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Waste Management and Research
H-index 27

Waste Management and Research

0734-242X

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/wmr

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 317 44 77 17
Engineering and Technology 554 47 62 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 156
Documents by Best Scientists*: 177
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 107
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.97
Impact Factor: 4.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Waste Management & Research?

Waste Management & Research investigates areas of study like Waste management, Municipal solid waste, Environmental engineering, Waste treatment and Incineration. It concentrates on Waste management topics that focus on Hazardous waste, Leachate, Waste collection, Waste disposal and Mobile incinerator. The featured Leachate study falls within the wider topic of Environmental chemistry.

While Waste Management & Research focused on Municipal solid waste, it was also able to explore topics like Biodegradable waste and Environmental planning. The Environmental engineering study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Landfill gas. The study on Waste treatment presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Cleaner production.

The journal focuses on Incineration research which is adjacent to topics in Fly ash.

  • Waste management (53.43%)
  • Municipal solid waste (27.58%)
  • Environmental engineering (16.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The biology of composting: A review (457 citations)
  • Microbial methane oxidation processes and technologies for mitigation of landfill gas emissions. (357 citations)
  • Conversion of organic material by black soldier fly larvae: establishing optimal feeding rates. (330 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Waste Management & Research:

The journal publications cover a variety of subjects, including Waste management, Municipal solid waste, Environmental engineering, Waste treatment and Incineration. The journal publications address concerns in the field of Waste management by exploring it in line with topics in Anaerobic digestion which intersect with Biogas subjects. The journal publications facilitate discussions on Municipal solid waste that incorporate concepts from other fields like Per capita and Urban area.

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

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Waste Management & Research are Waste management, Municipal solid waste, Circular economy, Environmental planning and Pulp and paper industry. While work presented in Waste Management & Research provided substantial information on Waste management, it also covered topics in Life-cycle assessment and Cement. Research on Municipal solid waste addressed in the journal frequently intersections with the field of Environmental impact assessment.

The concepts on Circular economy presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Natural resource economics and Reuse. Waste Management & Research addresses concerns in Environmental planning which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Developing country, Solid waste management and Sustainable development. It explores issues in Pulp and paper industry which can be linked to other research areas like Biogas and Anaerobic digestion.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • SARS-CoV-2 pandemic-induced PPE and single-use plastic waste generation scenario. (13 citations)
  • Clinical waste management under COVID-19 scenario in Malaysia. (13 citations)
  • Investigating the effect of government subsidies on end-of-life vehicle recycling. (12 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 & Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Thomas Højlund Christensen (60 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Pariatamby Agamuthu (46 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Arne Ragossnig (30 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • David C. Wilson (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Jens Aage Hansen (27 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 & Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Technical University of Denmark (82 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Imperial College London (43 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Tongji University (37 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Vienna University of Technology (34 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Malaya (32 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 12.56% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.23% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.08% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.26% of all publications and 77.44% 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

  • Clinical waste management under COVID-19 scenario in Malaysia.

    P Agamuthu;Jayanthi Barasarathi

    (2021)
    102 Citations
  • Characterisation and composition identification of waste-derived fuels obtained from municipal solid waste using thermogravimetry: A review:

    Spyridoula Gerassimidou;Costas A Velis;Paul T Williams;Dimitrios Komilis

    (2020)
    91 Citations
  • A hybrid augmented ant colony optimization for the multi-trip capacitated arc routing problem under fuzzy demands for urban solid waste management.

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

    (2020)
    86 Citations
  • Urban strategies evaluation for waste management in coastal areas in the framework of area metabolism

    Irene Voukkali;Pantelisa Loizia;Jose Navarro Pedreño;Antonis A Zorpas

    (2021)
    57 Citations
  • Circular solar: Evaluating the profitability of a photovoltaic panel recycling plant

    (2023)
    53 Citations
  • Towards circular economy indicators: Evidence from the European Union.

    (2024)
    52 Citations
  • The perception of circular economy in the framework of fashion industry

    (2023)
    47 Citations
  • Global municipal solid waste infrastructure: Delivery and forecast of uncontrolled disposal

    Amani Maalouf;Antonis Mavropoulos;Mutasem El-Fadel

    (2020)
    38 Citations

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