OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Sustainable Production and Consumption is 73. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Financial costs and benefits of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification among independent smallholders: A probabilistic view of the Monte Carlo approach	281
Does Mexico have the agricultural land resources to feed its population with a healthy and sustainable diet?	240
Review of the current knowledge and identified gaps in assessing the social and environmental impacts of mining processes in the Lithium Triangle	237
Towards an integrated system modeling of water scarcity with projected changes in climate and socioeconomic conditions	237
Linking methodologies to assess climate impacts and circular economy strategies along supply chains	215
Insect production as a novel alternative to livestock farming: Exploring interest and willingness to adopt among German farmers	196
Decentralized production concepts for bio-based polymers - implications for supply chains, costs, and the carbon footprint	191
Technology transition strategies for textile-dyeing sludge management in China from the environmental and economic perspectives	171
Evaluating the environmental and economic sustainability of energy from anaerobic digestion of different feedstocks in Turkey	167
Joint tax-subsidy for a manufacturing-recycling system under further extended producer responsibility	165
Enabling environmental sustainability and circularity assessment in technology development: The Value-Impact Scanner	164
Assessing methods for the production of renewable benzene	163
Rebound effect with energy efficiency determinants: a two-stage analysis of residential electricity consumption in Indonesia	155
Food waste and the effects of waste reduction in China's catering industry	154
Optimum operational lifespan of household appliances considering manufacturing and use stage improvements via life cycle assessment	151
Can consumers understand that there is more to palm oil than deforestation?	142
Water and sludge resource planning for sustainable agriculture: An energy-water-food-waste nexus approach	139
Are air travelers willing to pay for mandatory carbon emission policies? Evidence from China	133
Comparative life cycle assessment of circular and linear product versions for a motorboat and smartphone	125
Consumer concerns over food insecurity drive reduction in the carbon footprint of food consumption	123
Exploring stakeholder collaboration based on the sustainability factors affecting the sharing economy	121
Environment management policy implementation for sustainable industrial production under power asymmetry in the graph model	121
An integrated design method for used product remanufacturing scheme considering carbon emission	110
Economic analysis of whole-county PV projects in China considering environmental benefits	110
Unpacking the complexity of the UK plastic packaging value chain: A stakeholder perspective	106

Comparative analysis of micro level indicators for evaluating the progress towards a circular economy	106
Assessing the environmental impacts of rice in an anthropized Mediterranean wetland: Towards carbon farming	105
Consumer behavior in circular business models: Unveiling conservation and rebound effects	105
A life cycle sustainability assessment of organic and conventional pork supply chains in Sweden	105
Walk and chew gum: A demand and supply illustration of macro and micro net-zero initiatives for the automobile industry	104
Circular economy disclosure in corporate sustainability reports: The case of European companies in sustainability rankings	102
Quantifying the water-energy-food nexus in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao regions	100
Diets within planetary boundaries: What is the potential of dietary change alone?	100
Does energy poverty affect the well-being of people: Evidence from Ghana	99
Environmental and economic sustainability of additive manufacturing: A systematic literature review	98
Farmers' preferences for sustainable farmland construction — Insights from a discrete choice experiment in China	98
Social sustainability indicators: A comprehensive review with application in the energy sector	98
Product destruction: Exploring unsustainable production-consumption systems and appropriate policy responses	93
How do circular start-ups achieve scale?	93
What makes consumers willing to pay for carbon taxes–A view of terror management theory	92
Unlocking synergies between waste management and climate change mitigation to accelerate decarbonization through circular-economy digitalization in Indonesia	92
A novel grey forecasting of greenhouse gas emissions from four industries of China and India	91
The synergistic role of carbon dioxide removal and emission reductions in achieving the Paris Agreement goal	90
Calculating the true costs of protein sources by integrating environmental costs and market prices	88
Redesigning traditional linear supply chains into circular supply chains–A study into its challenges	88
One Framework to Rule Them All: An Integrated, Multi-level and Scalable Performance Measurement Framework of Sustainability, Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis	88
Coupling the digital twin technology and life cycle assessment: Carbon dioxide emissions from polysilicon production	87
Perspectives on food waste management: Prevention and social innovations	87
Sustainable process synthesis, design, and analysis: Challenges and opportunities	84
Combining life cycle assessment and dynamic qualitative comparative analysis to analyze the environmental impacts of urban development across different provinces in China	84
Reducing the environmental impacts of the production of melamine etherified resin fibre	83
Towards suitable practices for the integration of social life cycle assessment into the ecodesign framework of hydrogen-related products	83
Acknowledgement of reviewers 2021	82
Energy transition pathways for the Nigerian Road Transport: Implication for energy carrier, Powertrain technology, and CO2 emission	81
The environmental and economic effects of the carbon emissions trading scheme in China: The role of alternative allowance allocation	81
Core capabilities for achieving sustainable construction project management	80
Integrating nutrition into environmental impact assessments reveals limited sustainable food options within planetary boundaries	80
Ecodesign coupled with Life Cycle Assessment to reduce the environmental impacts of an industrial enzymatic cleaner	80
How to reduce overpackaging of food in China: Analysis based on evolutionary game	80
The EU Bioeconomy Footprint: Using life cycle assessment to monitor environmental impacts of the EU Bioeconomy	80
Enablers for circular ecosystem transformation: A multi-case study of Brazilian circular ecosystems	78
Climate change impact of food distribution: The case of reverse logistics for bread in Sweden	78
Micro-level quantification of determinants of eco-innovation adoption: An assessment of sustainable practices for cotton production in Pakistan	77
Balancing photovoltaic development and cropland protection: Assessing agrivoltaic potential in China	77
A feasibility analysis on adopting electric vehicles in the short food supply chain based on GHG emissions and economic costs estimations	77
Do environmental and cleaner production practices lead to circular and sustainability performance? Evidence from Colombian manufacturing firms	76
Digitalizing shopping routines: Re-organizing household practices to enable sustainable food provisioning	76
Socio-techno-economic assessment to design an appropriate renewable energy system for remote agricultural communities in developing countries	75
Optimization of food-fuel-fibre in biorefinery based on environmental and economic assessment: The case of sugarcane utilization in Thailand	75
Biogas and biohydrogen for net zero cooking and transportation in Bhutan	74
A composite indicator for evaluating safety and sustainability by design and circularity in emerging technologies	74
Techno-economic assessment of co-pyrolyzed kitchen waste and rice straw for co-generation of heat and power	74
Reforming plastic packaging regulation: Outcomes from stakeholder interviews and regulatory analysis	73
Temporal dynamic assessment of household energy consumption and carbon emissions in China: From the perspective of occupants	73
Tourism, institutional quality, and environmental sustainability	73

A review of LED lamp recycling process from the 10 R strategy perspective	73
Conceptualizing circular economy policy instruments: The case of recycled content standards	73