A taxonomy of circular economy indicators
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Indicators related to circular production are numerous but are usually too generic.
“Another study (Saidani et al., 2019) reviewing fifty-five sets of circularity 514 indicators observes that indicators related to circular production are numerous but are usually 515 too generic.”
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- Authors
- Saidani, M., Yannou, B., Leroy, Y., Cluzel, F., & Kendall, A.
- Affiliations
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Saidani, Michael
- Venue
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-01
- Volume
- 207
- Pages
- 542-559
- ISSN
- 0959-6526 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2894903066
- Cited by
- 1,093
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 165 · 2025: 165 · 2024: 161 · 2023: 161 · 2022: 176 · 2021: 130 · 2020: 91 · 2019: 41 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 110.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hal.science
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Cleaner Production (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Espace ÉTS (ETS) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Sustainable Industrial Ecology
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Sustainable Design and Development
- Keywords
- circular economy, circularity indicators, indicator database, sustainable development, eco-design tools
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