment effects- a critical review	183
Surface morphology assessment of CFRP transverse grinding using CNT nanofluid minimum quantity lubrication	182
Facile synthesis of Z-scheme composite of TiO2 nanorod/g-C3N4 nanosheet efficient for photocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin	181
The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials	181
Towards circular and more sustainable buildings: A systematic literature review on the circular economy in the built environment	180
Biochar: Production, properties and emerging role as a support for enzyme immobilization	179
Comprehensive utilization status of red mud in China: A critical review	179
Testing the EKC hypothesis for the top six hydropower energy-consuming countries: Evidence from Fourier Bootstrap ARDL procedure	179
Biochar as green additives in cement-based composites with carbon dioxide curing	178
Key resources for industry 4.0 adoption and its effect on sustainable production and circular economy: An empirical study	177
Artificial neural network model to predict the compressive strength of eco-friendly geopolymer concrete incorporating silica fume and natural zeolite	177
Forecasting the trajectory of electric vehicle sales and the consequences for worldwide CO2 emissions	177
Mitigating the carbon footprint and improving productivity of ruminant livestock agriculture using a red seaweed	176
How technological progress affects the carbon emission efficiency? Evidence from national panel quantile regression	176
Recent technical advancements, economics and environmental impacts of floating photovoltaic solar energy conversion systems	176
Food waste in hospitality and food services: A systematic literature review and framework development approach	175
Potential of building integrated and attached/applied photovoltaic (BIPV/BAPV) for adaptive less energy-hungry building’s skin: A comprehensive review	175
Recent development of super-wettable materials and their applications in oil-water separation	175
Improving construction and demolition waste collection service in an urban area using a simheuristic approach: A case study in Sydney, Australia	175
Governance and quality of life in smart cities: Towards sustainable development goals	175
A review of emerging trends in membrane science and technology for sustainable water treatment	175
A review on municipal solid waste as a renewable source for waste-to-energy project in India: Current practices, challenges, and future opportunities	174
Hydrogeochemical characterization and quality assessment of groundwater based on integrated-weight water quality index in a concentrated urban area	174
An updated review on the properties, fabrication and application of hybrid-nanofluids along with their environmental effects	173
Review of availability of source materials for geopolymer/sustainable concrete	172
Fundamentals and photocatalysis of methylene blue dye using various nanocatalytic assemblies- a critical review	171
Industry 4.0 and sustainable development: A systematic mapping of triple bottom line, Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Models perspectives	171
Industry 4.0, cleaner production and circular economy: An integrative framework for evaluating ethical and sustainable business performance of manufacturing organizations	170
Bridge the gap: Consumers’ purchase intention and behavior regarding sustainable clothing	170
Mitigations pathways towards sustainable development: Assessing the influence of fiscal and monetary policies on carbon emissions in BRICS economies	169
Stepping up and stepping out of COVID-19: New challenges for environmental sustainability policies in the global airline industry	169
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on socio-economic, energy-environment and transport sector globally and sustainable development goal (SDG)	168
Corporate involvement in Sustainable Development Goals: Exploring the territory	168
Efficient encapsulation of toxic dyes from wastewater using several biodegradable natural polymers and their composites	168
The effect of the Covid-19 on sharing economy activities	167
Optimizing local climate zones to mitigate urban heat island effect in human settlements	166
Potentials of industry 4.0 for supply chain management within the triple bottom line of sustainability – A systematic literature review	165
Sustainable entrepreneurship: Review of its evolution and new trends	165
Breaking circular economy barriers	165
Review of rare earth elements recovery from secondary resources for clean energy technologies: Grand opportunities to create wealth from waste	165
The criticality of information and communication technology and human capital in environmental sustainability: Evidence from Latin American and Caribbean countries	164
Does renewable energy reduce ecological footprint at the expense of economic growth? An empirical analysis of 120 countries	164
Preparation and evaluation of an effective activated carbon from white sugar for the adsorption of rhodamine B dye	163
The effect of emission trading policy on carbon emission reduction: Evidence from an integrated study of pilot regions in China	163
Consumers’ response to environmentally-friendly food packaging - A systematic review	162
Sustainable toxic dyes removal with advanced materials for clean water production: A comprehensive review	162
Social sustainability tensions in multi-tier supply chain: A systematic literature review towards conceptual framework development	162
The brewing industry and environmental challenges	161
The role of institutional quality and environment-related technologies in environmental degradation for BRICS	161
Lignin as a potential source of high-added value compounds: A review	160
Alternative fuel options for low carbon maritime transportation: Pathways to 2050	159
Identifying the impacts of natural and human factors on ecosystem service in the Yangtze and Yellow River Basins	159
Carbon emission efficiency of China’s industry sectors: From the perspective of embodied carbon emissions	159
A systematic review for measuring circular economy: The 61 indicators	158
Coupling coordination degree of production, living and ecological spaces and its influencing factors in the Yellow River Basin	157

Intelligent algorithms and control strategies for battery management system in electric vehicles: Progress, challenges and future outlook	157
Wind energy for sustainable development: Driving factors and future outlook	157
A sustainable production-inventory model for a controllable carbon emissions rate under shortages	156
A review of dust accumulation and cleaning methods for solar photovoltaic systems	156
Construction of landscape ecological network based on landscape ecological risk assessment in a large-scale opencast coal mine area	156
A review on European Union’s strategy for plastics in a circular economy and its impact on food safety	155
Comprehensive overview of maximum power point tracking algorithms of PV systems under partial shading condition	155
Sustainability innovations and firm competitiveness: A review	155
Data-driven state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries: Algorithms, implementation factors, limitations and future trends	154
Assessment of city sustainability—Coupling coordinated development among economy, society and environment	154
Environmental regulation and green innovation: Evidence from China’s new environmental protection law	154
The effect of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on economic growth: Non-parametric evidence	153
Effects of heavy metal contamination on river water quality due to release of industrial effluents	153
Predicting energy consumption in multiple buildings using machine learning for improving energy efficiency and sustainability	153
A review of industrial waste heat recovery system for power generation with Organic Rankine Cycle: Recent challenges and future outlook	152
E-waste in India at a glance: Current trends, regulations, challenges and management strategies	152
Organizational enablers for circular economy in the context of sustainable supply chain management	152
Reviewing two decades of cleaner alternative marine fuels: Towards IMO's decarbonization of the maritime transport sector	152
Fabrication and engineering properties of concretes based on geopolymers/alkali-activated binders - A review	152
The impact of command-and-control environmental regulation on enterprise total factor productivity: A quasi-natural experiment based on China’s “Two Control Zone” policy	151
Environmental cost of non-renewable energy and economic progress: Do ICT and financial development mitigate some burden?	151
A critical view on the current application of LCA for new technologies and recommendations for improved practice	150
Modern enabling techniques and adsorbents based dye removal with sustainability concerns in textile industrial sector -A comprehensive review	149
A comprehensive review on the pretreatment process in lithium-ion battery recycling	149
The integrated effect of Big Data Analytics, Lean Six Sigma and Green Manufacturing on the environmental performance of manufacturing companies: The case of North Africa	149
Exploring factors influencing construction waste reduction: A structural equation modeling approach	149
Sustainable consumption in the circular economy. An analysis of consumers’ purchase intentions for waste-to-value food	148
Utilization of biochar for the removal of nitrogen and phosphorus	148
Transfer learning with deep neural networks for model predictive control of HVAC and natural ventilation in smart buildings	148
Green credit policy, government behavior and green innovation quality of enterprises	148
Current knowledge from heavy metal pollution in Chinese smelter contaminated soils, health risk implications and associated remediation progress in recent decades: A critical review	148
Energy-matrices, exergy, economic, environmental, exergoeconomic, enviroeconomic, and heat transfer (6E/HT) analysis of two passive/active solar still water desalination nearly 4000m: Altitude concept	148
Sustainable manufacturing. Bibliometrics and content analysis	147
Industry 4.0 ten years on: A bibliometric and systematic review of concepts, sustainability value drivers, and success determinants	147
Technology assessment of blockchain-based technologies in the food supply chain	147
How environmental regulation affect corporate green investment: Evidence from China	147
A bibliometric analysis of corporate social responsibility in sustainable development	147
A sustainable paradigm of sewage sludge biochar: Valorization, opportunities, challenges and future prospects	146
Measuring green total factor productivity of China's agricultural sector: A three-stage SBM-DEA model with non-point source pollution and CO2 emissions	146
A review on Malaysia’s solar energy pathway towards carbon-neutral Malaysia beyond Covid’19 pandemic	146
Heterogeneity of pollution haven/halo hypothesis and Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis across development levels of Chinese provinces	146
A comprehensive review of hybrid models for solar radiation forecasting	145
Dispatch strategies based performance analysis of a hybrid renewable energy system for a remote rural area in India	145
Deep learning models for solar irradiance forecasting: A comprehensive review	145
Corporate social responsibility and financial performance: Evidence from U.S tech firms	144
Employing artificial bee colony and particle swarm techniques for optimizing a neural network in prediction of heating and cooling loads of residential buildings	144
Does green innovation mitigate financing constraints? Evidence from China’s private enterprises	144
Developments in the life cycle assessment of chemical recycling of plastic waste – A review	144
Plant extracts as green corrosion inhibitor for ferrous metal alloys: A review	144
The anthropogenic consequences of energy consumption in E7 economies: Juxtaposing roles of renewable, coal, nuclear, oil and gas energy: Evidence from panel quantile method	144
Recent advances on water disinfection using bismuth based modified photocatalysts: Strategies and challenges	144
E-waste recycling behaviour: An integration of recycling habits into the theory of planned behaviour	143
Review on state-of-health of lithium-ion batteries: Characterizations, estimations and applications	143
Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates: Opportunities, challenges, and prospects	143
Chitosan-based materials: Preparation, modification and application	142
Export product diversification and CO2 emissions: Contextual evidences from developing and developed economies	142
Impacts of industrial agglomeration on pollution and ecological efficiency-A spatial econometric analysis based on a big panel dataset of China’s 259 cities	142
Can the new energy demonstration city policy reduce environmental pollution? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China	141
Application of advanced oxidation processes followed by different treatment technologies for hospital wastewater treatment	141
Internet of Things (IoT) adoption barriers of smart cities’ waste management: An Indian context	141
Forward osmosis technology for water treatment: Recent advances and future perspectives	140
Links between circular economy and climate change mitigation in the built environment	140
A review on the characteristics of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: A source for toxic chemicals	140
A review of anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBR) for the treatment of highly contaminated landfill leachate and biogas production: Effectiveness, limitations and future perspectives	140
Spatiotemporal change detection of ecological quality and the associated affecting factors in Dongting Lake Basin, based on RSEI	139
Green human resource management practices and environmental performance in Malaysian green hotels: The role of green intellectual capital and pro-environmental behavior	139
Recent advances on composite hydrogels designed for the remediation of dye-contaminated water and wastewater: A review	139
The potential of sharing economy business models for sustainable value creation	138
Study on the effect of environmental regulations and industrial structure on haze pollution in China from the dual perspective of independence and linkage	138
Repurposing waste plastics into cleaner asphalt pavement materials: A critical literature review	138
A novel approach to extended fuzzy TOPSIS based on new divergence measures for renewable energy sources selection	138
Recycled aggregates from construction and demolition wastes as alternative filling materials for highway subgrades in China	138
Resilience and cleaner production in industry 4.0: Role of supply chain mapping and visibility	137
Fuzzy Logic based Smart Irrigation System using Internet of Things	137
Environmental preservation amidst carbon emissions, energy consumption, and urbanization in selected african countries: Implication for sustainability	137
Is there a green premium in the green bond market? Systematic literature review revealing premium determinants	136
Designing a sustainable closed-loop supply chain network of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic: Pareto-based algorithms	136
Towards a circular and low-carbon economy: Insights from the transitioning to electric vehicles and net zero economy	136
An adoption-implementation framework of digital green knowledge to improve the performance of digital green innovation practices for industry 5.0	136
Evaluation of sustainable transport research in 2000–2019	136
Environmental and economic assessment on 3D printed buildings with recycled concrete	136
Eco-friendly geopolymer materials: A review of performance improvement, potential application and sustainability assessment	136
Application of the extended theory of planned behavior to predict Iranian farmers’ intention for safe use of chemical fertilizers	135
Is income inequality a driver for renewable energy consumption?	135
Removal and reduction of Cr(Ⅵ) in simulated wastewater using magnetic biochar prepared by co-pyrolysis of nano-zero-valent iron and sewage sludge	135
Circular economy practices in the built environment	135
The determinants of public acceptance of autonomous vehicles: An innovation diffusion perspective	134
A review on low carbon emissions projects of steel industry in the World	133
A review on latest trends in cleaner biodiesel production: Role of feedstock, production methods, and catalysts	133
Green synthesis using cherry and orange juice and characterization of TbFeO3 ceramic nanostructures and their application as photocatalysts under UV light for removal of organic dyes in water	133
Waste management challenges in transition to circular economy – Case of Croatia	133
From digital to sustainable: A scientometric review of smart city literature between 1990 and 2019	133
Robust scheduling of hydrogen based smart micro energy hub with integrated demand response	132
A new hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach for location selection of sustainable offshore wind energy stations: A case study	132
Insight into the co-pyrolysis of different blended feedstocks to biochar for the adsorption of organic and inorganic pollutants: A review	132