OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sustainable Production and Consumption is 76. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Principles for a sustainable circular economy	510
Per-capita carbon emissions in 147 countries: The effect of economic, energy, social, and trade structural changes	464
Impact of COVID-19 on the social, economic, environmental and energy domains: Lessons learnt from a global pandemic	393
How the combination of Circular Economy and Industry 4.0 can contribute towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals	382
Redesigning Supply Chains using Blockchain-Enabled Circular Economy and COVID-19 Experiences	318
The impact of corporate social responsibility on customer loyalty: The mediating role of corporate reputation, customer satisfaction, and trust	290
Towards sustainable production and consumption: Assessing the impact of energy productivity and eco-innovation on consumption-based carbon dioxide emissions (CCO2) in G-7 nations	287
Improving supply chain sustainability in the context of COVID-19 pandemic in an emerging economy: Exploring drivers using an integrated model	274
Determinants of Carbon Emission in China: How Good is Green Investment?	265
Examining the correlations between stakeholder pressures, green production practices, firm reputation, environmental and financial performance: Evidence from manufacturing SMEs	253
Circularity for circularity's sake? Scoping review of assessment methods for environmental performance in the circular economy.	234
A systematic literature review on the circular economy initiatives in the European Union	223
Analysing European Union circular economy policies: words versus actions	220
How does green innovation improve enterprises’ competitive advantage? The role of organizational learning	198
Do industrialization, economic growth and globalization processes influence the ecological footprint and healthcare expenditures? Fresh insights based on the STIRPAT model for countries with the highe	192
COVID-19 pandemic digitization lessons for sustainable development of micro-and small- enterprises	191
Structural emissions reduction of China's power and heating industry under the goal of “double carbon”: A perspective from input-output analysis	186
Pricing policies of dual-channel green supply chain: Considering government subsidies and consumers' dual preferences	182
Consumption-based carbon emissions in Mexico: An analysis using the dual adjustment approach	180
Global economic crisis, energy use, CO2 emissions, and policy roadmap amid COVID-19	179
How does international technology spillover affect China's carbon emissions? A new perspective through intellectual property protection	178
Financial Instability and Consumption-based Carbon Emission in E-7 Countries: The Role of Trade and Economic Growth	177
The effects of population aging, life expectancy, unemployment rate, population density, per capita GDP, urbanization on per capita carbon emissions	173
Assessment of the public acceptance and utilization of renewable energy in Pakistan	167
Relationship between corporate social responsibility at the micro-level and environmental performance: The mediating role of employee pro-environmental behavior and the moderating role of gender	166

Identifying industry 5.0 contributions to sustainable development: A strategy roadmap for delivering sustainability values	161
Sustainable supply chain management towards disruption and organizational ambidexterity: A data driven analysis	157
Does the Internet development affect energy and carbon emission performance?	153
Trade protectionism jeopardizes carbon neutrality – Decoupling and breakpoints roles of trade openness	148
An empirical analysis of the household consumption-induced carbon emissions in China	146
Expected impact of industry 4.0 technologies on sustainable development: A study in the context of Brazil's plastic industry	136
Social circular economy indicators: Selection through fuzzy delphi method	134
Analysis of emission reduction effects of carbon trading: Market mechanism or government intervention?	134
The extent of food waste generation in the UK and its environmental impacts	133
Effects of environmental regulation on CO2 emissions: An empirical analysis of 282 cities in China	132
Forecasting of transportation-related energy demand and CO2 emissions in Turkey with different machine learning algorithms	127
Can environmental regulation promote green innovation in heavily polluting enterprises? Empirical evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China	122
The logistics of the short food supply chain: A literature review	122
A Dynamic Decision Support System for Sustainable Supplier Selection in Circular Economy	117
Blockchain for the Circular Economy: Analysis of the Research-Practice Gap	117
A systematic literature review of the agro-food supply chain: Challenges, network design, and performance measurement perspectives	116
Nano and micro level circular economy indicators: Assisting decision-makers in circularity assessments	115
Sustainable product development in a circular economy: Implications for products, actors, decision-making support and lifecycle information management	111
Assessing the social sustainability of circular economy practices: Industry perspectives from Italy and the Netherlands	107
Transformation towards a circular economy in the Australian construction and demolition waste management system	106
Effects of sustainable supply chain integration on green innovation and firm performance	106
Impacts of consumer innovativeness on the intention to purchase sustainable products	103
On the goals of sustainable production and the conditions of environmental sustainability: Does cyclical innovation in green and sustainable technologies determine carbon dioxide emissions in G-7 econ	102
Climate risk and corporate environmental performance: Empirical evidence from China	102
Towards environmental sustainability: Exploring the nexus among ISO 14001, governance indicators and green economy in Pakistan	101
Have electric vehicles effectively addressed CO2 emissions? Analysis of eight leading countries using quantile-on-quantile regression approach	97
Going carbon-neutral in China: Does the low-carbon city pilot policy improve carbon emission efficiency?	96
Responsible consumer and lifestyle: Sustainability insights	94
Is digitalization a driver to enhance environmental performance? An empirical investigation of European countries	93
Optimizing inventory level and technology investment under a carbon tax, cap-and-trade and strict carbon limit regulations	91
An introduction to circular economy and sustainability: Some existing lessons and future directions	89
How circular is current design practice? Investigating perspectives across industrial design and architecture in the transition towards a circular economy	89
Economic performance of India amidst high CO2 emissions	89
Carbon sequestration and storage in the built environment	88
Environmental Protection Tax Law on the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction in China: Evidence from a panel data of 107 cities	88
A triple bottom line balanced set of key performance indicators to measure the sustainability performance of industrial supply chains	87
End-of-life solar photovoltaic e-waste assessment in India: a step towards a circular economy	86
Minimalism as a sustainable lifestyle: Its behavioral representations and contributions to emotional well-being	83
Sustainable, resilient and responsive mixed supply chain network design under hybrid uncertainty with considering COVID-19 pandemic disruption	82
A framework to analyze carbon impacts of digital economy: The case of China	82
Framing and assessing the emergent field of business model innovation for the circular economy: A combined literature review and multiple case study approach	81
Understanding farm-level differences in environmental impact and eco-efficiency: The case of rice production in Iran	81
The impact of innovative city construction on ecological efficiency: a quasi-natural experiment from China	81
Inhibitors to circular economy practices in the leather industry using an integrated approach: Implications for sustainable development goals in emerging economies	81
Enablers and Barriers for Circular Business Models: an empirical analysis in the Italian automotive industry	79
Leveraging Optimized and Cleaner Production through Industry 4.0	79
Assessment of energy poverty and key influencing factors in N11 countries	79
Many Happy Returns: Combining insights from the environmental and behavioural sciences to understand what is required to make reusable packaging mainstream	77
The environmental and economic effects of the carbon emissions trading scheme in China: The role of alternative allowance allocation	77
Developing sustainable supply chain management: The interplay of institutional pressures and sustainability capabilities	76

The impact of COVID-19 on alternative and local food systems and the potential for the sustainability transition: Insights from 13 countries