Topic · Sustainable Industrial Ecology
Most cited papers in Sustainable Industrial Ecology
What are the most cited papers in Sustainable Industrial Ecology?
The most cited paper in Sustainable Industrial Ecology is "The Circular Economy – A new sustainability paradigm?" (Martin Geissdoerfer, Paulo Savaget, Nancy Bocken et al., 2016), with 9,096 citations. Next come "Conceptualizing the circular economy: An analysis of 114 definitions" (8,310) and "A review on circular economy: the expected transition to a balanced interplay of environmental and economic systems" (6,451).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 613 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Circular Economy – A new sustainability paradigm? Martin Geissdoerfer, Paulo Savaget, Nancy Bocken et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 21 Dec 2016 | 9,096 |
| 2 | Conceptualizing the circular economy: An analysis of 114 definitions Julian Kirchherr, Denise Reike, Marko P. Hekkert · Resources Conservation and Recycling | 15 Sep 2017 | 8,310 |
| 3 | A review on circular economy: the expected transition to a balanced interplay of environmental and economic systems Patrizia Ghisellini, Catia Cialani, Sérgio Ulgiati · Journal of Cleaner Production | 16 Sep 2015 | 6,451 |
| 4 | A literature and practice review to develop sustainable business model archetypes Nancy Bocken, Samuel W. Short, P. Rana et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 5 Dec 2013 | 4,315 |
| 5 | From sectoral systems of innovation to socio-technical systems Frank W. Geels · Research Policy | 15 May 2004 | 3,925 |
| 6 | Product design and business model strategies for a circular economy Nancy Bocken, Ingrid de Pauw, Conny A. Bakker et al. · Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering | 26 Apr 2016 | 3,901 |
| 7 | Circular Economy: The Concept and its Limitations Jouni Korhonen, Antero Honkasalo, Jyri Seppälä · Ecological Economics | 12 Jul 2017 | 3,897 |
| 8 | Sustainability transitions: An emerging field of research and its prospects Jochen Markard, Rob P. J. M. Raven, Bernhard Truffer · Research Policy | 30 Mar 2012 | 3,744 |
| 9 | The Circular Economy: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Concept and Application in a Global Context Alan Murray, Keith Ronald Skene, Kathryn Haynes · Journal of Business Ethics | 21 May 2015 | 3,307 |
| 10 | Redefining innovation — eco-innovation research and the contribution from ecological economics Klaus Rennings · Ecological Economics | Feb 2000 | 3,162 |
| 11 | The multi-level perspective on sustainability transitions: Responses to seven criticisms Frank W. Geels · Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions | 27 Feb 2011 | 3,044 |
| 12 | An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions Jonathan Köhler et al. · Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions | 31 Jan 2019 | 2,794 |
| 13 | Towards circular economy implementation: a comprehensive review in context of manufacturing industry Michael Lieder, Amir Rashid · Journal of Cleaner Production | 22 Dec 2015 | 2,736 |
| 14 | The circular economy Walter R. Stahel · Nature | 18 Mar 2016 | 2,440 |
| 15 | The governance of sustainable socio-technical transitions Adrian Smith, Andy Stirling, Frans Berkhout · Research Policy | 20 Oct 2005 | 2,239 |
| 16 | Opportunities of Sustainable Manufacturing in Industry 4.0 Tim Stock, Günther Seliger · Procedia CIRP | 2016 | 1,897 |
| 17 | I NDUSTRIAL S YMBIOSIS : Literature and Taxonomy Marian R. Chertow · Annual Review of Energy and the Environment | Nov 2000 | 1,896 |
| 18 | The circular economy: New or Refurbished as CE 3.0? — Exploring Controversies in the Conceptualization of the Circular Economy through a Focus on History and Resource Value Retention Options Denise Reike, Walter J.V. Vermeulen, Sjors Witjes · Resources Conservation and Recycling | 21 Nov 2017 | 1,867 |
| 19 | Sustainable supply chains: An introduction Jonathan D. Linton, Robert D. Klassen, Vaidyanathan Jayaraman · Journal of Operations Management | 17 Jan 2007 | 1,758 |
| 20 | The Relevance of Circular Economy Practices to the Sustainable Development Goals Patrick Schroeder, Kartika Anggraeni, Uwe Weber · Journal of Industrial Ecology | 13 Feb 2018 | 1,751 |
| 21 | Ontologies, socio-technical transitions (to sustainability), and the multi-level perspective Frank W. Geels · Research Policy | 22 Feb 2010 | 1,714 |
| 22 | Innovation studies and sustainability transitions: The allure of the multi-level perspective and its challenges Adrian Smith, Jan-Peter Voß, John Grin · Research Policy | 24 Feb 2010 | 1,686 |
| 23 | Designing the Business Models for Circular Economy—Towards the Conceptual Framework Mateusz Lewandowski · Sustainability | 18 Jan 2016 | 1,599 |
| 24 | Circular economy as an essentially contested concept Jouni Korhonen, Cali Nuur, Andreas Feldmann et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 22 Dec 2017 | 1,555 |
| 25 | Sustainable supply chain management and the transition towards a circular economy: Evidence and some applications Andrea Genovese, Adolf Akwei Acquaye, Alejandro Figueroa et al. · Omega | 24 Jun 2015 | 1,498 |
| 26 | The Role of Corporations in Achieving Ecological Sustainability Paul Shrivastava · Academy of Management Review | Oct 1995 | 1,435 |
| 27 | A review of the circular economy in China: moving from rhetoric to implementation Biwei Su, Almas Heshmati, Yong Geng et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 28 Nov 2012 | 1,425 |
| 28 | A strategic decision framework for green supply chain management Joseph Sarkis · Journal of Cleaner Production | 30 Jan 2003 | 1,406 |
| 29 | Circular economy – From review of theories and practices to development of implementation tools Yuliya Kalmykova, Madumita Sadagopan, Leonardo Cruz Rosado · Resources Conservation and Recycling | 24 Nov 2017 | 1,400 |
| 30 | Sustainability Transitions Research: Transforming Science and Practice for Societal Change Derk A. Loorbach, Niki Frantzeskaki, Flor Avelino · Annual Review of Environment and Resources | 11 Jul 2017 | 1,395 |
| 31 | The Emergence of Circular Economy: A New Framing Around Prolonging Resource Productivity Fenna Blomsma, Geraldine Brennan · Journal of Industrial Ecology | 9 May 2017 | 1,362 |
| 32 | How do scholars approach the circular economy? A systematic literature review Roberto Merli, Michele Preziosi, Alessia Acampora · Journal of Cleaner Production | 15 Dec 2017 | 1,354 |
| 33 | Environmental technologies and competitive advantage Paul Shrivastava · Strategic Management Journal | 1995 | 1,346 |
| 34 | Business models and supply chains for the circular economy Martin Geissdoerfer, Sandra Naomi Morioka, Marly Monteiro de Carvalho et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 18 Apr 2018 | 1,330 |
| 35 | Principles for a sustainable circular economy Anne P.M. Velenturf, Phil Purnell · Sustainable Production and Consumption | 17 Feb 2021 | 1,329 |
| 36 | Metrics of Green Chemistry and Sustainability: Past, Present, and Future Roger A. Sheldon · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering | 8 Nov 2017 | 1,289 |
| 37 | Towards a consensus on the circular economy Vanessa Prieto‐Sandoval, Carmen Jaca, Marta Ormazábal · Journal of Cleaner Production | 28 Dec 2017 | 1,284 |
| 38 | Toward a spatial perspective on sustainability transitions Lars Coenen, Paul Benneworth, Bernhard Truffer · Research Policy | 5 Apr 2012 | 1,274 |
| 39 | Conceptualizing the Circular Economy (Revisited): An Analysis of 221 Definitions Julian Kirchherr, Nan-Hua Nadja Yang, Frederik Schulze-Spüntrup et al. · Resources Conservation and Recycling | 23 Apr 2023 | 1,262 |
| 40 | A Review and Typology of Circular Economy Business Model Patterns Florian Lüdeke‐Freund, Stefan Gold, Nancy Bocken · Journal of Industrial Ecology | 25 Apr 2018 | 1,241 |
| 41 | The triple layered business model canvas: A tool to design more sustainable business models Alexandre Joyce, Raymond L. Paquin · Journal of Cleaner Production | 16 Jun 2016 | 1,201 |
| 42 | Environmental sciences, sustainable development and circular economy: Alternative concepts for trans-disciplinary research Sébastien Sauvé, Sophie Bernard, Pamela Sloan · Environmental Development | 14 Sep 2015 | 1,171 |
| 43 | Sustainable innovation, business models and economic performance: an overview Frank Boons, Carlos Lavalle Montalvo, Jaco Quist et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production | 6 Sep 2012 | 1,166 |
| 44 | The Circular Economy: A New Development Strategy in China Zengwei Yuan, Jun Bi, Yuichi Moriguichi · Journal of Industrial Ecology | 2006 | 1,166 |
| 45 | Review of sustainability terms and their definitions Peter Glavič, Rebeka Kovačič Lukman · Journal of Cleaner Production | 28 Feb 2007 | 1,165 |
| 46 | “Uncovering” Industrial Symbiosis Marian R. Chertow · Journal of Industrial Ecology | 2007 | 1,162 |
| 47 | Lost in Transition? Drivers and Barriers in the Eco-innovation Road to the Circular Economy Ana de Jesús, Sandro Mendonça · Ecological Economics | 6 Sep 2017 | 1,150 |
| 48 | Circular economy for the built environment: A research framework Francesco Pomponi, Alice M. Moncaster · Journal of Cleaner Production | 23 Dec 2016 | 1,150 |
| 49 | Business model innovation for circular economy and sustainability: A review of approaches Marina Pieroni, Tim C. McAloone, Daniela C. A. Pigosso · Journal of Cleaner Production | 8 Jan 2019 | 1,126 |
| 50 | Environmental Life Cycle Comparison of Algae to Other Bioenergy Feedstocks Andrés F. Clarens, Eleazer P. Resurreccion, Mark A. White et al. · Environmental Science & Technology | 19 Jan 2010 | 1,118 |
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