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concerning scale, several studies provided empirical examination of the geographic
scale of industrial symbiosis. Lyons ( 2007 ) found no preferable scale for recycling
and remanufacturing in Texas and argued that recycling boundaries vary for different types of waste and depend on where demand occurs. Jensen et al. ( 2011 ) and
Chen et al. ( 2012 ) presented similar fi ndings about the relationship between reuse
distance, the type of materials, and the location of demand. Data from the former
Table 5.3 Journals ranked according to the number of industrial symbiosis papers published
Name of journal
Number of IS papers
published
Journal of Cleaner Production
90 (23.0 %)
Journal of Industrial Ecology
50 (12.8 %)
Progress in Industrial Ecology
21 (5.4 %)
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
14 (3.6 %)
Business Strategy and the Environment
11 (2.8 %)
Journal of Environmental Management
9 (2.3 %)
International Journal of Sustainable Development and World
Ecology
7 (1.8 %)
Energy
6 (1.5 %)
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
5 (1.3 %)
Computers & Chemical Engineering
Ecological Economics
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Shengtai Xuebao (Acta Ecologica Sinica)
Environmental Science & Technology
4 (1.0 %)
Fresenius Environmental Bulletin
Minerals Engineering
Process Safety and Environmental Protection
Regional Studies
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Rest of journals
Top 6 journals
Fig. 5.5 The number of industrial symbiosis papers published over time in the top six journals
versus all remaining journals
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