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Waste Management and Recycling

Waste Management and Recycling is a research topic within Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1969. 3.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on various aspects of waste management, including community participation, plastic waste, environmental impact, recycling, household waste, social empowerment, sustainable development, local wisdom, and composting. The papers explore strategies for reducing, reusing, and recycling waste to promote environmental sustainability.

  • Waste Management
  • Community Participation
  • Plastic Waste
  • Environmental Impact
  • Recycling
  • Household Waste
  • Social Empowerment
  • Sustainable Development
  • Local Wisdom
  • Composting
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1969
In the world top 10%
578
per year above
Top-10% rate
3.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+367%
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Which countries lead Waste Management and Recycling research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (7.8k and 221 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 7.8k works
  2. 2 ?? 221 works
  3. 3 China 76 works
  4. 4 India 51 works
  5. 5 United States 48 works
  6. 6 Malaysia 37 works
  7. 7 Canada 19 works
  8. 8 Japan 16 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 14 works
  10. 10 Philippines 14 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.

Indonesia: 94.0%??: 2.7%China: 0.9%India: 0.6%6 others listed: 1.8%94%largest
Indonesia7,825 · 94.0%??221 · 2.7%China76 · 0.9%India51 · 0.6%6 others listed148 · 1.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Waste Management and Recycling research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sebelas Maret University publishes the most Waste Management and Recycling research, followed by University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur and University of Mataram.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 148 works
  2. 2 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 147 works
  3. 3 University of MataramIndonesia 145 works
  4. 4 State University of MalangIndonesia 127 works
  5. 5 Universitas JemberIndonesia 115 works
  6. 6 State University of MakassarIndonesia 90 works
  7. 7 State University of PadangIndonesia 87 works
  8. 8 Riau UniversityIndonesia 86 works
  9. 9 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 84 works
  10. 10 State University of SemarangIndonesia 82 works

Where is Waste Management and Recycling research done?

The largest centres of Waste Management and Recycling research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Semarang (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Balikpapan, Jakarta and Sorong.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 749 works
  2. 2 Surabaya Indonesia 505 works
  3. 3 Bandung Indonesia 401 works
  4. 4 Semarang Indonesia 387 works
  5. 5 Malang Indonesia 340 works
  6. 6 Yogyakarta Indonesia 339 works
  7. 7 Medan Indonesia 328 works
  8. 8 Makassar Indonesia 319 works
  9. 9 Surakarta Indonesia 229 works
  10. 10 Denpasar Indonesia 213 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BalikpapanID · 55.4 works39×
  2. Jakarta20.4 works35×
  3. SorongID · 23.8 works32×
  4. Tanjung PinangID · 27.0 works30×
  5. MagelangID · 49.0 works27×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Waste Management and Recycling than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Waste Management and Recycling?

Among universities, judged by research, Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta, Sebelas Maret University and Universitas Sumatera Utara 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%5%10%mean 3.17%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta: 9, 11.7%Sebelas Maret University: 148, 2.0%Universitas Sumatera Utara: 62, 4.3%University of Mataram: 145, 1.1%State University of Padang: 87, 2.4%State University of Malang: 127, 1.1%Diponegoro University: 78, 3.2%IPB University: 53, 2.7%Riau University: 86, 1.4%Sriwijaya University: 76, 1.8%Institut Seni Indone…Universitas Sumatera…Sebelas Maret Univer…University of Mataram
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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 Institut Seni Indonesia SurakartaIndonesia 70.811.7%15.3×9 +391.7%
2 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 65.92.0%19.5×148 +524.9%
3 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 65.84.3%11.7×62 +285.6%
4 University of MataramIndonesia 63.01.1%22.0×145 +1398.7%
5 State University of PadangIndonesia 62.92.4%10.0×87 +1273.7%
6 State University of MalangIndonesia 62.71.1%16.4×127 +1408.3%
7 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 61.53.2%12.2×78 +159.1%
8 IPB UniversityIndonesia 61.22.7%11.6×53 +363.2%
9 Riau UniversityIndonesia 60.51.4%19.7×86 +901.3%
10 Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia 60.51.8%16.6×76 +253.4%

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 Waste Management and Recycling research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 367% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Waste Management and Recycling.

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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.