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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. 1 China 4.5k works
  2. 2 India 2k works
  3. 3 United States 1.5k works
  4. 4 Germany 666 works
  5. 5 Brazil 638 works
  6. 6 Italy 613 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 589 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 504 works
  9. 9 South Korea 481 works
  10. 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.

China: 37.6%India: 16.9%United States: 12.5%Germany: 5.6%6 others listed: 27.4%38%largest
China4,460 · 37.6%India2,008 · 16.9%United States1,485 · 12.5%Germany666 · 5.6%6 others listed3,255 · 27.4%

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. 1 Central South UniversityChina 126 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 104 works
  3. 3 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 93 works
  4. 4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 72 works
  5. 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 62 works
  6. 6 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 58 works
  7. 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 55 works
  8. 8 Tongji UniversityChina 48 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 48 works
  10. 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 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. 1 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 5.1k citations
  2. 2 Huan Liu Australia 4.9k citations
  3. 3 Martin Winter Germany 4.9k citations
  4. 4 Dierk Raabe Germany 4.5k citations
  5. 5 Carlos M. Duarte Saudi Arabia 4.1k citations
  6. 6 Shaobin Wang Australia 3.5k citations
  7. 7 Yong Sik Ok South Korea 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

  1. 1 Beijing China 877 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 326 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 238 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 217 works
  5. 5 Changsha China 188 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 182 works
  7. 7 Wuhan China 167 works
  8. 8 Hangzhou China 164 works
  9. 9 Chennai India 158 works
  10. 10 Tianjin China 152 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LeobenAT · 23.8 works12×
  2. LappeenrantaFI · 20.4 works9.6×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Recycling and Waste Management Techniques than the world average.

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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.

0%50%100%mean 40.92%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Rama Devi Women's University: 10, 85.6%Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology: 20, 30.8%Kunming University of Science and Technology: 94, 27.9%Częstochowa University of Technology: 18, 15.6%University of Technology Sydney: 19, 56.3%Jahangirnagar University: 15, 39.5%Central South University: 126, 39.8%Korea University of Science and Technology: 16, 30.7%Wageningen University & Research: 25, 42.1%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 55, 40.9%Rama Devi Women's Un…Lappeenranta-Lahti U…Kunming University o…Częstochowa Universi…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Rama Devi Women's UniversityIndia 62.185.6%43.3×10 —
2 Lappeenranta-Lahti University of TechnologyFinland 59.430.8%10.6×20 +157.0%
3 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 55.927.9%8.7×94 +53.1%
4 Częstochowa University of TechnologyPoland 52.515.6%10.7×18 +202.1%
5 University of Technology SydneyAustralia 51.156.3%2.2×19 +321.4%
6 Jahangirnagar UniversityBangladesh 51.039.5%9.7×15 —
7 Central South UniversityChina 50.239.8%4.1×126 +35.0%
8 Korea University of Science and TechnologySouth Korea 50.130.7%6.6×16 +232.2%
9 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 49.042.1%3.7×25 +150.0%
10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 48.640.9%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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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.