Journal of Cleaner Production

Article	Citations
Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants using TiO2-based photocatalysts: A review	851
A review on conventional and novel materials towards heavy metal adsorption in wastewater treatment application	655
An extensive review on the consequences of chemical pesticides on human health and environment	553
Renewable and sustainable biobased materials: An assessment on biofibers, biofilms, biopolymers and biocomposites	497
A critical review on application of photocatalysis for toxicity reduction of real wastewaters	466
Internet of Things (IoT): Opportunities, issues and challenges towards a smart and sustainable future	414
Applying blockchain technology to improve agri-food traceability: A review of development methods, benefits and challenges	394
The effects of trade openness on decoupling carbon emissions from economic growth – Evidence from 182 countries	394
g-C3N4/carbon dot-based nanocomposites serve as efficacious photocatalysts for environmental purification and energy generation: A review	378
Recent advances in using of chitosan-based adsorbents for removal of pharmaceutical contaminants: A review	375
The nexus between urbanization, renewable energy, trade, and ecological footprint in ASEAN countries	374
(Micro)plastic crisis: Un-ignorable contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change	372
Does technological innovation reduce CO2 emissions?Cross-country evidence	347
A comprehensive review on green synthesis of nature-inspired metal nanoparticles: Mechanism, application and toxicity	341
A review of the state of health for lithium-ion batteries: Research status and suggestions	341
Digital finance, green technological innovation and energy-environmental performance: Evidence from China's regional economies	337
Circular business models: A review	337
A framework to overcome sustainable supply chain challenges through solution measures of industry 4.0 and circular economy: An automotive case	325
Artificial intelligence in sustainable energy industry: Status Quo, challenges and opportunities	322
Arsenic removal technologies and future trends: A mini review	314
Circular economy in the construction industry: A systematic literature review	313
The circular economy in the textile and apparel industry: A systematic literature review	303
A review of China’s municipal solid waste (MSW) and comparison with international regions: Management and technologies in treatment and resource utilization	301
Could environmental regulation and R&D tax incentives affect green product innovation?	300
Industry 4.0 based sustainable circular economy approach for smart waste management system to achieve sustainable development goals: A case study of Indonesia	297

Environmental impact assessment of fly ash and silica fume based geopolymer concrete	297
Blockchain technology and the circular economy: Implications for sustainability and social responsibility	294
Nexus between green finance, non-fossil energy use, and carbon intensity: Empirical evidence from China based on a vector error correction model	280
Construction and demolition waste management contributing factors coupled with reduce, reuse, and recycle strategies for effective waste management: A review	275
Management research and the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs): A bibliometric investigation and systematic review	273
Effect of green technology innovation on green total factor productivity in China: Evidence from spatial durbin model analysis	271
Integrating renewable sources into energy system for smart city as a sagacious strategy towards clean and sustainable process	269
Investigating the nexus between economic complexity, energy consumption and ecological footprint for the United States: New insights from quantile methods	267
Recent progress on flat plate solar collectors and photovoltaic systems in the presence of nanofluid: A review	267
Environment friendly, renewable and sustainable poly lactic acid (PLA) based natural fiber reinforced composites – A comprehensive review	267
Three pillars of sustainability in the wake of COVID-19: A systematic review and future research agenda for sustainable development	262
A critical review on biochar for enhancing biogas production from anaerobic digestion of food waste and sludge	260
How renewable energy consumption contribute to environmental quality? The role of education in OECD countries	258
Towards closing the attitude-intention-behavior gap in green consumption: A narrative review of the literature and an overview of future research directions	256
The Dynamic Impact of Digital Economy on Carbon Emission Reduction: Evidence City-level Empirical Data in China	255
Properties of fresh and hardened fly ash/slag based geopolymer concrete: A review	255
Blockchain technology adoption, architecture, and sustainable agri-food supply chains	252
Acceleration of discharge process of clean energy storage unit with insertion of porous foam considering nanoparticle enhanced paraffin	252
Recent advancement in the natural fiber polymer composites: A comprehensive review	252
Current technologies for plastic waste treatment: A review	247
Revisiting the Environmental Kuznets Curve in Malaysia: The role of globalization in sustainable environment	246
China's agricultural green total factor productivity based on carbon emission: An analysis of evolution trend and influencing factors	245
The imperativeness of environmental quality in the United States transportation sector amidst biomass-fossil energy consumption and growth	244
Does renewable energy consumption reduce ecological footprint? Evidence from eight developing countries of Asia	237
Industry 4.0: How it is defined from a sociotechnical perspective and how much sustainability it includes – A literature review	236
A review on PEM electrolyzer modelling: Guidelines for beginners	234
Application of industry 4.0 technologies in SMEs for ethical and sustainable operations: Analysis of challenges	233
How does urbanization affect carbon emission efficiency? Evidence from China	231
Life cycle assessment of bio-based and fossil-based plastic: A review	228
Innovation, trade openness and CO2 emissions in selected countries in Africa	227
Green Human Resource Management for organisational citizenship behaviour towards the environment and environmental performance on a university campus	227
Investigating influence of green innovation on sustainability performance: A case on Malaysian hotel industry	226
Adsorption of organic dyes from wastewater by metal-doped porous carbon materials	225
Asymmetric impacts of the policy and development of green credit on the debt financing cost and maturity of different types of enterprises in China	224
Sustainable supplier selection: A novel integrated fuzzy best worst method (F-BWM) and fuzzy CoCoSo with Bonferroni (CoCoSo’B) multi-criteria model	222
Carbon emission transfer strategies in supply chain with lag time of emission reduction technologies and low-carbon preference of consumers	221
Green technological innovation, green finance, and financial development and their role in green total factor productivity: Empirical insights from China	220
Can China’s policy of carbon emission trading promote carbon emission reduction?	219
Can environmental regulation promote urban green innovation Efficiency? An empirical study based on Chinese cities	219
Predictive modeling for sustainable high-performance concrete from industrial wastes: A comparison and optimization of models using ensemble learners	215
Ammonia as an energy vector: Current and future prospects for low-carbon fuel applications in internal combustion engines	215
A comprehensive review of engineered biochar: Production, characteristics, and environmental applications	214
A state-of-the-art review and meta-analysis on sustainable supply chain management: Future research directions	212
To identify industry 4.0 and circular economy adoption barriers in the agriculture supply chain by using ISM-ANP	211
Beyond the environmental Kuznets Curve in E7 economies: Accounting for the combined impacts of institutional quality and renewables	209
Cleaner dyeing of textiles using plasma treatment and natural dyes: A review	208
Unleashing the convergence amid digitalization and sustainability towards pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A holistic review	207
The relationship between organizational culture, sustainability, and digitalization in SMEs: A systematic review	207
Review on biomass feedstocks, pyrolysis mechanism and physicochemical properties of biochar: State-of-the-art framework to speed up vision of circular bioeconomy	206
Plastic recycling in additive manufacturing: A systematic literature review and opportunities for the circular economy	205

Effect of using mineral admixtures and ceramic wastes as coarse aggregates on properties of ultrahigh-performance concrete	204
Green innovation: A systematic literature review	203
Solar photovoltaic energy optimization methods, challenges and issues: A comprehensive review	203
Ecological footprint, economic complexity and natural resources rents in Latin America: Empirical evidence using quantile regressions	201
Unlocking employees’ green creativity: The effects of green transformational leadership, green intrinsic, and extrinsic motivation	198
The effect of industrial agglomeration on green development efficiency in Northeast China since the revitalization	197
Circular supply chain management: A state-of-art review and future opportunities	197
Chlorination disinfection by-products in municipal drinking water – A review	196
What does the China’s economic recovery after COVID-19 pandemic mean for the economic growth and energy consumption of other countries?	196
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on environmental awareness, sustainable consumption and social responsibility: Evidence from generations in Brazil and Portugal	195
Can environmental regulation directly promote green innovation behavior?—— based on situation of industrial agglomeration	195
Prospects of biopolymer technology as an alternative option for non-degradable plastics and sustainable management of plastic wastes	195
Do technological innovations have symmetric or asymmetric effects on environmental quality? Evidence from Pakistan	192
Critical success factors of green innovation: Technology, organization and environment readiness	190
Towards circular and more sustainable buildings: A systematic literature review on the circular economy in the built environment	187
A review of biodegradable plastics to biodegradable microplastics: Another ecological threat to soil environments?	187
An assessment of consumers’ willingness to utilize solar energy in China: End-users’ perspective	187
The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials	187
Comprehensive utilization status of red mud in China: A critical review	187
Forecasting the trajectory of electric vehicle sales and the consequences for worldwide CO2 emissions	185
Nanofluids: Physical phenomena, applications in thermal systems and the environment effects- a critical review	185
Surface morphology assessment of CFRP transverse grinding using CNT nanofluid minimum quantity lubrication	185
Biochar: Production, properties and emerging role as a support for enzyme immobilization	184
Mitigating the carbon footprint and improving productivity of ruminant livestock agriculture using a red seaweed	183
Biochar as green additives in cement-based composites with carbon dioxide curing	183
Recent technical advancements, economics and environmental impacts of floating photovoltaic solar energy conversion systems	182
How technological progress affects the carbon emission efficiency? Evidence from national panel quantile regression	182
Food waste in hospitality and food services: A systematic literature review and framework development approach	182
Artificial neural network model to predict the compressive strength of eco-friendly geopolymer concrete incorporating silica fume and natural zeolite	182
Testing the EKC hypothesis for the top six hydropower energy-consuming countries: Evidence from Fourier Bootstrap ARDL procedure	181
Improving construction and demolition waste collection service in an urban area using a simheuristic approach: A case study in Sydney, Australia	181
Industry 4.0 and sustainable development: A systematic mapping of triple bottom line, Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Models perspectives	180
Industry 4.0, cleaner production and circular economy: An integrative framework for evaluating ethical and sustainable business performance of manufacturing organizations	180
Key resources for industry 4.0 adoption and its effect on sustainable production and circular economy: An empirical study	180
A review of emerging trends in membrane science and technology for sustainable water treatment	180
Recent development of super-wettable materials and their applications in oil-water separation	179
Review of availability of source materials for geopolymer/sustainable concrete	179
Bridge the gap: Consumers’ purchase intention and behavior regarding sustainable clothing	179
Hydrogeochemical characterization and quality assessment of groundwater based on integrated-weight water quality index in a concentrated urban area	179
Fundamentals and photocatalysis of methylene blue dye using various nanocatalytic assemblies- a critical review	178
An updated review on the properties, fabrication and application of hybrid-nanofluids along with their environmental effects	177
Optimizing local climate zones to mitigate urban heat island effect in human settlements	177
Potential of building integrated and attached/applied photovoltaic (BIPV/BAPV) for adaptive less energy-hungry building’s skin: A comprehensive review	177
A review on municipal solid waste as a renewable source for waste-to-energy project in India: Current practices, challenges, and future opportunities	177
The criticality of information and communication technology and human capital in environmental sustainability: Evidence from Latin American and Caribbean countries	173
Mitigations pathways towards sustainable development: Assessing the influence of fiscal and monetary policies on carbon emissions in BRICS economies	173
Review of rare earth elements recovery from secondary resources for clean energy technologies: Grand opportunities to create wealth from waste	172
Stepping up and stepping out of COVID-19: New challenges for environmental sustainability policies in the global airline industry	172
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on socio-economic, energy-environment and transport sector globally and sustainable development goal (SDG)	171
Consumers’ response to environmentally-friendly food packaging - A systematic review	170
Efficient encapsulation of toxic dyes from wastewater using several biodegradable natural polymers and their composites	170
Sustainable toxic dyes removal with advanced materials for clean water production: A comprehensive review	170
Breaking circular economy barriers	169
The effect of emission trading policy on carbon emission reduction: Evidence from an integrated study of pilot regions in China	169
The role of institutional quality and environment-related technologies in environmental degradation for BRICS	169
Potentials of industry 4.0 for supply chain management within the triple bottom line of sustainability – A systematic literature review	169
The effect of the Covid-19 on sharing economy activities	168
Social sustainability tensions in multi-tier supply chain: A systematic literature review towards conceptual framework development	167
Does renewable energy reduce ecological footprint at the expense of economic growth? An empirical analysis of 120 countries	167
A systematic review for measuring circular economy: The 61 indicators	166
Alternative fuel options for low carbon maritime transportation: Pathways to 2050	166
Coupling coordination degree of production, living and ecological spaces and its influencing factors in the Yellow River Basin	165
Environmental regulation and green innovation: Evidence from China’s new environmental protection law	164
Carbon emission efficiency of China’s industry sectors: From the perspective of embodied carbon emissions	164
The brewing industry and environmental challenges	164
Identifying the impacts of natural and human factors on ecosystem service in the Yangtze and Yellow River Basins	163
Lignin as a potential source of high-added value compounds: A review	163
A review of dust accumulation and cleaning methods for solar photovoltaic systems	162
Sustainability innovations and firm competitiveness: A review	162
Fabrication and engineering properties of concretes based on geopolymers/alkali-activated binders - A review	162
Comprehensive overview of maximum power point tracking algorithms of PV systems under partial shading condition	161
Wind energy for sustainable development: Driving factors and future outlook	161
Construction of landscape ecological network based on landscape ecological risk assessment in a large-scale opencast coal mine area	161
Intelligent algorithms and control strategies for battery management system in electric vehicles: Progress, challenges and future outlook	160
Reviewing two decades of cleaner alternative marine fuels: Towards IMO's decarbonization of the maritime transport sector	160
A review on European Union’s strategy for plastics in a circular economy and its impact on food safety	159
Assessment of city sustainability—Coupling coordinated development among economy, society and environment	159
A review of industrial waste heat recovery system for power generation with Organic Rankine Cycle: Recent challenges and future outlook	159
Data-driven state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries: Algorithms, implementation factors, limitations and future trends	159
Predicting energy consumption in multiple buildings using machine learning for improving energy efficiency and sustainability	159

A sustainable production-inventory model for a controllable carbon emissions rate under shortages	159
How environmental regulation affect corporate green investment: Evidence from China	158
A critical view on the current application of LCA for new technologies and recommendations for improved practice	158
Organizational enablers for circular economy in the context of sustainable supply chain management	158
The effect of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on economic growth: Non-parametric evidence	158
Effects of heavy metal contamination on river water quality due to release of industrial effluents	157
Deep learning models for solar irradiance forecasting: A comprehensive review	157
Chitosan-based materials: Preparation, modification and application	156
The impact of command-and-control environmental regulation on enterprise total factor productivity: A quasi-natural experiment based on China’s “Two Control Zone” policy	156
Technology assessment of blockchain-based technologies in the food supply chain	156
Review on state-of-health of lithium-ion batteries: Characterizations, estimations and applications	155
Environmental cost of non-renewable energy and economic progress: Do ICT and financial development mitigate some burden?	155
E-waste in India at a glance: Current trends, regulations, challenges and management strategies	154
Modern enabling techniques and adsorbents based dye removal with sustainability concerns in textile industrial sector -A comprehensive review	154
A comprehensive review on the pretreatment process in lithium-ion battery recycling	154
A sustainable paradigm of sewage sludge biochar: Valorization, opportunities, challenges and future prospects	153
Industry 4.0 ten years on: A bibliometric and systematic review of concepts, sustainability value drivers, and success determinants	153
A bibliometric analysis of corporate social responsibility in sustainable development	153
Does green innovation mitigate financing constraints? Evidence from China’s private enterprises	152
A review on the characteristics of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: A source for toxic chemicals	152
Sustainable manufacturing. Bibliometrics and content analysis	151
Utilization of biochar for the removal of nitrogen and phosphorus	151
Transfer learning with deep neural networks for model predictive control of HVAC and natural ventilation in smart buildings	151
Plant extracts as green corrosion inhibitor for ferrous metal alloys: A review	151
Exploring factors influencing construction waste reduction: A structural equation modeling approach	151
Heterogeneity of pollution haven/halo hypothesis and Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis across development levels of Chinese provinces	151
Corporate social responsibility and financial performance: Evidence from U.S tech firms	151
Green credit policy, government behavior and green innovation quality of enterprises	150
Measuring green total factor productivity of China's agricultural sector: A three-stage SBM-DEA model with non-point source pollution and CO2 emissions	150
E-waste recycling behaviour: An integration of recycling habits into the theory of planned behaviour	150
Current knowledge from heavy metal pollution in Chinese smelter contaminated soils, health risk implications and associated remediation progress in recent decades: A critical review	150
A comprehensive review of hybrid models for solar radiation forecasting	150
Energy-matrices, exergy, economic, environmental, exergoeconomic, enviroeconomic, and heat transfer (6E/HT) analysis of two passive/active solar still water desalination nearly 4000m: Altitude concept	149
Dispatch strategies based performance analysis of a hybrid renewable energy system for a remote rural area in India	149
Employing artificial bee colony and particle swarm techniques for optimizing a neural network in prediction of heating and cooling loads of residential buildings	148
Developments in the life cycle assessment of chemical recycling of plastic waste – A review	148
Green human resource management practices and environmental performance in Malaysian green hotels: The role of green intellectual capital and pro-environmental behavior	148
Application of advanced oxidation processes followed by different treatment technologies for hospital wastewater treatment	147
The anthropogenic consequences of energy consumption in E7 economies: Juxtaposing roles of renewable, coal, nuclear, oil and gas energy: Evidence from panel quantile method	147
A review on Malaysia’s solar energy pathway towards carbon-neutral Malaysia beyond Covid’19 pandemic	146
A review of anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBR) for the treatment of highly contaminated landfill leachate and biogas production: Effectiveness, limitations and future perspectives	146
Can the new energy demonstration city policy reduce environmental pollution? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China	146
Recent advances on water disinfection using bismuth based modified photocatalysts: Strategies and challenges	146
Spatiotemporal change detection of ecological quality and the associated affecting factors in Dongting Lake Basin, based on RSEI	146
Repurposing waste plastics into cleaner asphalt pavement materials: A critical literature review	145
Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates: Opportunities, challenges, and prospects	145
Impacts of industrial agglomeration on pollution and ecological efficiency-A spatial econometric analysis based on a big panel dataset of China’s 259 cities	145
Internet of Things (IoT) adoption barriers of smart cities’ waste management: An Indian context	144
Barriers to the adoption of electric vehicles: Evidence from India	144
Export product diversification and CO2 emissions: Contextual evidences from developing and developed economies	144
Links between circular economy and climate change mitigation in the built environment	144
Is there a green premium in the green bond market? Systematic literature review revealing premium determinants	143
Designing a sustainable closed-loop supply chain network of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic: Pareto-based algorithms	143
Circular economy practices in the built environment	143
Evaluation of sustainable transport research in 2000–2019	143
From digital to sustainable: A scientometric review of smart city literature between 1990 and 2019	143
Towards a circular and low-carbon economy: Insights from the transitioning to electric vehicles and net zero economy	142
Recycled aggregates from construction and demolition wastes as alternative filling materials for highway subgrades in China	141
An adoption-implementation framework of digital green knowledge to improve the performance of digital green innovation practices for industry 5.0	141
Forward osmosis technology for water treatment: Recent advances and future perspectives	141
Recent advances on composite hydrogels designed for the remediation of dye-contaminated water and wastewater: A review	140
Study on the effect of environmental regulations and industrial structure on haze pollution in China from the dual perspective of independence and linkage	140
Insight into the co-pyrolysis of different blended feedstocks to biochar for the adsorption of organic and inorganic pollutants: A review	140
A review on latest trends in cleaner biodiesel production: Role of feedstock, production methods, and catalysts	140
A novel approach to extended fuzzy TOPSIS based on new divergence measures for renewable energy sources selection	140
Environmental preservation amidst carbon emissions, energy consumption, and urbanization in selected african countries: Implication for sustainability	140
Is income inequality a driver for renewable energy consumption?	139
Electricity production based forecasting of greenhouse gas emissions in Turkey with deep learning, support vector machine and artificial neural network algorithms	139
Eco-friendly geopolymer materials: A review of performance improvement, potential application and sustainability assessment	139
Environmental and economic assessment on 3D printed buildings with recycled concrete	139
Resilience and cleaner production in industry 4.0: Role of supply chain mapping and visibility	138
Removal and reduction of Cr(Ⅵ) in simulated wastewater using magnetic biochar prepared by co-pyrolysis of nano-zero-valent iron and sewage sludge	138
Dependence and risk spillovers between green bonds and clean energy markets	138
Application of the extended theory of planned behavior to predict Iranian farmers’ intention for safe use of chemical fertilizers	137
The joint impact of green human resource management, leadership and organizational culture on employees’ green behaviour and organisational environmental performance	137
Adsorbent materials for ammonium and ammonia removal: A review	136
Waste management challenges in transition to circular economy – Case of Croatia	136
A new hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach for location selection of sustainable offshore wind energy stations: A case study	136
Sustainability in e-commerce packaging: A review	136
The determinants of public acceptance of autonomous vehicles: An innovation diffusion perspective	135
Novel Z-scheme In2S3/Bi2WO6 core-shell heterojunctions with synergistic enhanced photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride	135
Robust scheduling of hydrogen based smart micro energy hub with integrated demand response	135
Pyrolysis of municipal solid waste with iron-based additives: A study on the kinetic, product distribution and catalytic mechanisms	135
A review on low carbon emissions projects of steel industry in the World	135
Hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents: the new generation of green solvents for diversified and colorful applications in green chemistry	135
Municipal sewage sludge incineration and its air pollution control	134
A Machine Learning analysis of the relationship among iron and steel industries, air pollution, and economic growth in China	134
On the sustainable perishable food supply chain network design: A dairy products case to achieve sustainable development goals	134
Dynamic interactive effects of urban land-use efficiency, industrial transformation, and carbon emissions	134
Food loss and waste in food supply chains. A systematic literature review and framework development approach	134
Drivers and barriers of circular economy business models: Where we are now, and where we are heading	134
Harris hawk optimization-based MPPT control for PV systems under partial shading conditions	133
Recent advances in polysaccharide-based adsorbents for wastewater treatment	133
Industry 4.0 sustainable supply chains: An application of an IoT enabled scrap metal management solution	133
Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of dye contaminants with TiO2 immobilized on ZSM-5 zeolite modified with nickel nanoparticles	133