Amos Ncube

670 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 457 citations indexed

About

Amos Ncube is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Amos Ncube has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 457 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 8 papers in Environmental Engineering and 7 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Amos Ncube's work include Sustainable Supply Chain Management (7 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (7 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (5 papers). Amos Ncube is often cited by papers focused on Sustainable Supply Chain Management (7 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (7 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (5 papers). Amos Ncube collaborates with scholars based in Italy, China and Zimbabwe. Amos Ncube's co-authors include Gabriella Fiorentino, Sérgio Ulgiati, Renato Passaro, Marina Pereira Colella, Maria De Falco, Sven Kevin van Langen, Patrizia Ghisellini, Amalia Zucaro, Remo Santagata and Nick Coleman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Energies.

In The Last Decade

Amos Ncube

16 papers receiving 440 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Circular Economy and Green Chemistry: The Need for Radical Innovative Approaches in the Design for New Products

2023 115 citations Amos Ncube, Gabriella Fiorentino et al. Energies profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amos Ncube Italy	12	168	82	79	77	45	17	457
Selene Cobo Spain	12	114 0.7×	150 1.8×	118 1.5×	50 0.6×	24 0.5×	14	505
José Potting Sweden	12	250 1.5×	126 1.5×	118 1.5×	63 0.8×	115 2.6×	17	637
Philipp Schepelmann Germany	6	98 0.6×	66 0.8×	173 2.2×	80 1.0×	41 0.9×	19	410
Elīna Dāce Latvia	16	88 0.5×	131 1.6×	122 1.5×	92 1.2×	41 0.9×	51	676
Filippo Zuliani Italy	10	124 0.7×	94 1.1×	173 2.2×	84 1.1×	39 0.9×	12	414
Joshua Sohn Denmark	11	83 0.5×	65 0.8×	164 2.1×	85 1.1×	26 0.6×	17	391
Laili Wang China	15	187 1.1×	75 0.9×	191 2.4×	81 1.1×	113 2.5×	47	645
Martin Baitz Germany	7	96 0.6×	76 0.9×	161 2.0×	44 0.6×	26 0.6×	17	325
Lynda Aissani France	11	110 0.7×	228 2.8×	146 1.8×	51 0.7×	28 0.6×	18	549
Agata Matarazzo Italy	13	70 0.4×	50 0.6×	147 1.9×	70 0.9×	29 0.6×	41	525

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amos Ncube

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17 of 17 papers shown

Ncube, Amos, Sven Kevin van Langen, Andrea Genovese, et al.. (2025). Integration of methods for sustainability assessment of potentially circular processes – An innovative matrix framework for businesses and policymakers. Journal of Cleaner Production. 507. 144580–144580. 1 indexed citations

Mathur, Nehika, et al.. (2024). Towards Sustainable Electronics: Exploring IC Reuse for Circular Economy Transformation. 1–8.

Ncube, Amos, et al.. (2023). Circular Economy and Green Chemistry: The Need for Radical Innovative Approaches in the Design for New Products. Energies. 16(4). 1752–1752. 115 indexed citations breakdown →

Ghisellini, Patrizia, et al.. (2023). Evaluating Environmental and Energy Performance Indicators of Food Systems, within Circular Economy and “Farm to Fork” Frameworks. Energies. 16(4). 1671–1671. 9 indexed citations

Kowe, Pedzisai, et al.. (2022). Impacts of the spatial configuration of built-up areas and urban vegetation on land surface temperature using spectral and local spatial autocorrelation indices. Remote Sensing Letters. 13(12). 1222–1235. 12 indexed citations

Tagne, Rufis Fregue Tiegam, et al.. (2022). Analysis of environmental sustainability of Cameroon tea production: an LCA study. Sustainable Food Technology. 1(1). 116–125. 7 indexed citations

Ncube, Amos, et al.. (2022). Circular economy paths in the olive oil industry: a Life Cycle Assessment look into environmental performance and benefits. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 29(8). 1541–1561. 45 indexed citations

Ncube, Amos, et al.. (2022). Circular bioeconomy potential and challenges within an African context: From theory to practice. Journal of Cleaner Production. 367. 133068–133068. 29 indexed citations

Shakir, Sehar, et al.. (2022). Prospects towards sustainability: A comparative study to evaluate the environmental performance of brick making kilns in Pakistan. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 94. 106746–106746. 19 indexed citations

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Ghisellini, Patrizia, Amos Ncube, Marco Casazza, & Renato Passaro. (2022). Toward circular and socially just urban mining in global societies and cities: Present state and future perspectives. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. 4. 11 indexed citations

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Ghisellini, Patrizia, et al.. (2021). Potential Energy Savings from Circular Economy Scenarios Based on Construction and Agri-Food Waste in Italy. Energies. 14(24). 8561–8561. 15 indexed citations

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Ncube, Amos, Gabriella Fiorentino, Marina Pereira Colella, & Sérgio Ulgiati. (2021). Upgrading wineries to biorefineries within a Circular Economy perspective: An Italian case study. The Science of The Total Environment. 775. 145809–145809. 45 indexed citations

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Ncube, Amos, et al.. (2021). Biogas from source separated organic waste within a circular and life cycle perspective. A case study in Ontario, Canada. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 11. 100134–100134. 18 indexed citations

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Langen, Sven Kevin van, Amos Ncube, Amalia Zucaro, et al.. (2021). Circular Economy and the Transition to a Sustainable Society: Integrated Assessment Methods for a New Paradigm. Circular Economy and Sustainability. 1(1). 99–113. 81 indexed citations

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Ncube, Amos, et al.. (2020). Moving towards resource efficiency and circular economy in the brick manufacturing sector in Zimbabwe. Journal of Cleaner Production. 281. 125238–125238. 35 indexed citations

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Ncube, Amos, et al.. (2015). Waste management through life cycle assessment of products. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 81. 12085–12085. 11 indexed citations

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Ncube, Amos, et al.. (2012). Life Cycle Assessment of polyethylene terephthalate bottle. 1–6. 4 indexed citations

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