Open Access
Open access

Journal of Cleaner Production

Elsevier
Elsevier
ISSN: 09596526, 18791786
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
9.7
SJR
2.058
CiteScore
20.4
Categories
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Strategy and Management
Areas
Business, Management and Accounting
Energy
Engineering
Environmental Science
Years of issue
1993-2025
journal names
Journal of Cleaner Production
J CLEAN PROD
Publications
43 950
Citations
1 920 368
h-index
342
Publications
24 683
Citations
1 564 657
Top-3 citing journals
Journal of Cleaner Production
Journal of Cleaner Production (207069 citations)
Sustainability
Sustainability (96252 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University (652 publications)
Beijing Normal University
Beijing Normal University (528 publications)
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University (365 publications)
Beijing Normal University
Beijing Normal University (328 publications)
Top-3 countries
China (16476 publications)
USA (3537 publications)
United Kingdom (2554 publications)
China (11075 publications)
USA (1661 publications)
India (1318 publications)

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