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Resources, Environment and Sustainability
H-index 16

Resources, Environment and Sustainability

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 472 18 22 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 48
Documents by Best Scientists*: 42
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 28
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.071
Impact Factor: 7.8

Top Publications

  • Enhancing food security and environmental sustainability: A critical review of food loss and waste management

    Yumei Wang;Yumei Wang;Zengwei Yuan;Ya Tang

    (2021)
    215 Citations
  • A pragmatic and industry-oriented framework for data quality assessment of environmental footprint tools

    (2021)
    73 Citations
  • Understanding consumers’ behavior intention of recycling mobile phone through formal channels in China: The effect of privacy concern

    Ling Zhang;Wenchun Ran;Songyan Jiang;Huijun Wu

    (2021)
    60 Citations
  • Global assessment of drought characteristics in the Anthropocene

    (2023)
    46 Citations
  • Human perturbation on phosphorus cycles in one of China’s most eutrophicated lakes

    Kai Yan;Kai Yan;Jian-chu Xu;Wei Gao;Ming-jiu Li

    (2021)
    45 Citations
  • A food system revolution for China in the post-pandemic world

    Zhaohai Bai;Guido Schmidt-Traub;Jianchu Xu;Ling Liu

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • High-resolution maps of intensive and extensive livestock production in China

    (2022)
    32 Citations
  • How does inter-sectoral linkage affect the environmental performance of a transitioning region: Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Improving quantification of rainfall runoff pollutant loads with consideration of path curb and field ridge

    Zengwei Yuan;Yanjin Pang;Jianqi Gao;Xin Liu

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Resource recovery and freshwater ecosystem restoration — Prospecting for phytoremediation potential in wild macrophyte stands

    (2022)
    14 Citations

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