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Circular Economy

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SCImago
Q1
SJR
2.199
CiteScore
10.0
Categories
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Areas
Energy
Years of issue
2022-2025
journal names
Circular Economy
Publications
89
Citations
1 244
h-index
16
Publications
89
Citations
1 211
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University (10 publications)
University of Calcutta
University of Calcutta (2 publications)
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University (2 publications)
Top-3 countries
China (24 publications)
India (5 publications)
USA (4 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Circular Economy
58 citations, 4.66%
Journal of Cleaner Production
43 citations, 3.46%
Construction and Building Materials
34 citations, 2.73%
Separation and Purification Technology
22 citations, 1.77%
Journal of Building Engineering
20 citations, 1.61%
Cement and Concrete Composites
19 citations, 1.53%
Journal of Environmental Management
19 citations, 1.53%
Environmental Science & Technology
19 citations, 1.53%
Waste Management
17 citations, 1.37%
Chemical Engineering Journal
16 citations, 1.29%
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
15 citations, 1.21%
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
15 citations, 1.21%
Circular Economy and Sustainability
14 citations, 1.13%
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
12 citations, 0.96%
Case Studies in Construction Materials
11 citations, 0.88%
Journal of Hazardous Materials
11 citations, 0.88%
Environmental Pollution
10 citations, 0.8%
Environmental Impact Assessment Review
10 citations, 0.8%
Environment, Development and Sustainability
10 citations, 0.8%
Science of the Total Environment
8 citations, 0.64%
Results in Engineering
8 citations, 0.64%
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
8 citations, 0.64%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
8 citations, 0.64%
Sustainability
7 citations, 0.56%
Energy
7 citations, 0.56%
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
6 citations, 0.48%
Chemical Engineering Science
6 citations, 0.48%
ACS Omega
6 citations, 0.48%
Process Safety and Environmental Protection
6 citations, 0.48%
AEJ - Alexandria Engineering Journal
6 citations, 0.48%
Discover Sustainability
6 citations, 0.48%
Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management
5 citations, 0.4%
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
5 citations, 0.4%
Renewable Energy
5 citations, 0.4%
Minerals Engineering
5 citations, 0.4%
Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering
5 citations, 0.4%
Energies
5 citations, 0.4%
Trends in Food Science and Technology
4 citations, 0.32%
Advanced Science
4 citations, 0.32%
Scientific Reports
4 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
4 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Materials Research and Technology
4 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Energy Storage
4 citations, 0.32%
Sustainable Development
4 citations, 0.32%
Processes
4 citations, 0.32%
Batteries
4 citations, 0.32%
Waste Management and Research
4 citations, 0.32%
Fuel
4 citations, 0.32%
One Earth
4 citations, 0.32%
Energy Economics
3 citations, 0.24%
Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
3 citations, 0.24%
Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering
3 citations, 0.24%
Bioresource Technology
3 citations, 0.24%
Sustainable Materials and Technologies
3 citations, 0.24%
iScience
3 citations, 0.24%
Toxicology
3 citations, 0.24%
Business Strategy and the Environment
3 citations, 0.24%
JOM
3 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Electrostatics
3 citations, 0.24%
Environmental Technology and Innovation
3 citations, 0.24%
Frontiers in Environmental Science
3 citations, 0.24%
Heliyon
3 citations, 0.24%
Energy Strategy Reviews
3 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances
3 citations, 0.24%
Developments in the Built Environment
3 citations, 0.24%
Sustainable Futures
3 citations, 0.24%
Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences
3 citations, 0.24%
Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics
3 citations, 0.24%
Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies
3 citations, 0.24%
Practice, Progress, and Proficiency in Sustainability
3 citations, 0.24%
ACS Sustainable Resource Management
3 citations, 0.24%
Environmental chemistry and safety
3 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change
2 citations, 0.16%
Annals of Operations Research
2 citations, 0.16%
Nature Communications
2 citations, 0.16%
Energy Storage Materials
2 citations, 0.16%
Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
2 citations, 0.16%
Environmental Research
2 citations, 0.16%
Building and Environment
2 citations, 0.16%
Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
2 citations, 0.16%
Advanced Functional Materials
2 citations, 0.16%
Environmental Chemistry Letters
2 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Molecular Structure
2 citations, 0.16%
Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
2 citations, 0.16%
Coke and Chemistry
2 citations, 0.16%
Applied Energy
2 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Industrial Ecology
2 citations, 0.16%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
2 citations, 0.16%
International Journal of Production Research
2 citations, 0.16%
Biomass and Bioenergy
2 citations, 0.16%
Land Degradation and Development
2 citations, 0.16%
Sustainable Production and Consumption
2 citations, 0.16%
Waste and Biomass Valorization
2 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
2 citations, 0.16%
Solar Energy
2 citations, 0.16%
Food Research International
2 citations, 0.16%
Materials
2 citations, 0.16%
Cleaner Engineering and Technology
2 citations, 0.16%
Engineering Reports
2 citations, 0.16%
Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy
2 citations, 0.16%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
663 citations, 53.3%
Springer Nature
188 citations, 15.11%
Wiley
66 citations, 5.31%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
52 citations, 4.18%
MDPI
51 citations, 4.1%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
33 citations, 2.65%
Taylor & Francis
26 citations, 2.09%
IGI Global
26 citations, 2.09%
Emerald
19 citations, 1.53%
Frontiers Media S.A.
11 citations, 0.88%
IOP Publishing
9 citations, 0.72%
SAGE
7 citations, 0.56%
Tsinghua University Press
7 citations, 0.56%
Walter de Gruyter
5 citations, 0.4%
IntechOpen
5 citations, 0.4%
EDP Sciences
4 citations, 0.32%
Pleiades Publishing
4 citations, 0.32%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
4 citations, 0.32%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
4 citations, 0.32%
AIP Publishing
3 citations, 0.24%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2 citations, 0.16%
Science in China Press
2 citations, 0.16%
OAE Publishing Inc.
2 citations, 0.16%
F1000 Research
2 citations, 0.16%
World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS)
2 citations, 0.16%
Research Square Platform LLC
2 citations, 0.16%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.08%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
1 citation, 0.08%
Begell House
1 citation, 0.08%
Trans Tech Publications
1 citation, 0.08%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
1 citation, 0.08%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1 citation, 0.08%
The Royal Society
1 citation, 0.08%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
1 citation, 0.08%
Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry
1 citation, 0.08%
Index Copernicus
1 citation, 0.08%
IWA Publishing
1 citation, 0.08%
Japan Institute of Metals
1 citation, 0.08%
Associacao Brasileira de Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental
1 citation, 0.08%
ASME International
1 citation, 0.08%
Akademiai Kiado
1 citation, 0.08%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
1 citation, 0.08%
SciELO
1 citation, 0.08%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
1 citation, 0.08%
Publishing House Finance and Credit
1 citation, 0.08%
Naksh Solutions
1 citation, 0.08%
SAE International
1 citation, 0.08%
Center for Strategic Studies in Business and Finance SSBFNET
1 citation, 0.08%
Publishing House Helvetica (Publications)
1 citation, 0.08%
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
1 citation, 0.08%
Centr Regionalnikh Issledovanij
1 citation, 0.08%
BSTU named after V.G. Shukhov
1 citation, 0.08%
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Tsinghua University
10 publications, 11.24%
University of Calcutta
2 publications, 2.25%
Zhejiang University
2 publications, 2.25%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 2.25%
Peking University
2 publications, 2.25%
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2 publications, 2.25%
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2 publications, 2.25%
China University of Mining and Technology
2 publications, 2.25%
Central South University
2 publications, 2.25%
Delft University of Technology
2 publications, 2.25%
Shenzhen University
2 publications, 2.25%
North University of China
2 publications, 2.25%
Shanghai Polytechnic University
2 publications, 2.25%
National University of Singapore
2 publications, 2.25%
University of California, Irvine
2 publications, 2.25%
Osaka University
2 publications, 2.25%
University of the Philippines Los Baños
2 publications, 2.25%
Macau University of Science and Technology
2 publications, 2.25%
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 2.25%
Lomonosov Moscow State University
1 publication, 1.12%
Iran University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 1.12%
University of Delhi
1 publication, 1.12%
Materials and Energy Research Center
1 publication, 1.12%
University of the Punjab
1 publication, 1.12%
Lovely Professional University
1 publication, 1.12%
Andhra University
1 publication, 1.12%
Eskisehir Osmangazi University
1 publication, 1.12%
Al-Mustansiriyah University
1 publication, 1.12%
Middle Technical University
1 publication, 1.12%
Beijing Normal University
1 publication, 1.12%
Beijing Institute of Technology
1 publication, 1.12%
Fudan University
1 publication, 1.12%
National Physical Laboratory of India
1 publication, 1.12%
Amity University, Noida
1 publication, 1.12%
Tongji University
1 publication, 1.12%
University of Indonesia
1 publication, 1.12%
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
1 publication, 1.12%
Qatar Foundation
1 publication, 1.12%
Dalian University of Technology
1 publication, 1.12%
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
1 publication, 1.12%
Central South University of Forestry and Technology
1 publication, 1.12%
Beijing Jiaotong University
1 publication, 1.12%
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
1 publication, 1.12%
Beijing University of Technology
1 publication, 1.12%
Örebro University Hospital
1 publication, 1.12%
Nankai University
1 publication, 1.12%
Chongqing University
1 publication, 1.12%
Southwest University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 1.12%
University of Geneva
1 publication, 1.12%
Hebei University of Technology
1 publication, 1.12%
Zhejiang Ocean University
1 publication, 1.12%
East China University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 1.12%
Jinan University
1 publication, 1.12%
Polytechnic University of Milan
1 publication, 1.12%
University of Milan
1 publication, 1.12%
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
1 publication, 1.12%
Polytechnic University of Turin
1 publication, 1.12%
Nanyang Technological University
1 publication, 1.12%
University College London
1 publication, 1.12%
Donghua University
1 publication, 1.12%
University of Copenhagen
1 publication, 1.12%
University of Padua
1 publication, 1.12%
Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 1.12%
Jiangsu University
1 publication, 1.12%
Guangdong University of Technology
1 publication, 1.12%
University of South China
1 publication, 1.12%
Cornell University
1 publication, 1.12%
University of Birmingham
1 publication, 1.12%
University of Parma
1 publication, 1.12%
Qingdao Agricultural University
1 publication, 1.12%
University of Strathclyde
1 publication, 1.12%
Georgia Institute of technology
1 publication, 1.12%
University of Foggia
1 publication, 1.12%
Scuola universitaria Superiore IUSS di Pavia
1 publication, 1.12%
University of Canterbury
1 publication, 1.12%
University of Western Australia
1 publication, 1.12%
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1 publication, 1.12%
Victoria University (Australia)
1 publication, 1.12%
Brawijaya University
1 publication, 1.12%
Bandung Institute of Technology
1 publication, 1.12%
Dalhousie University
1 publication, 1.12%
Chulalongkorn University
1 publication, 1.12%
City University of Hong Kong
1 publication, 1.12%
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
1 publication, 1.12%
Zhejiang Gongshang University
1 publication, 1.12%
University of California, Santa Barbara
1 publication, 1.12%
Hangzhou Dianzi University
1 publication, 1.12%
Tohoku University
1 publication, 1.12%
Harokopio University of Athens
1 publication, 1.12%
Democritus University of Thrace
1 publication, 1.12%
Aegean University
1 publication, 1.12%
Qinghai University
1 publication, 1.12%
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research
1 publication, 1.12%
Tibet University
1 publication, 1.12%
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
1 publication, 1.12%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
1 publication, 1.12%
RWTH Aachen University
1 publication, 1.12%
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
1 publication, 1.12%
Waseda University
1 publication, 1.12%
University of the Ryukyus
1 publication, 1.12%
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Publishing countries

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China, 24, 26.97%
China
24 publications, 26.97%
India, 5, 5.62%
India
5 publications, 5.62%
USA, 4, 4.49%
USA
4 publications, 4.49%
Japan, 4, 4.49%
Japan
4 publications, 4.49%
United Kingdom, 3, 3.37%
United Kingdom
3 publications, 3.37%
Germany, 2, 2.25%
Germany
2 publications, 2.25%
Austria, 2, 2.25%
Austria
2 publications, 2.25%
Italy, 2, 2.25%
Italy
2 publications, 2.25%
Netherlands, 2, 2.25%
Netherlands
2 publications, 2.25%
Singapore, 2, 2.25%
Singapore
2 publications, 2.25%
Australia, 1, 1.12%
Australia
1 publication, 1.12%
Bangladesh, 1, 1.12%
Bangladesh
1 publication, 1.12%
Guyana, 1, 1.12%
Guyana
1 publication, 1.12%
Greece, 1, 1.12%
Greece
1 publication, 1.12%
Indonesia, 1, 1.12%
Indonesia
1 publication, 1.12%
Spain, 1, 1.12%
Spain
1 publication, 1.12%
Canada, 1, 1.12%
Canada
1 publication, 1.12%
Pakistan, 1, 1.12%
Pakistan
1 publication, 1.12%
Thailand, 1, 1.12%
Thailand
1 publication, 1.12%
Turkey, 1, 1.12%
Turkey
1 publication, 1.12%
Philippines, 1, 1.12%
Philippines
1 publication, 1.12%
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