Journal of Cleaner Production

Article	Citations
A review on conventional and novel materials towards heavy metal adsorption in wastewater treatment application	836
An extensive review on the consequences of chemical pesticides on human health and environment	739
Artificial intelligence in sustainable energy industry: Status Quo, challenges and opportunities	495
Digital finance, green technological innovation and energy-environmental performance: Evidence from China's regional economies	447
Circular business models: A review	439
The effects of trade openness on decoupling carbon emissions from economic growth – Evidence from 182 countries	430
Recent advances in using of chitosan-based adsorbents for removal of pharmaceutical contaminants: A review	422
g-C3N4/carbon dot-based nanocomposites serve as efficacious photocatalysts for environmental purification and energy generation: A review	404
Arsenic removal technologies and future trends: A mini review	382
Blockchain technology and the circular economy: Implications for sustainability and social responsibility	368
The Dynamic Impact of Digital Economy on Carbon Emission Reduction: Evidence City-level Empirical Data in China	367
A review of China’s municipal solid waste (MSW) and comparison with international regions: Management and technologies in treatment and resource utilization	360
Management research and the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs): A bibliometric investigation and systematic review	349
Integrating renewable sources into energy system for smart city as a sagacious strategy towards clean and sustainable process	344
Environment friendly, renewable and sustainable poly lactic acid (PLA) based natural fiber reinforced composites – A comprehensive review	334
Nexus between green finance, non-fossil energy use, and carbon intensity: Empirical evidence from China based on a vector error correction model	331
Towards closing the attitude-intention-behavior gap in green consumption: A narrative review of the literature and an overview of future research directions	328
Green technological innovation, green finance, and financial development and their role in green total factor productivity: Empirical insights from China	327
Effect of green technology innovation on green total factor productivity in China: Evidence from spatial durbin model analysis	326
A critical review on biochar for enhancing biogas production from anaerobic digestion of food waste and sludge	313
Current technologies for plastic waste treatment: A review	309
Recent advancement in the natural fiber polymer composites: A comprehensive review	307
China's agricultural green total factor productivity based on carbon emission: An analysis of evolution trend and influencing factors	294
Investigating the nexus between economic complexity, energy consumption and ecological footprint for the United States: New insights from quantile methods	293
Ammonia as an energy vector: Current and future prospects for low-carbon fuel applications in internal combustion engines	290

Lignocellulosic biomass from agricultural waste to the circular economy: a review with focus on biofuels, biocomposites and bioplastics	290
Blockchain technology adoption, architecture, and sustainable agri-food supply chains	289
Application of industry 4.0 technologies in SMEs for ethical and sustainable operations: Analysis of challenges	287
Three pillars of sustainability in the wake of COVID-19: A systematic review and future research agenda for sustainable development	286
Adsorption of organic dyes from wastewater by metal-doped porous carbon materials	283
Recent progress on flat plate solar collectors and photovoltaic systems in the presence of nanofluid: A review	282
Green innovation: A systematic literature review	282
The relationship between organizational culture, sustainability, and digitalization in SMEs: A systematic review	277
Does renewable energy consumption reduce ecological footprint? Evidence from eight developing countries of Asia	274
Predictive modeling for sustainable high-performance concrete from industrial wastes: A comparison and optimization of models using ensemble learners	273
The imperativeness of environmental quality in the United States transportation sector amidst biomass-fossil energy consumption and growth	269
Solar photovoltaic energy optimization methods, challenges and issues: A comprehensive review	269
Innovation, trade openness and CO2 emissions in selected countries in Africa	268
Can environmental regulation promote urban green innovation Efficiency? An empirical study based on Chinese cities	266
Review on biomass feedstocks, pyrolysis mechanism and physicochemical properties of biochar: State-of-the-art framework to speed up vision of circular bioeconomy	255
Comprehensive utilization status of red mud in China: A critical review	253
A review of biodegradable plastics to biodegradable microplastics: Another ecological threat to soil environments?	253
Bridge the gap: Consumers’ purchase intention and behavior regarding sustainable clothing	249
Unleashing the convergence amid digitalization and sustainability towards pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A holistic review	249
To identify industry 4.0 and circular economy adoption barriers in the agriculture supply chain by using ISM-ANP	246
Can environmental regulation directly promote green innovation behavior?—— based on situation of industrial agglomeration	246
Fundamentals and photocatalysis of methylene blue dye using various nanocatalytic assemblies- a critical review	242
The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials	240
Identifying the impacts of natural and human factors on ecosystem service in the Yangtze and Yellow River Basins	239
Industry 4.0 and sustainable development: A systematic mapping of triple bottom line, Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Models perspectives	237
Ecological footprint, economic complexity and natural resources rents in Latin America: Empirical evidence using quantile regressions	237
A state-of-the-art review and meta-analysis on sustainable supply chain management: Future research directions	234
Artificial neural network model to predict the compressive strength of eco-friendly geopolymer concrete incorporating silica fume and natural zeolite	229
Recent technical advancements, economics and environmental impacts of floating photovoltaic solar energy conversion systems	227
Beyond the environmental Kuznets Curve in E7 economies: Accounting for the combined impacts of institutional quality and renewables	226
How technological progress affects the carbon emission efficiency? Evidence from national panel quantile regression	225
Key resources for industry 4.0 adoption and its effect on sustainable production and circular economy: An empirical study	223
A review on municipal solid waste as a renewable source for waste-to-energy project in India: Current practices, challenges, and future opportunities	220
Industry 4.0, cleaner production and circular economy: An integrative framework for evaluating ethical and sustainable business performance of manufacturing organizations	220
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on environmental awareness, sustainable consumption and social responsibility: Evidence from generations in Brazil and Portugal	218
Alternative fuel options for low carbon maritime transportation: Pathways to 2050	214
Chitosan-based materials: Preparation, modification and application	214
Wind energy for sustainable development: Driving factors and future outlook	212
Do technological innovations have symmetric or asymmetric effects on environmental quality? Evidence from Pakistan	212
Breaking circular economy barriers	212
Sustainable toxic dyes removal with advanced materials for clean water production: A comprehensive review	212
Construction of landscape ecological network based on landscape ecological risk assessment in a large-scale opencast coal mine area	212
Coupling coordination degree of production, living and ecological spaces and its influencing factors in the Yellow River Basin	211
Review on state-of-health of lithium-ion batteries: Characterizations, estimations and applications	211
Potentials of industry 4.0 for supply chain management within the triple bottom line of sustainability – A systematic literature review	210
A systematic review for measuring circular economy: The 61 indicators	209
Nanofluids: Physical phenomena, applications in thermal systems and the environment effects- a critical review	208
Social sustainability tensions in multi-tier supply chain: A systematic literature review towards conceptual framework development	207
What does the China’s economic recovery after COVID-19 pandemic mean for the economic growth and energy consumption of other countries?	207
Optimizing local climate zones to mitigate urban heat island effect in human settlements	206

The role of institutional quality and environment-related technologies in environmental degradation for BRICS	204
Environmental regulation and green innovation: Evidence from China’s new environmental protection law	203
Carbon emission efficiency of China’s industry sectors: From the perspective of embodied carbon emissions	203
Intelligent algorithms and control strategies for battery management system in electric vehicles: Progress, challenges and future outlook	202
A review on European Union’s strategy for plastics in a circular economy and its impact on food safety	202
Surface morphology assessment of CFRP transverse grinding using CNT nanofluid minimum quantity lubrication	201
Potential of building integrated and attached/applied photovoltaic (BIPV/BAPV) for adaptive less energy-hungry building’s skin: A comprehensive review	201
Sustainability innovations and firm competitiveness: A review	201
A review of industrial waste heat recovery system for power generation with Organic Rankine Cycle: Recent challenges and future outlook	201
Does renewable energy reduce ecological footprint at the expense of economic growth? An empirical analysis of 120 countries	201
Spatiotemporal change detection of ecological quality and the associated affecting factors in Dongting Lake Basin, based on RSEI	200
An assessment of consumers’ willingness to utilize solar energy in China: End-users’ perspective	200
Corporate social responsibility and financial performance: Evidence from U.S tech firms	200
Quantile time–frequency price connectedness between green bond, green equity, sustainable investments and clean energy markets	197
Improving construction and demolition waste collection service in an urban area using a simheuristic approach: A case study in Sydney, Australia	195
Effects of heavy metal contamination on river water quality due to release of industrial effluents	195
A review on the characteristics of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: A source for toxic chemicals	194
Barriers to the adoption of electric vehicles: Evidence from India	194
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on socio-economic, energy-environment and transport sector globally and sustainable development goal (SDG)	194
An adoption-implementation framework of digital green knowledge to improve the performance of digital green innovation practices for industry 5.0	193
Green human resource management practices and environmental performance in Malaysian green hotels: The role of green intellectual capital and pro-environmental behavior	193
How environmental regulation affect corporate green investment: Evidence from China	192
Reviewing two decades of cleaner alternative marine fuels: Towards IMO's decarbonization of the maritime transport sector	192
The effect of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on economic growth: Non-parametric evidence	191
Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS): Environmental solution and climate change adaptation	191
A review of dust accumulation and cleaning methods for solar photovoltaic systems	191
Measuring green total factor productivity of China's agricultural sector: A three-stage SBM-DEA model with non-point source pollution and CO2 emissions	190
The joint impact of green human resource management, leadership and organizational culture on employees’ green behaviour and organisational environmental performance	190
Plant extracts as green corrosion inhibitor for ferrous metal alloys: A review	190
Mapping the social dimension of the circular economy	189
Behaviors and influencing factors of the heavy metals adsorption onto microplastics: A review	189
Data-driven state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries: Algorithms, implementation factors, limitations and future trends	188
A comprehensive review on the pretreatment process in lithium-ion battery recycling	187
Industry 4.0 ten years on: A bibliometric and systematic review of concepts, sustainability value drivers, and success determinants	187
Green credit policy, government behavior and green innovation quality of enterprises	187
Mitigations pathways towards sustainable development: Assessing the influence of fiscal and monetary policies on carbon emissions in BRICS economies	187
A review on low carbon emissions projects of steel industry in the World	187
The criticality of information and communication technology and human capital in environmental sustainability: Evidence from Latin American and Caribbean countries	186
Deep learning models for solar irradiance forecasting: A comprehensive review	186
Hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents: the new generation of green solvents for diversified and colorful applications in green chemistry	185
Eco-friendly geopolymer materials: A review of performance improvement, potential application and sustainability assessment	184
Is there a green premium in the green bond market? Systematic literature review revealing premium determinants	184
Exploring factors influencing construction waste reduction: A structural equation modeling approach	184
Efficient encapsulation of toxic dyes from wastewater using several biodegradable natural polymers and their composites	184
A review on latest trends in cleaner biodiesel production: Role of feedstock, production methods, and catalysts	184
Circular economy practices in the built environment	183
Adsorbent materials for ammonium and ammonia removal: A review	182
Factors impacting consumers’ intention toward adoption of electric vehicles in Malaysia	181
Developments in the life cycle assessment of chemical recycling of plastic waste – A review	181
Environmental and economic assessment on 3D printed buildings with recycled concrete	181
Chemical stabilization remediation for heavy metals in contaminated soils on the latest decade: Available stabilizing materials and associated evaluation methods－A critical review	180
Municipal sewage sludge incineration and its air pollution control	179
The effect of the Covid-19 on sharing economy activities	178
Environmental cost of non-renewable energy and economic progress: Do ICT and financial development mitigate some burden?	177
The relationship between environmental, social, and financial performance in the banking sector: A European study	175
E-waste recycling behaviour: An integration of recycling habits into the theory of planned behaviour	175
Recent advances on composite hydrogels designed for the remediation of dye-contaminated water and wastewater: A review	175
Recent advances on water disinfection using bismuth based modified photocatalysts: Strategies and challenges	175
Effect of animal manure, crop type, climate zone, and soil attributes on greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils—A global meta-analysis	174
Drivers and barriers of circular economy business models: Where we are now, and where we are heading	174
Repurposing waste plastics into cleaner asphalt pavement materials: A critical literature review	174
Recent advances in polysaccharide-based adsorbents for wastewater treatment	173
Impacts of green finance on green innovation: A spatial and nonlinear perspective	172
Can the new energy demonstration city policy reduce environmental pollution? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China	171
The anthropogenic consequences of energy consumption in E7 economies: Juxtaposing roles of renewable, coal, nuclear, oil and gas energy: Evidence from panel quantile method	171
An overview of non-biodegradable bioplastics	170
Current knowledge from heavy metal pollution in Chinese smelter contaminated soils, health risk implications and associated remediation progress in recent decades: A critical review	170
Can green credit policy promote low-carbon technology innovation?	170
Forward osmosis technology for water treatment: Recent advances and future perspectives	169
Sustainability in e-commerce packaging: A review	169
Degradation of rhodamine B in water by ultrasound-assisted TiO2 photocatalysis	167
Dependence and risk spillovers between green bonds and clean energy markets	167
Perspective review on Municipal Solid Waste-to-energy route: Characteristics, management strategy, and role in circular economy	167
A comprehensive review on the recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries: Urgent status and technology advances	167
Sustainability in the construction industry: A systematic review of the literature	166
Heterogeneity of pollution haven/halo hypothesis and Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis across development levels of Chinese provinces	164
How do intellectual property rights and government support drive a firm's green innovation? The mediating role of open innovation	164
Resilience and cleaner production in industry 4.0: Role of supply chain mapping and visibility	164
Analysis of theoretical carbon dioxide emissions from cement production: Methodology and application	163
Electrically actuated visible and near-infrared regulating switchable smart window for energy positive building: A review	163

Influence of waste glass powder as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) on physical and mechanical properties of cement paste under high temperatures	162
Fresh, mechanical and microstructural properties of alkali-activated composites incorporating nanomaterials: A comprehensive review	162
The impact of the pilot program on industrial structure upgrading in low-carbon cities	161
Electricity production based forecasting of greenhouse gas emissions in Turkey with deep learning, support vector machine and artificial neural network algorithms	161
Energy-related approach for reduction of CO2 emissions: A critical strategy on the port-to-ship pathway	161
Fossil fuel energy and environmental performance in an extended STIRPAT model	161
Environmental preservation amidst carbon emissions, energy consumption, and urbanization in selected african countries: Implication for sustainability	160
Food loss and waste in food supply chains. A systematic literature review and framework development approach	160
Chemically modified carbonaceous adsorbents for enhanced CO2 capture: A review	159
Designing a sustainable closed-loop supply chain network of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic: Pareto-based algorithms	159
Export product diversification and CO2 emissions: Contextual evidences from developing and developed economies	159
Sustainable asphalt rejuvenation using waste cooking oil: A comprehensive review	158
Sizing of a solar-wind hybrid electric vehicle charging station by using HOMER software	158
Food packaging and sustainability – Consumer perception vs. correlated scientific facts: A review	158
Critical factors for enhancing the circular economy in waste management	157
Safety and security of oil and gas pipeline transportation: A systematic analysis of research trends and future needs using WoS	157
Behavioral reasoning theory (BRT) perspectives on E-waste recycling and management	157
Fintech and SMEs sustainable business models: Reflections and considerations for a circular economy	157
Assessment and prediction of carbon sequestration using Markov chain and InVEST model in Sariska Tiger Reserve, India	156
Asymmetric nexus between economic policy uncertainty, renewable energy technology budgets, and environmental sustainability: Evidence from the United States	156
Recent advances in nanoscale zero-valent iron-based materials: Characteristics, environmental remediation and challenges	156
Industry 4.0 adoption for sustainability in multi-tier manufacturing supply chain in emerging economies	155
Extreme gradient boosting and deep neural network based ensemble learning approach to forecast hourly solar irradiance	155
Novel Z-scheme In2S3/Bi2WO6 core-shell heterojunctions with synergistic enhanced photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride	155
Predictions of carbon emission intensity based on factor analysis and an improved extreme learning machine from the perspective of carbon emission efficiency	154
Industrial collaborative agglomeration, marketization, and green innovation: Evidence from China’s provincial panel data	154
The interplay of circular economy with industry 4.0 enabled smart city drivers of healthcare waste disposal	154
Comparison of energy consumption and carbon emissions from clinker and recycled cement production	154
Lead and cadmium clean removal from wastewater by sustainable biochar derived from poplar saw dust	153
Industry 4.0 applications for sustainable manufacturing: A systematic literature review and a roadmap to sustainable development	153
A new hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach for location selection of sustainable offshore wind energy stations: A case study	153
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
Fly-ash based geopolymer mortar for high-temperature application – Effect of slag addition	153
Recent developments in the photocatalytic applications of covalent organic frameworks: A review	153
Solar thermal energy technologies and its applications for process heating and power generation – A review	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
How does environmental regulation influence enterprises’ total factor productivity? A quasi-natural experiment based on China’s new environmental protection law	153
Unlocking digital technologies for waste recycling in Industry 4.0 era: A transformation towards a digitalization-based circular economy in Indonesia	152
On the sustainable perishable food supply chain network design: A dairy products case to achieve sustainable development goals	152
Closing the loop on take, make, waste: Investigating circular economy practices in the Swedish fashion industry	152
Integration of techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment for sustainable process design – A review	151
Do pro-environmental factors lead to purchase intention of hybrid vehicles? The moderating effects of environmental knowledge	151
A comprehensive study on prospects of economy, environment, and efficiency of palm oil biodiesel as a renewable fuel	151
Barriers to industry 4.0 adoption and its performance implications: An empirical investigation of emerging economy	151
Environmental complexity of globalization, education, and income inequalities: New insights of energy poverty	151
Optimum sustainable inventory management with backorder and deterioration under controllable carbon emissions	151
The Sustainable Development Goals and corporate sustainability performance: Mapping, extent and determinants	148
Additives for reducing nitrogen loss during composting: A review	148
A review on opportunities for implementation of solar energy technologies in agricultural greenhouses	147
Review of ternary hybrid nanofluid: Synthesis, stability, thermophysical properties, heat transfer applications, and environmental effects	147
Rule of law and CO2 emissions: A comparative analysis across 65 belt and road initiative(BRI) countries	147
A Machine Learning analysis of the relationship among iron and steel industries, air pollution, and economic growth in China	147
Are green bonds a different asset class? Evidence from time-frequency connectedness analysis	147
Role of solar energy in reducing ecological footprints: An empirical analysis	147
Biomass gasification using dual fluidized bed gasification systems: A review	146
Recycling of steel slag aggregate in portland cement concrete: An overview	146
Pyrometallurgical recovery of zinc and valuable metals from electric arc furnace dust – A review	146
Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of dye contaminants with TiO2 immobilized on ZSM-5 zeolite modified with nickel nanoparticles	145
Recent development of electrochemical advanced oxidation of herbicides. A review on its application to wastewater treatment and soil remediation	145
Assessing the impacts of ageing and natural resource extraction on carbon emissions: A proposed policy framework for European economies	145
Spatial effect of environmental regulation on green innovation efficiency: Evidence from prefectural-level cities in China	144
Green innovation and enterprise green total factor productivity at a micro level: A perspective of technical distance	144
Ramification of remanufacturing in a sustainable three-echelon closed-loop supply chain management for returnable products	143
Current challenges, applications and future perspectives of SCOBY cellulose of Kombucha fermentation	143
Engineering properties of sustainable green concrete incorporating eco-friendly aggregate of crumb rubber: A review	143
The geopolitical risk effect on the US renewable energy deployment	142
Quantization of the coupling mechanism between eco-environmental quality and urbanization from multisource remote sensing data	142
Current state and barriers to the circular economy in the building sector: Towards a mitigation framework	142
A survey-based assessment of how existing and potential electric vehicle owners perceive range anxiety	142
Recent advancement in the application of hybrid coagulants in coagulation-flocculation of wastewater: A review	141
Photovoltaic power forecasting based on a support vector machine with improved ant colony optimization	140
A comparative study on solidification/stabilization characteristics of coal fly ash-based geopolymer and Portland cement on heavy metals in MSWI fly ash	139
Hydrogen direct reduction (H-DR) in steel industry—An overview of challenges and opportunities	139
Agriculture carbon-emission reduction and changing factors behind agricultural eco-efficiency growth in China	139
Efficient adsorption of Cr (VI) from aqueous environments by phosphoric acid activated eucalyptus biochar	139
Industry 4.0 and sustainability: Towards conceptualization and theory	139
A scientometric review of geopolymer concrete	139
Development of high performance sustainable optimized fiber reinforced geopolymer concrete and prediction of compressive strength	139
Choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvents as green extractants for the isolation of phenolic compounds from biomass	138
Effect of financial development and technological innovation on green growth—Analysis based on spatial Durbin model	138
A review on hydrogen production thermochemical water-splitting cycles	138
Can the current environmental tax rate promote green technology innovation? - Evidence from China’s resource-based industries	138
Toxicity changes of wastewater during various advanced oxidation processes treatment: An overview	138
Do politically connected CEOs promote Chinese listed industrial firms’ green innovation? The mediating role of external governance environments	137
Overview assessment of risk evaluation and treatment technologies for heavy metal pollution of water and soil	136
Municipal solid waste management in a circular economy: A data-driven bibliometric analysis	136
Decision-making and coordination of green closed-loop supply chain with fairness concern	136
A review on trends in lignin extraction and valorization of lignocellulosic biomass for energy applications	136
Effects of microplastics derived from polymer-coated fertilizer on maize growth, rhizosphere, and soil properties	135
Two decades of research on waste management in the circular economy: Insights from bibliometric, text mining, and content analyses	135
Production of sustainable and structural fiber reinforced recycled aggregate concrete with improved fracture properties: A review	135
Removal and generation of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: A review	135
Multi-objective optimization for the reliable pollution-routing problem with cross-dock selection using Pareto-based algorithms	134
A review on accessible techniques for removal of hexavalent Chromium and divalent Nickel from industrial wastewater: Recent research and future outlook	134
Green transportation for sustainability: Review of current barriers, strategies, and innovative technologies	134