Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
Recycling and Waste Management Techniques is a research topic within Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Science Explorer counts 54k research works in it since 1950. 24.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the global production, environmental impacts, recycling techniques, management practices, and legislation related to electronic waste (e-waste). It covers topics such as metal recovery, hazardous substances, health consequences, and the challenges and opportunities in e-waste recycling.
- E-Waste
- Recycling
- Environmental Impacts
- Metal Recovery
- Waste Management
- Hazardous Substances
- Electronic Equipment
- Health Consequences
- Legislation
- Global Production
- Research works
- 54k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 13k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 24.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +103% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Recycling and Waste Management Techniques research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (4.5k and 2k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 4.5k works
- 2 India 2k works
- 3 United States 1.5k works
- 4 Germany 666 works
- 5 Brazil 638 works
- 6 Italy 613 works
- 7 United Kingdom 589 works
- 8 Indonesia 504 works
- 9 South Korea 481 works
- 10 France 430 works
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 Waste Management Techniques research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Central South University publishes the most Recycling and Waste Management Techniques research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Kunming University of Science and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Central South University China 126 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 104 works
- 3 Kunming University of Science and Technology China 93 works
- 4 Tsinghua University China 72 works
- 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 62 works
- 6 University of Science and Technology Beijing China 58 works
- 7 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 55 works
- 8 Tongji University China 48 works
- 9 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 48 works
- 10 Zhejiang University China 46 works
Who are the leading researchers in Recycling and Waste Management Techniques?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Recycling and Waste Management Techniques include Seeram Ramakrishna, Huan Liu and Martin Winter.
- 1 Seeram Ramakrishna 5.1k citations
- 2 Huan Liu 4.9k citations
- 3 Martin Winter 4.9k citations
- 4 Dierk Raabe 4.5k citations
- 5 Carlos M. Duarte 4.1k citations
- 6 Shaobin Wang 3.5k citations
- 7 Yong Sik Ok 3.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Recycling and Waste Management Techniques research done?
The largest centres of Recycling and Waste Management Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Leoben and Lappeenranta.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- LeobenAT · 23.8 works12×
- LappeenrantaFI · 20.4 works9.6×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Recycling and Waste Management Techniques than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Recycling and Waste Management Techniques?
Among universities, judged by research, Rama Devi Women's University, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology and Kunming University of Science and Technology 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 | Rama Devi Women's University India | 62.1 | 85.6% | 43.3× | 10 | — |
| 2 | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology Finland | 59.4 | 30.8% | 10.6× | 20 | +157.0% |
| 3 | Kunming University of Science and Technology China | 55.9 | 27.9% | 8.7× | 94 | +53.1% |
| 4 | Częstochowa University of Technology Poland | 52.5 | 15.6% | 10.7× | 18 | +202.1% |
| 5 | University of Technology Sydney Australia | 51.1 | 56.3% | 2.2× | 19 | +321.4% |
| 6 | Jahangirnagar University Bangladesh | 51.0 | 39.5% | 9.7× | 15 | — |
| 7 | Central South University China | 50.2 | 39.8% | 4.1× | 126 | +35.0% |
| 8 | Korea University of Science and Technology South Korea | 50.1 | 30.7% | 6.6× | 16 | +232.2% |
| 9 | Wageningen University & Research Netherlands | 49.0 | 42.1% | 3.7× | 25 | +150.0% |
| 10 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China | 48.6 | 40.9% | 1.8× | 55 | +297.2% |
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 Waste Management Techniques research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 103% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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