OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sustainable Production and Consumption is 64. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Walk and chew gum: A demand and supply illustration of macro and micro net-zero initiatives for the automobile industry	400
Towards an integrated system modeling of water scarcity with projected changes in climate and socioeconomic conditions	321
Farmers' preferences for sustainable farmland construction — Insights from a discrete choice experiment in China	291
Linking methodologies to assess climate impacts and circular economy strategies along supply chains	223
Are air travelers willing to pay for mandatory carbon emission policies? Evidence from China	194
Insect production as a novel alternative to livestock farming: Exploring interest and willingness to adopt among German farmers	192
Assessing the environmental impacts of rice in an anthropized Mediterranean wetland: Towards carbon farming	186
Beyond the life cycle: assessing business models for the circular economy through life-cycle-based methodologies	184
Can consumers understand that there is more to palm oil than deforestation?	177
Environmental and economic sustainability of additive manufacturing: A systematic literature review	176
Enabling environmental sustainability and circularity assessment in technology development: The Value-Impact Scanner	165
Review of the current knowledge and identified gaps in assessing the social and environmental impacts of mining processes in the Lithium Triangle	160
A data-driven life cycle assessment of battery swapping for electric two-wheelers: A multi-city operational perspective	145
Consumer concerns over food insecurity drive reduction in the carbon footprint of food consumption	142
Multinational enterprises mitigate carbon inequality across Chinese cities	137
Economic analysis of whole-county PV projects in China considering environmental benefits	133
Calculating the true costs of protein sources by integrating environmental costs and market prices	131
Water and sludge resource planning for sustainable agriculture: An energy-water-food-waste nexus approach	130
Consumer behavior in circular business models: Unveiling conservation and rebound effects	130
One Framework to Rule Them All: An Integrated, Multi-level and Scalable Performance Measurement Framework of Sustainability, Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis	122
Food waste and the effects of waste reduction in China's catering industry	121
An integrated design method for used product remanufacturing scheme considering carbon emission	119
Product destruction: Exploring unsustainable production-consumption systems and appropriate policy responses	113
Comparative analysis of micro level indicators for evaluating the progress towards a circular economy	110
Decentralized production concepts for bio-based polymers - implications for supply chains, costs, and the carbon footprint	109

Does Mexico have the agricultural land resources to feed its population with a healthy and sustainable diet?	104
Comparative life cycle assessment of circular and linear product versions for a motorboat and smartphone	102
Technology transition strategies for textile-dyeing sludge management in China from the environmental and economic perspectives	100
The synergistic role of carbon dioxide removal and emission reductions in achieving the Paris Agreement goal	99
Unlocking synergies between waste management and climate change mitigation to accelerate decarbonization through circular-economy digitalization in Indonesia	96
How do circular start-ups achieve scale?	95
Climate change impact of food distribution: The case of reverse logistics for bread in Sweden	95
The EU Bioeconomy Footprint: Using life cycle assessment to monitor environmental impacts of the EU Bioeconomy	94
Biogas and biohydrogen for net zero cooking and transportation in Bhutan	91
Combining life cycle assessment and dynamic qualitative comparative analysis to analyze the environmental impacts of urban development across different provinces in China	90
Energy transition pathways for the Nigerian Road Transport: Implication for energy carrier, Powertrain technology, and CO2 emission	87
Quantifying circular economy pathways of decommissioned onshore wind turbines: The case of Denmark and Germany	87
Integrating nutrition into environmental impact assessments reveals limited sustainable food options within planetary boundaries	86
Reforming plastic packaging regulation: Outcomes from stakeholder interviews and regulatory analysis	84
A feasibility analysis on adopting electric vehicles in the short food supply chain based on GHG emissions and economic costs estimations	80
Towards suitable practices for the integration of social life cycle assessment into the ecodesign framework of hydrogen-related products	80
Operationalizing telecoupling through territorial life cycle assessment: Environmental evaluation of international agricultural supply chains	80
Social sustainability of communities: A systematic literature review	79
Enablers for circular ecosystem transformation: A multi-case study of Brazilian circular ecosystems	79
Coupling the digital twin technology and life cycle assessment: Carbon dioxide emissions from polysilicon production	78
Prosumerism for sustainability	77
Do environmental and cleaner production practices lead to circular and sustainability performance? Evidence from Colombian manufacturing firms	76
Conceptualizing circular economy policy instruments: The case of recycled content standards	75
Multi-stakeholder perspectives on sustainability transitions in the cosmetic industry	74
Temporal dynamic assessment of household energy consumption and carbon emissions in China: From the perspective of occupants	74
A risk-based multi-criteria decision-making framework for offshore green hydrogen system developments: Pathways for utilizing existing and new infrastructure	73
A composite indicator for evaluating safety and sustainability by design and circularity in emerging technologies	73
Techno-economic assessment of co-pyrolyzed kitchen waste and rice straw for co-generation of heat and power	73
Evaluating circular economy strategies for raw material recovery from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries: A system dynamics model	72
The impact of the circular economy on sustainable development: A European panel data approach	72
Circular economy strategies as enablers for solar PV adoption in organizational market segments	71
A systematic literature review on circularity assessment indicators and frameworks in the built environment	71
A parametric LCA platform for modelling environmental impacts in plant protein processing: Application to pea, soy, and wheat protein isolates and concentrates	71
Optimization of food-fuel-fibre in biorefinery based on environmental and economic assessment: The case of sugarcane utilization in Thailand	70
Integrating ex-ante and prospective life-cycle assessment for advancing the environmental impact analysis of emerging bio-based technologies	69
Balancing photovoltaic development and cropland protection: Assessing agrivoltaic potential in China	68
Current status of agrivoltaic systems and their benefits to energy, food, environment, economy, and society	67
Sustainability Fingerprint - guiding companies in anticipating the sustainability direction in early design	66
Telemedicine for innovation and sustainability: Social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) from the healthcare system perspective	66
Thermo-ecological cost optimization of a solar thermal and photovoltaic integrated energy system considering energy level	64