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Journals in which authors from V4 publish research on LCA
| Journal | Number of | Number of articles from | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| articles | citations | Poland | Czechia | Hungary | Slovakia | |
| Energies | 91 | 811 | 77 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| Journal of Cleaner Production | 83 | 4,357 | 49 | 25 | 13 | 2 |
| Sustainability | 77 | 956 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 9 |
| International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment | 45 | 975 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management SGEM | 33 | 64 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering | 23 | 100 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| Science of the Total Environment | 22 | 701 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science | 18 | 43 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| E3S Web of Conferences | 18 | 91 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Procedia Engineering | 17 | 318 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Chemical Engineering Transactions | 17 | 107 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Energy | 16 | 914 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Przemysł Chemiczny | 14 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Materials | 14 | 245 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Applied Sciences | 14 | 152 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| CESB 2016 – Central Europe Towards Sustainable Building 2016: Innovations for Sustainable Future | 13 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 12 | 401 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Transport Means Proceedings of the International Conference | 11 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Buildings | 11 | 85 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Advanced Materials Research | 11 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| MATEC Web of Conferences | 10 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Journal of Environmental Management | 10 | 180 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Most important funding agencies
| Funding agency | State | Number of publications |
|---|---|---|
| European Commission | EU | 132 |
| Horizon 2020 Framework Programme | EU | 59 |
| Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju (National Center for Research and Development) | Poland | 43 |
| Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy (Ministry of Education, Youth and Physical Education) | Czechia | 36 |
| European Regional Development Fund | EU | 35 |
| Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki (Ministry of Education and Science) | Poland | 33 |
| Grantová Agentura České Republiky (Technology Agency of the Czech Republic) | Czechia | 33 |
| Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV (Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science and Research of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Sciences) | Slovakia | 28 |
| Nemzeti Kutatási, Fejlesztési és Innovaciós Alap (National Research, Development and Innovation Fund) | Hungary | 22 |
| Technologická Agentur České Republiky (Technology Agency of the Czech Republic) | Czechia | 21 |
| Seventh Framework Programme | EU | 21 |
| UK Research and Innovation | UK | 20 |
Number of publications by language used
| Language | Number of publications | Share of the total number of publications [%] |
|---|---|---|
| English | 1,626 | 97.66 |
| Polish | 37 | 2.22 |
| Czech | 7 | 0.42 |
| German | 2 | 0.12 |
| Serbian | 1 | 0.06 |
| Lithuanian | 1 | 0.06 |
| Hungarian | 1 | 0.06 |
| Chinese | 1 | 0.06 |
A list of the 10 most active authors from each V4 country
| Poland | Number of publications | Number of citations | Czechia Number of publications | Number of citations | Poland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Burchart-Korol | 38 | 929 | V. Kočí | 35 | 419 |
| J. Kulczycka | 28 | 110 | J.J. Klemeš | 21 | 528 |
| A. Lewandowska | 25 | 646 | A. Lupíšek | 18 | 125 |
| K. Grzesik, | 21 | 55 | J. Furch | 17 | 66 |
| J. Adamczyk | 19 | 401 | P. Hájek | 16 | 239 |
| B. Bieda | 18 | 157 | K. Struhala | 16 | 127 |
| A. Tomporowski | 17 | 261 | D. Vališ | 12 | 134 |
| A. Żelazna | 16 | 50 | R. Černý | 10 | 328 |
| R. Dylewski | 15 | 232 | J. Fořt | 10 | 282 |
| K. Pikoń | 15 | 167 | B. Teplý | 9 | 91 |
| Hungary | Number of publications | Number of citations | Slovakia | Number of publications | Number of citations |
| L. Horváth | 77 | 465 | S. Vilčeková | 20 | 90 |
| I.J. Rudas | 71 | 352 | A. Eštoková | 16 | 85 |
| Z. Szalay | 15 | 146 | E.K. Burdová | 12 | 31 |
| J.J. Klemeš | 14 | 1,587 | J. Štefko | 11 | 51 |
| V. Mannheim | 13 | 112 | J. Mitterpach | 10 | 86 |
| A.J. Toth | 13 | 212 | M. Ondová | 10 | 52 |
| B. Kiss | 12 | 198 | M. Potkány | 8 | 83 |
| P. Mizsey | 12 | 275 | A. Sedláková | 7 | 44 |
| G.L. Kovács | 10 | 54 | R. Vaňová | 7 | 30 |
| D. Fozer | 9 | 247 | M. Debnár | 5 | 76 |
Publications written only by authors from a particular V4 country
| Country | Total number of publications | Number of publications written by authors only from the given country | Share of publications written by authors only from the given country [%] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 801 | 565 | 70.5 |
| Czechia | 455 | 289 | 63.5 |
| Hungary | 317 | 193 | 60.9 |
| Slovakia | 153 | 111 | 72.5 |
The most cited publications – top 20 (only citations before 2024 are included)
| Authors | Title | Year | Source | DOI | Number of citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Čuček et al. | A review of footprint analysis tools for monitoring impacts on sustainability | 2012 | Journal of Cleaner Production | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.02.036 | 692 |
| Kacprzak et al. | Sewage sludge disposal strategies for sustainable development | 2017 | Environmental Research | 10.1016/j.envres.2017.03.010 | 516 |
| Kargarzadeh et al. | Advances in cellulose nanomaterials | 2018 | Cellulose | 10.1007/s10570-018-1723-5 | 329 |
| De Benedetto & Klemeš | The Environmental Performance Strategy Map: an integrated LCA approach to support the strategic decision-making process | 2009 | Journal of Cleaner Production | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.02.012 | 299 |
| Mikulčić et al. | Reducing greenhouse gasses emissions by fostering the deployment of alternative raw materials and energy sources in the cleaner cement manufacturing process | 2016 | Journal of Cleaner Production | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.04.145 | 241 |
| Boyano et al. | Exergoenvironmental analysis of a steam methane reforming process for hydrogen production | 2011 | Energy | 10.1016/j.energy.2010.05.020 | 236 |
| Ürge-Vorsatz et al. | Mitigating CO2 emissions from energy use in the world’s buildings | 2007 | Building Research and Information | 10.1080/09613210701325883 | 203 |
| Burchart-Korol | Life cycle assessment of steel production in Poland: A case study | 2013 | Journal of Cleaner Production | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.04.031 | 202 |
| Den et al. | Lignocellulosic biomass transformations via greener oxidative pretreatment processes: access to energy and value-added chemicals | 2018 | Frontiers in Chemistry | 10.3389/fchem.2018.00141 | 198 |
| Mayer et al. | Environmental and economic multi-objective optimization of a household level hybrid renewable energy system by genetic algorithm | 2020 | Applied Energy | 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115058 | 194 |
| Čuček et al. | Total footprints-based multi-criteria optimisation of regional biomass energy supply chains | 2012 | Energy | 10.1016/j.energy.2012.01.040 | 191 |
| Weinzettel et al. | Life cycle assessment of a floating offshore wind turbine | 2009 | Renewable Energy | 10.1016/j.renene.2008.04.004 | 180 |
| Frenger et al. | Reducing energy consumption in LTE with cell DTX | 2011 | IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference | 10.1109/VETECS.2011.5956235 | 179 |
| Weißbach et al. | Energy intensities, EROIs (energy returned on invested), and energy payback times of electricity generating power plants | 2013 | Energy | 10.1016/j.energy.2013.01.029 | 173 |
| Jędrzejczak et al. | The role of lignin and lignin-based materials in sustainable construction – A comprehensive review | 2021 | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.07.125 | 172 |
| Mia et al. | Multi-objective optimization and life cycle assessment of eco-friendly cryogenic N2 assisted turning of Ti-6Al-4V | 2019 | Journal of Cleaner Production | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.334 | 165 |
| Pfister et al. | Understanding the LCA and ISO water footprint: A response to Hoekstra (2016) “A critique on the water-scarcity weighted water footprint in LCA” | 2017 | Ecological Indicators | 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.07.051 | 155 |
| Puppán | Environmental evaluation of biofuels | 2002 | Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences | – | 124 |
| Sun et al. | Uncovering energy use, carbon emissions and environmental burdens of pulp and paper industry: A systematic review and meta-analysis | 2018 | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 10.1016/j.rser.2018.04.036 | 121 |
| Bong et al. | A review on the global warming potential of cleaner composting and mitigation strategies | 2017 | Journal of Cleaner Production | 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.07.066 | 119 |
Subject areas in which authors from V4 countries publish articles on LCA
| Subject area | V4 | Share [%] | Poland | Czechia | Hungary | Slovakia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 804 | 48 | 367 | 251 | 147 | 72 |
| Environmental Science | 582 | 35 | 337 | 149 | 75 | 43 |
| Energy | 424 | 25 | 267 | 96 | 58 | 23 |
| Computer Science | 265 | 16 | 80 | 50 | 117 | 22 |
| Material Sciences | 194 | 12 | 99 | 58 | 23 | 20 |
| Social Science | 181 | 11 | 69 | 63 | 32 | 28 |
| Mathematics | 169 | 10 | 98 | 23 | 42 | 16 |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 154 | 9 | 86 | 43 | 22 | 12 |
| Chemical Engineering | 127 | 8 | 62 | 25 | 33 | 13 |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 104 | 6 | 57 | 27 | 8 | 18 |
Top five partner countries for publishing research on LCA
| Poland | Czechia | Hungary | Slovakia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany (40) | USA (23) | Austria (22) | Czechia (13) |
| Italy (39) | Poland (22) | Italy (16) | Poland (10) |
| Spain (26) | Germany (22) | Spain (14) | Spain (6) |
| USA (25) | China (18) | USA (14) | Germany (5) |
| UK (25) | Italy (16) | Germany (13) | the Netherlands (4) |
Most frequently used keywords
| Keyword | Number of occurrences |
|---|---|
| life cycle assessment | 412 |
| lca | 147 |
| life cycle assessment (lca) | 94 |
| environmental impact | 84 |
| sustainability | 65 |
| life cycle cost | 49 |
| circular economy | 46 |
| product lifecycle management | 38 |
| carbon footprint | 37 |
| recycling | 35 |
| sustainable development | 34 |
| environmental impacts | 33 |
| life-cycle assessment | 28 |
| climate change | 26 |
| poland | 25 |
| environment | 24 |
| global warming potential | 20 |
| life cycle | 20 |
| optimization | 19 |
| waste management | 19 |
| building | 18 |
| biomass | 17 |
| lcc | 17 |
| construction | 16 |
| energy | 16 |
| energy efficiency | 16 |
| life cycle costing | 16 |
| life cycle costs | 16 |
| product modelling | 16 |
| reliability | 16 |
| eco-efficiency | 15 |
| energy consumption | 15 |
| environmental assessment | 15 |
| buildings | 14 |
| greenhouse gases | 14 |
| biogas | 12 |
| design | 12 |
| concrete | 11 |
| efficiency | 11 |
| biofuels | 10 |
| environmental aspects | 10 |
| life cycle cost analysis | 10 |
| life cycle inventory (lci) | 10 |
| product lifecycle management (plm) | 10 |
| renewable energy sources | 10 |
Share of co-authorship within V4 countries
| Country | Total number of publications | Number of publications with co-authors from | Share of co-authors from the V4 [%] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | Czechia | Hungary | Slovakia | V4 | |||
| Poland | 801 | – | 22 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Czechia | 455 | 22 | – | 6 | 13 | 40 | 8.8 |
| Hungary | 317 | 9 | 6 | – | 2 | 17 | 5.4 |
| Slovakia | 153 | 10 | 13 | 2 | – | 24 | 15.7 |