Title: Trends and contribution of solid waste research in Iran and comparison with the world: a systematic review

Authors: Aram Tirgar; Zahra Aghalari; Hans-Uwe Dahms

Addresses: Social Determinants of Health Research Centre, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran ' Environmental Health Engineering, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran ' Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Research Centre for Environmental Medicine, KMU – Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan

Abstract: This systematic review study was conducted using a bibliometric analysis for a 12-year period on articles published in five specialised Iranian environmental health journals and three international environmental health journals that are among the top 5% and 10% based on SNIP, emphasising the issue of solid waste. A review of 1,679 articles in Iranian environmental health journals and 6,200 articles in international environmental health journals revealed that 9.41% and 0.43% of the articles published here were in the field of solid waste. In Iranian and international journals, the highest number of articles were about municipal solid waste 64% and 63%, respectively. The separation of the included articles were based on the six processes characterising solid waste, with the highest number of articles in Iranian journals about waste generation were 53.7% and in international journals about waste disposal were 34.7%.

Keywords: solid waste; environmental health; articles; Iranian journals; international journals; content analysis; bibliometrics; systematic analysis; review; contribution; Iran.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2025.143498

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 2025 Vol.36 No.1, pp.49 - 64

Accepted: 01 Jul 2022
Published online: 30 Dec 2024 *

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