OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment is 31. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction to: Comparative life cycle assessment of rex rabbit breeding industry chains: benefits of a circular industry chain	142
Temporally explicit abiotic depletion potential (TADP) for mineral resource use based on future demand projections	126
Mitigating carbon emissions in the taxi service industry: a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment of batteries for electric taxis and identification of a greener vehicle fleet	121
Critical review of environmental impact evaluations of electronic healthcare devices: challenges and recommendations	90
CriticS: a resource criticality characterization method for life cycle assessment considering stakeholders’ perspectives	82
Linking inventories and impact assessment models for addressing biodiversity impacts: mapping rules and challenges	66
Environmental and social impacts of women’s argan oil production in Morocco	64
S-LCA of lithium mining in Chile and its potential impacts on water and the local community	59
Is laser-induced graphene (LIG) environmentally sustainable? Laboratory-scale life cycle assessment of LIG from petroleum- and bio-derived precursors	56
UM3-LCE3-ISN: a methodology for multi-level life cycle environmental and economic evaluation of industrial symbiosis networks	53
Ex-ante life cycle assessment of commercial-scale cultivated meat production in 2030	51
Effect factors for marine invasion impacts on biodiversity	50
Life cycle assessment of hydropower utilization in Iceland as a driving force for climate strategy and decarbonization	50
Social organizational life cycle assessment of wire arc additive manufacturing: a case study of a Belgian company	48
What’s up and where to go in social life cycle impact assessment cause-effect model development?	47
Mapping the landscape of life cycle sustainability assessments in Canadian agri-food systems: food commodity trends, gaps, and pathways to net-zero	46
Extending the product-group-specific approach in nutritional life cycle assessment	45
Life cycle assessment of portable charging technologies—a case study of a solar charger and a power bank	45
How differentiating design strategies across building components lead to maximum reduction of adverse environmental impacts	44
Environmental impact of Danish pork—effect of allocation methods at slaughtering stage	44
Life cycle assessment of microalgae-assisted microbial fuel cells	40
Life cycle assessment as a driver for process optimisation of cellobiose lipids fermentation and purification	40
Analysis of human well-being as the area of protection in social life cycle assessment	37
Operationalising emission and toxicity modelling of pesticides in LCA: the OLCA-Pest project contribution	36
Swiss Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment: A method to assess the emissions and environmental impacts of agricultural systems and products	36

Improving life cycle assessment for carbon capture and circular product systems	36
At the intersection of life cycle assessment and indirect greenhouse gas emissions accounting	34
The electrochemical model coupled parameterized life cycle assessment for the optimized design of EV battery pack	33
Life cycle assessment of culture media with alternative compositions for cultured meat production	33
Combining nutritional value with environmental impact: a novel approach to nutritional life cycle assessment	32
Life cycle inventories and life cycle assessment for an electricity grid network: case study of the Jamali grid, Indonesia	32
Statistics-based LCA of artisanal fishing in the Union of the Comoros: efficiency challenges	31
Claiming-based allocation for waste-to-energy in district heating	31