OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Industrial Ecology is 29. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Critiques of the circular economy	247
Toward a cell‐chemistry specific life cycle assessment of lithium‐ion battery recycling processes	132
Corporate carbon performance data: Quo vadis?	81
LC‐IMPACT: A regionalized life cycle damage assessment method	79
Whole‐life embodied carbon in multistory buildings: Steel, concrete and timber structures	75
Update to limits to growth: Comparing the World3 model with empirical data	73
Renewables‐based decarbonization and relocation of iron and steel making: A case study	70
Techno‐economic assessment and comparison of different plastic recycling pathways: A German case study	68
Life cycle assessment of lithium‐ion battery recycling using pyrometallurgical technologies	68
Three‐scope carbon emission inventories of global cities	61
Methodological review and detailed guidance for the life cycle interpretation phase	60
Critical review of global plastics stock and flow data	52
Sharing the safe operating space: Exploring ethical allocation principles to operationalize the planetary boundaries and assess absolute sustainability at individual and industrial sector levels	49
Circular economy framework for automobiles: Closing energy and material loops	43
Circular value creation architectures: Make, ally, buy, or laissez‐faire	42
Temporal analysis of the material flows and embodied greenhouse gas emissions of a neighborhood building stock	41
The relationship between environmental performance and environmental disclosure: A meta‐analysis	39
Closed‐loop sustainable product design for circular economy	37
Decarbonizing the cementitious materials cycle: A whole‐systems review of measures to decarbonize the cement supply chain in the UK and European contexts	36
Emission reduction potentials for academic conference travel	36
Is life cycle assessment enough to address unintended side effects from Circular Economy initiatives?	35
Barriers to the circular economy: The case of the Dutch technical and interior textiles industries	33
Global material flow analysis of glass: From raw materials to end of life	33
The evolution of consumer electronic waste in the United States	32
Orchestrating cradle‐to‐cradle innovation across the value chain: Overcoming barriers through innovation communities, collaboration mechanisms, and intermediation	31

Circular economy finance: Clear winner or risky proposition?	31
Rethinking environmental LCA life stages for transport infrastructure to facilitate holistic assessment	30
Linking service provision to material cycles: A new framework for studying the resource efficiency–climate change (RECC) nexus	30
A comprehensive set of global scenarios of housing, mobility, and material efficiency for material cycles and energy systems modeling	30
Material efficiency and climate change mitigation of passenger vehicles	29
A systematic approach to assess the environmental impact of emerging technologies: A case study for the GHG footprint of CIGS solar photovoltaic laminate	29
Material efficiency and its contribution to climate change mitigation in Germany: A deep decarbonization scenario analysis until 2060	29
Environmental impact assessment of plasma‐assisted and conventional ammonia synthesis routes	29