OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Waste Management is 58. 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
On the use of plastic precursors for preparation of activated carbons and their evaluation in CO2 capture for biogas upgrading: a review	194
Earthworms and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) cooperate to promote the biodegradation of tetracycline residues in livestock manure	162
Physicochemical properties of carbon-based materials enhance in situ biomethanation performances under organic overload	140
Biochemical, hydrological and mechanical behaviors of high food waste content MSW landfill: Numerical simulation analysis of a large-scale experiment	131
Linking landfill operational characteristics and treatment conditions to Daphnia magna toxicity of leachates	123
High hydrophobic silanized paper: Material characterization and its biodegradation through brown rot fungus	122
Coagulation studies on photodegraded and photocatalytically degraded polystyrene microplastics using polyaluminium chloride	120
Apply machine learning to predict greenhouse gas emissions in aerobic composting and achieve emission reduction by nanomembrane covering mode	110
Evaluating the impact of drying on leaching from a solidified/stabilized waste using a monolithic diffusion model	110
Phosphorus role in bioconversions of food waste by black soldier fly larvae	107
Recovery and recycling of silica fabric from waste printed circuit boards to develop epoxy composite for electrical and thermal insulation applications	104
Innovative hydrothermal technique in efficient disengagement of waste solar panels	96
What activities reduce plastic waste the most? – The path to a circular economy for Japan’s manufacturing industry	96
Converting source-separated organics from municipal solid waste into high-quality bio-oil and hydrogen-rich syngas through a hybrid intermediate pyrolysis system	94
Leaching behavior and release mechanism of pollutants from different depths in a phosphogypsum stockpile	92
Microwave absorbent enhancement of multi-thermal field effect: Pyrolysis of waste printed circuit boards	90
Preferential and efficient extraction of lithium under the combined action of reduction of herb-medicine residue and leaching of oxalic acid	87
Natural and recyclable alginate hydrogels as extracting media for recovering valuable metals of spent lithium-ion batteries from a deep eutectic solvent	87
Soil flushing for remediation of landfill leachate-contaminated soil: A comprehensive evaluation of optimal flushing agents and influencing factors	86
A novel subcritical water synergistic co-treatment of brominated epoxy resin and copper-based spent catalysts: debromination, phenol production, and copper recovery	86
Social Hotspot analysis of the e-waste sector in Ghana and Nigeria	82
BIM-driven transformation of waste management toward enhanced reduction and circularity in the built environment	82
Quantification of indicator and pathogenic bacteria in manures and digestates from three agricultural biogas plants over a one-year period	81
Prediction of metal recovery potential of end-of-life NEV batteries in China based on GRA-BiLSTM	80
Dual catalytic system using industrial solid waste and zeolite for enhanced aromatic hydrocarbon conversion from waste bamboo biomass	80

Energy effective utilization of circulating fluidized bed fly ash to prepare silicon-aluminum composite aerogel and gypsum	77
Sulfuric acid leaching of ball-milling activated FePO4 residue after lithium extraction from spent lithium iron phosphate cathode powder	76
Frequent export of pig slurry for outside storage reduced methane but not ammonia emissions in cold and warm seasons	76
Microbial community assembly and chemical dynamics of raw brewers’ spent grain during inoculated and spontaneous solid-state fermentation	75
Machine learning-aided unveiling the relationship between chemical pretreatment and methane production of lignocellulosic waste	75
Analysis of the performance of Air Pollution Control residues as CO2 sorbents in the calcium looping process	75
Circular waste management: Superworms as a sustainable solution for biodegradable plastic degradation and resource recovery	74
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in municipal solid waste incineration ash: occurrence and management implications	73
Plastics to fuel or plastics: Life cycle assessment-based evaluation of different options for pyrolysis at end-of-life	72
Incinerator ash characterization – Implications for elevated temperature landfills	72
Techno-economic and environmental assessments for sustainable bio-methanol production as landfill gas valorization	71
Production of high-quality polyethylene (PE) films from post-consumer shrink wrap with solvent targeted recovery and precipitation (STRAP)	71
Strategies for industrial residue valorization through metal recovery, use in construction, or CO2 mineralization	71
Trustworthy and Human Centric neural network approaches for prediction of landfill methane emission and sustainable waste management practices	69
Waste LCA and the future	68
Migration and transformation of sulfur during pyrolysis of waste tires for high-value utilization of poly-generation products	66
Enhanced lactic acid production from household food waste under hyperthermophilic conditions: Mechanisms and regulation	66
Composition and selected properties of bio-waste collected in towns from single- and multi-family housing and in rural areas	66
High-rate in-vessel continuous composting of olive mill byproducts	65
Rubber-iron interface separation using liquid nitrogen for material selective recycling and its mechanism	64
Real-time construction demolition waste detection using state-of-the-art deep learning methods; single–stage vs two-stage detectors	64
Deep eutectic solvent as a solution for polyester/cotton textile recycling	64
Low-carbon and high-value utilization of hazardous industrial organic waste: From molecular mechanism to application	64
Advanced data augmentation techniques to enhance instance segmentation dataset for construction and demolition waste management	63
Total recycling of waste concrete in sustainable concrete production through CO2 mineralization: Strength, durability, and corrosion issues	63
How microplastics affect sludge pyrolysis behavior: Thermogravimetry-mass spectrum analysis and biochar characteristics	62
Parametrization of biowaste composting system for life cycle assessment	62
Unlocking methanogenesis at 45°C: Synergistic roles of Zero-Valent iron and magnetite in Restoring cellulose anaerobic digestion	61
Techno-economic and scalability analysis of nitrogen plasma gasification of medical waste	60
Identifying plastic materials in post-consumer food containers and packaging waste using terahertz spectroscopy and machine learning	59
Thermal and mechanical characterization of composite materials from industrial plastic wastes and recycled nylon fibers for floor paving tiles application	59
Efficient conversion of waste-to-SNG via hybrid renewable energy systems for circular economy: Process design, energy, and environmental analysis	58
Structural study and metal speciation assessments of waste PCBs and environmental implications: Outlooks for choosing efficient recycling routes	58
Charting the electric vehicle battery reuse and recycling network in North America	58
Green illusions in self-reporting? Reassessing the intention-behavior gap in waste recycling behaviors	58
Detection of degraded high-density polyethylene via near-infrared hyperspectral imaging	58
A comparative pyrolysis study of different waste wind turbine blade parts: Kinetics, product distribution and evolution, and economics	58