Progress in Industrial Ecology

Aims & Scope

PIE contributes to international research and practice in industrial ecology for sustainable development.

PIE aims to establish channels of communication between academics, practitioners, business stakeholders and the government with an interdisciplinary and international approach to the challenges of corporate social responsibility and inter-organisational environmental management.

Topics covered include: -Material/energy/substance flow analysis, business strategy- Industrial metabolism, lifecycle assessment/management- Eco-industrial parks, industrial symbiosis, industrial ecosystems- Environmental/integrated supply/value chain management- Environmental stakeholder/network management, sustainable development- Inter-organisational management and EMS, regional EMS- SMEs, environmental auditing/reporting, decision-making analysis- CSR, extended producer responsibility, cleaner production- Legislation, government, environmental policy instruments- Market/economic-based environmental policy instruments, voluntary instruments- Comparison of economic/industrial systems and natural ecosystems- Industrial ecosystem metaphor/analogy, structural/organisational properties- Biomimicry, metabolism in natural ecosystems/industrial systems- Earth system/landscape ecology, earth systems engineering, ecological economics- Philosophy of science, ethics, the scientific field of industrial ecology

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.144

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	25

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	25037

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	17

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Environmental Science and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The ontologies of industrial ecology?

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Brad

• Prediction of springback effect by the hybridisation of ANN with PSO in wipe bending process of sheet metal

  Citation: 71

  Authors: T.

• The constructs of sustainable supply chain management – a content analysis based on published case studies

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Stefan, Stefan, Philip

• Barriers of interorganisational environmental management: two case studies on industrial symbiosis

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Wolf, Ingela, Michael, Otto

• The relation between the GRI indicators and the financial performance of firms

  Citation: 59

  Authors: Olaf, Thomas, Dominique, Henrik, Peter

• Dietary choices and greenhouse gas emissions – assessment of impact of vegetarian and organic options at national scale

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Helmi Risku, Sirpa, Juha

• Eco-industrial parks: toward industrial symbiosis and utility sharing in practice

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Janet A.M., Walter J.V.

• Flows of nitrogen and phosphorus in municipal waste: a substance flow analysis in Finland

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Laura, Riina, Pekka

• The synergistic role of embeddedness and capabilities in industrial symbiosis: illustration based upon 12 years of experiences in the Rotterdam Harbour and Industry Complex

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Leo W., Don

• The social aspects of industrial symbiosis: the application of social network analysis to industrial symbiosis networks

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Teresa, Michael

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