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Waste Management
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Waste Management

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 63 261 439 54
Environmental Sciences 68 212 339 49

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 925
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1095
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 27
SCIMAGO H-index: 239
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.726
Impact Factor: 7.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Waste Management?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Waste management, Municipal solid waste, Environmental engineering, Incineration and Pulp and paper industry. Waste management and Anaerobic digestion are closely related fields of research discussed in it. Topics in Anaerobic digestion explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Biogas and Food waste.

Waste Management focuses on Municipal solid waste research which is adjacent to topics in Waste disposal. The journal links adjacent topics like Environmental engineering with Landfill gas. In addition to Incineration research, Waste Management aims to explore topics under Bottom ash and Combustion.

The field of Environmental chemistry is the anchor for the Leachate studies presented in it. The journal focuses on Fly ash as well as the interrelated topic of Leaching (metallurgy). The journal explores studies in Leaching (metallurgy) as part of the wider topic of Metallurgy.

  • Waste management (44.21%)
  • Municipal solid waste (19.67%)
  • Environmental engineering (13.56%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Recycling and recovery routes of plastic solid waste (PSW): A review (1161 citations)
  • Stabilization of As, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn in soil using amendments – A review (1152 citations)
  • Solid waste management challenges for cities in developing countries (840 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Waste Management:

The journal articles focus largely on the fields of Waste management, Municipal solid waste, Environmental engineering, Incineration and Waste treatment. Issues in Waste management were discussed in the published papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Pulp and paper industry and Anaerobic digestion. While the journal publications focused on Municipal solid waste, they were also able to explore topics like Environmental planning and Urban area.

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

  • Ecology
  • Composite material
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Pulp and paper industry, Municipal solid waste, Waste management, Anaerobic digestion and Chemical engineering. The journal addresses concerns in Pulp and paper industry which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Sludge, Fermentation, Raw material, Leachate and Biomass. Some problems in Waste management that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Life-cycle assessment and Energy recovery.

The Anaerobic digestion works featured in Waste Management incorporate elements from Food science, Biogas, Mesophile and Food waste. Pyrolysis is the primary subject of Chemical engineering works presented in Waste Management. It covers various topics on Pyrolysis such as Biochar and Char.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • An analysis of the plastic waste trade and management in Asia. (24 citations)
  • Waste to bioplastics: How close are we to sustainable polyhydroxyalkanoates production? (21 citations)
  • Global E-waste management: Can WEEE make a difference? A review of e-waste trends, legislation, contemporary issues and future challenges. (20 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 Waste Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Charlotte Scheutz (60 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Raffaello Cossu (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas Højlund Christensen (50 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Thomas Fruergaard Astrup (47 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Timothy G. Townsend (42 papers) absent at the last 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 Waste Management (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Technical University of Denmark (172 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (152 papers) published 25 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Tongji University (107 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tsinghua University (94 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Padua (83 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 3.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.46% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.36% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.73% of all publications and 71.45% 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

  • Global E-waste management: Can WEEE make a difference? A review of e-waste trends, legislation, contemporary issues and future challenges.

    Olanrewaju S. Shittu;Ian D. Williams;Peter J. Shaw

    (2021)
    463 Citations
  • Rethinking organic wastes bioconversion: Evaluating the potential of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens (L.)) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) (BSF).

    K.C. Surendra;Jeffery K. Tomberlin;Arnold van Huis;Jonathan A. Cammack

    (2020)
    379 Citations
  • An analysis of the plastic waste trade and management in Asia.

    Yangyang Liang;Quanyin Tan;Qingbin Song;Jinhui Li

    (2021)
    309 Citations
  • Challenges and opportunities of solvent-based additive extraction methods for plastic recycling

    Sibel Ügdüler;Kevin M. Van Geem;Martijn Roosen;Elisabeth I.P. Delbeke

    (2020)
    250 Citations
  • Challenges in current construction and demolition waste recycling: A China study.

    Mingxue Ma;Vivian W.Y. Tam;Khoa N. Le;Wengui Li

    (2020)
    230 Citations
  • A robust green location-allocation-inventory problem to design an urban waste management system under uncertainty.

    Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee;Iraj Mahdavi;Mir Mehdi Seyyed Esfahani;Gerhard Wilhelm Weber;Gerhard Wilhelm Weber

    (2020)
    208 Citations
  • Legal situation and current practice of waste incineration bottom ash utilisation in Europe.

    Dominik Blasenbauer;Florian Huber;Jakob Lederer;Margarida J. Quina

    (2020)
    197 Citations
  • Impact of total solids content on anaerobic co-digestion of pig manure and food waste: Insights into shifting of the methanogenic pathway.

    Zhongzhong Wang;Yan Jiang;Shun Wang;Yizhen Zhang

    (2020)
    185 Citations
  • Opportunities and challenges for the application of post-consumer plastic waste pyrolysis oils as steam cracker feedstocks: To decontaminate or not to decontaminate?

    (2021)
    174 Citations
  • From intention to behavior: Comprehending residents’ waste sorting intention and behavior formation process

    (2020)
    168 Citations

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