Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production
Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production is a research topic within Building and Construction. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 20.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the utilization of various waste materials, such as incineration residues, sewage sludge ash, and glass-ceramics, in the production of bricks and ceramic materials. It explores the recycling and sustainable use of these waste materials, as well as their leaching behavior and potential applications in promoting a circular economy.
- Waste Materials
- Utilization
- Brick Production
- Ceramic Materials
- Incineration Residues
- Sewage Sludge Ash
- Glass-ceramics
- Recycling
- Leaching Behavior
- Circular Economy
- Research works
- 25k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +65% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (2.1k and 584 works in 2022–2025).
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Science and Technology Beijing publishes the most Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production research, followed by Central South University and Wuhan University of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 74 works
- 2 Central South UniversityChina 67 works
- 3 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 56 works
- 4 Northeastern UniversityChina 47 works
- 5 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 42 works
- 6 Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 35 works
- 7 Southeast UniversityChina 34 works
- 8 Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina 34 works
- 9 Tongji UniversityChina 28 works
- 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 27 works
Who are the leading researchers in Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production include John L. Provis, Tuan Ngo and Karen Scrivener.
- 1 John L. Provis United Kingdom 2.8k citations
- 2 Tuan Ngo Australia 2.6k citations
- 3 Karen Scrivener Switzerland 2.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production research done?
The largest centres of Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Changsha (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Huainan.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- HuainanCN · 24.7 works13×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Oulu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and University of Science and Technology Beijing score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of OuluFinland | 66.8 | 29.7% | 10.7× | 17 | +703.6% |
| 2 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 66.3 | 48.3% | 4.3× | 24 | +264.9% |
| 3 | University of Science and Technology BeijingChina | 65.8 | 33.0% | 14.3× | 74 | +19.6% |
| 4 | Northeastern UniversityChina | 65.5 | 28.3% | 8.2× | 47 | +338.3% |
| 5 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina | 64.3 | 39.5% | 8.1× | 42 | +117.7% |
| 6 | Anhui University of TechnologyChina | 63.6 | 39.0% | 13.5× | 16 | +169.8% |
| 7 | Shenzhen UniversityChina | 62.9 | 66.1% | 4.6× | 23 | +106.7% |
| 8 | Central South UniversityChina | 59.3 | 26.3% | 6.2× | 67 | +139.0% |
| 9 | RMIT UniversityAustralia | 58.4 | 51.2% | 4.3× | 10 | +290.7% |
| 10 | Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina | 58.0 | 35.3% | 8.7× | 24 | +106.1% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 65% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.