Resources, Conservation and Recycling Advances

Aims & Scope

Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances (RCR Advances) is an open access journal for publishing cutting-edge research on sustainable management and conservation of resources, circular economy, and resource sustainability.

RCR Advances strives to implement a high standard and rapid peer review process to ensure timely and high-quality communications on emerging resource management and sustainability topics.

The journal is a companion journal to the highly reputed journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling.

The Editors welcome contributions covering technological, economic, institutional, and/or policy aspects of resources management practices, such as conservation, recycling, recovery, substitution, and "systems-wide" strategies.

Manuscripts using multi- or inter-disciplinary approaches, targeting broader readership, or addressing emerging resource sustainability issues are of particular interest.

Contributions may have relevance at local/regional, national, or international scales and may focus at any level of research from individual resources or technologies to whole sectors or systems of interest.

However, contributions that are based only on laboratory experiments, without a discussion on broader implications of the presented research, are outside the scope of the journal.

The journal considers full length research articles, critical reviews, short communications, commentaries, forums, and news & views for publication.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science
• Embase

Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Environmental Science, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 3,500.00 USD. Learn more.

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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.

• Toward a sustainable environment: Nexus between economic growth, renewable energy use, forested area, and carbon emissions in Malaysia

  Citation: 123

  Authors: Asif, Almagul

• How does concrete and cement industry transformation contribute to mitigating climate change challenges?

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Fateh

• Digitalization for a circular economy in the building industry: Multiple-case study of Dutch social housing organizations

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Sultan, Vincent, Ad

• The role of blockchain technology in the transition toward the circular economy: Findings from a systematic literature review

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Abderahman, Andrea, Karim, Horst, Mohammad, John G.

• Biochar from agricultural crop residues: Environmental, production, and life cycle assessment overview

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Maga Ram, Narayan Lal

• The correlative influence of consumer ethical beliefs, environmental ethics, and moral obligation on green consumption behavior

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Osarodion, Muhammad Tahir

• The anatomy of a passport for the circular economy: a conceptual definition, vision and structured literature review

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Guido, Dennis, Matthias, Jos

• Lightweight self-compacting concrete: A review

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Suman Kumar, Deepankar Kumar, Himanshu, Jitendra, Žymantas, Mohammed, Blessen Skariah, Jamal M

• Green patents and green codes: How different methodologies lead to different results

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Marinella, Leyla, Riccardo, Andrea, Fabio

• Sustainable supplier selection in the textile dyeing industry: An integrated multi-criteria decision analytics approach

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Md Mahfujur, A. B. M. Mainul, Syed Mithun, Amirhossein