Great scientific interest in the circular economy in China: ZMT Scientific Director Raimund Bleischwitz honoured for ‘Most Downloaded Paper’
In 2022, Prof Dr Raimund Bleischwitz published a review paper on the circular economy in China as lead author. He and his co-authors have now been recognized with their publication paper “The circular economy in China. Achievements, challenges and potential implications for decarbonization”, in the journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling (RCR) with the “2024 Most Downloaded Paper Award”. This award recognizes papers published in RCR during a given year (2022, in this case) that received the highest number of downloads in the following three years, including the year of publication (2022-2024).
The “significant contribution to the fields of resources, conservation and recycling is highly value”’, writes Dr Kai Meng, Senior Publisher, Environmental Science and Management at scientific publisher Elsevier, in his email. The journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling (RCR) has an impact factor of 11.2 and a cite score of 22.9.
Enriched by feedback from experts, this paper takes a critical look at future challenges for a profound transformation challenges for a profound transformation resulting from implementation gaps between early majority implementation gaps between early majority and mass markets and coordination problems due to regional and sectoral differences. In view of China's China's commitment to become climate neutral by 2060, such challenges need to be addressed. The prospects also extend to cooperation, as set out in the China strategy of the German government and the EU.
Raimund Bleischwitz explains: “Particularly in the current tense geopolitical situation, it is important to provide impetus for feasible cooperation, including in the maritime circular economy.”
Publication:
Raimund Bleischwitz, Miying Yang, Beijia Huang, Xiaozhen XU, Jie Zhou, Will McDowall, Philip Andrews-Speed, Zhe Liu, Geng Yong, The circular economy in China: Achievements, challenges and potential implications for decarbonisation, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 183, 2022, 106350, ISSN 0921-3449,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106350.
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