OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Industrial Ecology is 28. 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 2020-12-01 to 2024-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Critiques of the circular economy	391
Whole‐life embodied carbon in multistory buildings: Steel, concrete and timber structures	99
Life cycle assessment of lithium‐ion battery recycling using pyrometallurgical technologies	90
Techno‐economic assessment and comparison of different plastic recycling pathways: A German case study	87
Critical review of global plastics stock and flow data	68
Closed‐loop sustainable product design for circular economy	65
Barriers to the circular economy: The case of the Dutch technical and interior textiles industries	48
Global material flow analysis of glass: From raw materials to end of life	47
Decarbonizing the cementitious materials cycle: A whole‐systems review of measures to decarbonize the cement supply chain in the UK and European contexts	47
Emission reduction strategies in the EU steel industry: Implications for business model innovation	43
Toward a life cycle inventory for graphite production	43
Is life cycle assessment enough to address unintended side effects from Circular Economy initiatives?	43
A comprehensive set of global scenarios of housing, mobility, and material efficiency for material cycles and energy systems modeling	41
Lessons, narratives, and research directions for a sustainable circular economy	41
Aquatic micro‐ and nano‐plastics in life cycle assessment: Development of an effect factor for the quantification of their physical impact on biota	36
Opportunities and limitations for the introduction of circular economy principles in EU aquaculture based on the regulatory framework	35
Regional circular economy of building materials: Environmental and economic assessment combining Material Flow Analysis, Input‐Output Analyses, and Life Cycle Assessment	34
Sustainability implications of artificial intelligence in the chemical industry: A conceptual framework	34
Marine biomass for a circular blue‐green bioeconomy? A life cycle perspective on closing nitrogen and phosphorus land‐marine loops	33
A critical perspective on uncertainty appraisal and sensitivity analysis in life cycle assessment	32
Material intensity database for the Dutch building stock: Towards Big Data in material stock analysis	32
Material efficiency and its contribution to climate change mitigation in Germany: A deep decarbonization scenario analysis until 2060	31
Plastic packaging flows in Europe: A hybrid input‐output approach	31
Tannin‐based bio‐adhesives for the wood panel industry as sustainable alternatives to petrochemical resins	31
Reducing the carbon footprint of ICT products through material efficiency strategies: A life cycle analysis of smartphones	31

Environmental impacts of key metals' supply and low‐carbon technologies are likely to decrease in the future	30
Effects of the energy transition on environmental impacts of cobalt supply: A prospective life cycle assessment study on future supply of cobalt	29
Shifting expenditure on food, holidays, and furnishings could lower greenhouse gas emissions by almost 40%	28
Three‐dimensional product circularity	28
Calculating the chemical exergy of materials	28
Implementation of uncertainty analysis and moment‐independent global sensitivity analysis for full‐scale life cycle assessment models	28
A terminology for downcycling	28