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Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management
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Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

1438-4957

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10163

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 389 39 45 14
Engineering and Technology 598 47 47 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 171
Documents by Best Scientists*: 174
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 67
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.654
Impact Factor: 3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Waste management, Municipal solid waste, Pulp and paper industry, Chemical engineering and Incineration. Topics in Waste management explored in Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management were investigated in conjunction with research in Raw material and Environmental engineering. Waste collection is a focus of the presented Municipal solid waste works and it dives deep in Waste collection.

In addition to Pulp and paper industry research, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management aims to explore topics under Biogas and Anaerobic digestion. The research on Chemical engineering tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Catalysis and Adsorption.

  • Waste management (37.07%)
  • Municipal solid waste (14.90%)
  • Pulp and paper industry (10.90%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Environmental contamination from electronic waste recycling at Guiyu, southeast China (309 citations)
  • Characterization of air emissions and residual ash from open burning of electronic wastes during simulated rudimentary recycling operations (179 citations)
  • Evolution of solid waste management in Malaysia: impacts and implications of the solid waste bill, 2007 (178 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management:

The journal papers explore disciplines such as Waste management, Municipal solid waste, Incineration, Raw material and Environmental chemistry. Most of the works presented in the published articles deal with Waste management but they intersect with the subject of Environmental engineering. The published papers explore topics in Municipal solid waste which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Per capita, Leachate and Environmental planning.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Organic chemistry
  • Oxygen
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Waste management, Chemical engineering, Pulp and paper industry, Municipal solid waste and Composite material. The concepts on Waste management presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Life-cycle assessment, Energy recovery and Raw material. It focuses on Chemical engineering research which is adjacent to topics in Catalysis.

While work presented in it provided substantial information on Pulp and paper industry, it also covered topics in Biomass, Sludge and Methane, Anaerobic digestion. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management addresses concerns in the field of Anaerobic digestion by exploring it in line with topics in Biogas which intersect with Cow dung subjects. The Municipal solid waste study tackling the subject of Waste collection is the focus of the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Environmental impacts of new Coronavirus outbreak in Iran with an emphasis on waste management sector (15 citations)
  • Characterization of different types of electronic waste: heavy metal, precious metal and rare earth element content by comparing different digestıon methods (10 citations)
  • Tertiary recycling of plastics waste: an analysis of feedstock, chemical and biological degradation methods (8 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Shin-ichi Sakai (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Toshiaki Yoshioka (23 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Tomohito Kameda (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Masaki Takaoka (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Junya Yano (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kyoto University (64 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Institute for Environmental Studies (56 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tohoku University (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tsinghua University (31 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 5.16% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.40% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.43% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.40% of all publications and 71.78% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Rethinking sustainability: a review of Liberia’s municipal solid waste management systems, status, and challenges

    Victor Emery David;Yasinta John;Shahid Hussain

    (2020)
    66 Citations
  • Feasibility study of red mud for geopolymer preparation: effect of particle size fraction

    Jian Zhang;Shucai Li;Zhaofeng Li;Chao Liu

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • Heavy metals removal/stabilization from municipal solid waste incineration fly ash: a review and recent trends

    (2022)
    47 Citations
  • Characterization of different types of electronic waste: heavy metal, precious metal and rare earth element content by comparing different digestıon methods

    Merve Tunali;Mehmet Meric Tunali;Orhan Yenigun

    (2021)
    40 Citations
  • Recycling potential of powdered cigarette waste in the development of ceramic materials

    Geovana D. Girondi;Markssuel M. Marvila;Afonso R. G. de Azevedo;Charles C. de Souza

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Appraisal of student’s awareness and practices on waste management and recycling in the Malaysian University’s student hostel area

    Mohammed J. K. Bashir;Yong Zi Jun;Yong Zi Jun;Lee Jia Yi;Mohammed F. M. Abushammala

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Life cycle environmental performance of two restaurant food waste management strategies at Shenzhen, China

    Qianqian Yu;Huan Li

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • A bi-objective robust optimization model for hazardous hospital waste collection and disposal network design problem

    Zahra Homayouni;Mir Saman Pishvaee

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Biomass:polystyrene co-pyrolysis coupled with metal-modified zeolite catalysis for liquid fuel and chemical production

    (2022)
    26 Citations

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