Most-cited papers on Life Cycle Assessment Gaps

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1. Life cycle assessment of engineered nanomaterials: State of the art and strategies to overcome existing gaps

   2012 · The Science of The Total Environment · Hischier, Roland, Walser, Tobias

   246 cited

2. Environmental sustainability of liquid food packaging: Is there a gap between Danish consumers' perception and learnings from life cycle assessment?

   2018 · Journal of Cleaner Production · Boesen, Søren, Bey, Niki, Niero, Monia

   237 cited

3. Life-cycle assessment of pavements Part II: Filling the research gaps

   2011 · Resources Conservation and Recycling · Santero, Nicholas J, Masanet, Eric, Horvath, Arpad

   156 cited

4. A critical review on plastic waste life cycle assessment and management: Challenges, research gaps, and future perspectives

   2024 · Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety · Jiao, Haixin, Ali, Sameh S., Alsharbaty, Mohammed Hussein M. et al.

   152 cited

5. Research gaps in environmental life cycle assessments of lithium ion batteries for grid-scale stationary energy storage systems: End-of-life options and other issues

   2019 · Sustainable materials and technologies · Pellow, M.A., Ambrose, Hanjiro, Mulvaney, Dustin et al.

   146 cited

6. Including biodiversity in life cycle assessment – State of the art, gaps and research needs

   2017 · Environmental Impact Assessment Review · Winter, Lisa, Lehmann, Annekatrin, Finogenova, Natalia et al.

   124 cited

7. Challenges in Life Cycle Assessment: An Overview of Current Gaps and Research Needs

   2014 · LCA compendium · Finkbeiner, Matthias, Ackermann, Robert, Bach, Vanessa et al.

   112 cited

8. Approaches for Addressing Life Cycle Assessment Data Gaps for Bio-based Products

   2011 · Journal of Industrial Ecology · Canals, Llorenç Milà i, Azapagic, Adisa, Doka, Gabor et al.

   108 cited

9. Synergies and gaps between circularity assessment and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

   2023 · The Science of The Total Environment · Samani, Pouya

   57 cited

10. Integrating agri-environmental indicators, ecosystem services assessment, life cycle assessment and yield gap analysis to assess the environmental sustainability of agriculture

    2022 · Ecological Indicators · Bergez, Jacques-Éric, Béthinger, Audrey, Bockstaller, Christian et al.

    45 cited

11. Closing the gap in the municipal solid waste management between metropolitan and regional cities from developing countries: A life cycle assessment approach

    2021 · Waste Management · Espinoza, Lorena, Ziegler-Rodríguez, Kurt, Pérez, Andrea Teresa Espinoza et al.

    44 cited

12. Bridging the gap between life cycle inventory and impact assessment for toxicological assessments of pesticides used in crop production

    2013 · Chemosphere · Zelm, Rosalie van, Larrey-Lassalle, Pyrène, Roux, Philippe

    42 cited

13. Environmental assessments of electronics: a new model to bridge the gap between full life cycle evaluations and product design

    1997 · Nissen, Nils F., Griese, H., Middendorf, A. et al.

    35 cited

14. Closing the TIMES Integrated Assessment Model (TIAM‐FR) Raw Materials Gap with Life Cycle Inventories

    2018 · Journal of Industrial Ecology · Boubault, Antoine, Kang, Seungwoo, Mäızi, Nadia

    29 cited

15. A review of life cycle assessment studies of maritime fuels: Critical insights, gaps, and recommendations

    2024 · Sustainable Production and Consumption · Roux, M., Lodato, Concetta, Laurent, Alexis et al.

    25 cited

16. Life cycle assessment of the sustainability of bridges: methodology, literature review and knowledge gaps

    2024 · Frontiers in Built Environment · Milić, Ivana, Bleiziffer, Jelena

    20 cited

17. A critical review on mitigation strategies for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from water matrices with special emphasis on techno-economic and life cycle assessment: Current status, knowledge gaps, and future perspectives

    2024 · Journal of environmental chemical engineering · Sharma, Neha, Rasheed, Almeenu, Zargar, Nehaun et al.

    19 cited

18. Life Cycle Assessment for Residential Buildings: A Literature Review and Gap Analysis (Revised)

    2016 · DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) · Ghattas, Randa, Gregory, Jeremy, Noori, Mehdi et al.

    18 cited

19. Life Cycle Assessment in the Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of Land-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Gaps and Opportunities

    2025 · Environmental Science & Technology · Yao, Yuan, Zhang, Bingquan

    17 cited

20. Bridging the gap: Innovative human-based in vitro approaches for nanomaterials hazard assessment and their role in safe and sustainable by design, risk assessment, and life cycle assessment

    2024 · NanoImpact · Wu, Jimeng, Gupta, Govind, Buerki‐Thurnherr, Tina et al.

    14 cited

21. Life-cycle assessment applied to buildings: gaps in knowledge

    2019 · International Journal of Environmental Studies · Sauer, Aline Silva, Calmon, Jo�ão Luiz

    13 cited

22. A review evaluating the gaps in plastic impacts in life cycle assessment

    2024 · Cleaner Environmental Systems · Sabate, Kealohi, Kendall, Alissa

    13 cited

23. Life cycle assessment and life cycle cost analysis for geotechnical engineering: review and research gaps

    2021 · IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science · Samuelsson, Ida, Larsson, Stefan, Spross, Johan

    12 cited

24. Mind the gap: Facilitating early design stage building life cycle assessment through a co-production approach

    2024 · Journal of Cleaner Production · Atik, Şeyma, Doménech, Teresa, Raslan, Rokia

    11 cited

25. Bridging the gap between life cycle assessment and lithium-ion batteries for electrification of vehicles: A critical review towards unified frameworks

    2025 · Future Batteries · Tournaviti, Maria, Michailidou, Alexandra V., Savva, Christodoulos et al.

    8 cited

26. A Delphi study to identify and prioritize research gaps for the incorporation of a fire into life cycle assessment of structures

    2022 · Fire Safety Journal · Thorp, Tiana Noelani, Fischer, Erica C., Sinha, Arijit

    8 cited

27. Addressing the Scientific Gaps Between Life Cycle Thinking and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for the Sustainability Assessment of Electric Vehicles’ Lithium-Ion Batteries

    2025 · World Electric Vehicle Journal · Tournaviti, Maria, Vlachokostas, Christos, Michailidou, Alexandra V. et al.

    7 cited

28. The Revision of ISO Standards 14040-3 - ISO 14040: Environmental management Life cycle assessment Principles and framework - ISO 14044: Environmental management Life cycle assessment Requirements and guidelines

    2005 · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · Klüppel, Hans-Jürgen

    4,638 cited

29. ReCiPe2016: a harmonised life cycle impact assessment method at midpoint and endpoint level

    2016 · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · Huijbregts, Mark A. J., Steinmann, Zoran J. N., Elshout, Pieter M. F. et al.

    3,938 cited

30. Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment

    2009 · Journal of Environmental Management · Finnveden, Göran, Hauschild, Michael Zwicky, Ekvall, Tomas et al.

    3,262 cited