New in 2008
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Published for Yale University on behalf of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The official journal of the International Society for Industrial Ecology
Edited by:
Reid Lifset
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2010: Environmental Sciences: 49 / 192
Impact Factor: 2.446
The Journal of Industrial Ecology addresses a series of related topics:
- material and energy flows studies ('industrial metabolism')
- technological change
- dematerialization and decarbonization
- life cycle planning, design and assessment
- design for the environment
- extended producer responsibility ('product stewardship')
- eco-industrial parks ('industrial symbiosis')
- product-oriented environmental policy
- eco-efficiency
TopNews and Announcements
JIE in the News
Huffington Post, December 2011
Editor-in-Chief Reid Lifset writes for the Huffington Post, "Is This the Next Time? The Need for More Responsible Innovation," citing JIE article, 'Prospective Impacts of Electronic Textiles on Recycling and Disposal'
New York Times, November 2011
"Could 'Smart' Textiles Prove Toxic?" covers JIE article, 'Prospective Impacts of Electronic Textiles on Recycling and Disposal'
Cosmos Magazine Blog, September 2011
JIE authors Manfred Lenzen, Joy Murray, and Christopher Dey win prestigious Eureka Prize. The blog covers the news in "Celebrity Science Takes a Bow." See the authors' nine JIE articles on our homepage.
Crain's Detroit Business, August 2011
"Michigan's battery industry will have vital ingredient lithium through end of century" highlights JIE article, 'Global Lithium Availability'
BBC News Blog, January 2011
"H for 'human': The missing climate link?" covers JIE article, 'Functionality Versus "Typical Product" Measures of Technological Progress'
The Washington Post, April 2010
"What individuals can do to save the planet" recommends JIE and points readers to introductory article, 'The Impacts of Household Consumption and Options for Change'
The Financial Times, September 2009
"Biofuels fight back" covers JIE debate over greenhouse gas emissions from corn-ethanol.
Reuters, August 2009
"U.S. biofuel makers want CO2 credits in climate bill" covers JIE debate over greenhouse gas emissions from corn-ethanol.
The New York Times, April 2009
"Refurbishing Normal" covers the JIE piece on Danish bathrooms: 'The Construction of Normal Expectations'
Environmental Science & Technology, November 2008
"Carbon Nanofibers May Have Large Environmental Impacts" cites JIE Special Issue on Nanotechnology and Industrial Ecology.
Slate.com, August 2008
"Video Stores vs. Online rentals: Is Your Netflix Queue destroying the environment?" by Jacob Leibenluft cites an article published in the February 2008 issue of JIE: 'Comparative Energy, Environmental, and Economic Analysis of Traditional and E-Commerce DVD Rental Networks'
Fast Company, June 2008
"American Apparel's New Image" cites the JIE article, 'Market movements: Nongovernmental organization strategies to influence global production and consumption.'
The New York Times Magazine quotes JIE editor Reid Lifset on Fiji Water in "Water Proof" by Rob Walker
JIE News
Read the Business & Industrial Ecology Virtual Issue, free for a limited time.
Read the Editor's Choice Virtual Issue, free for a limited time.
Read the Virtual Issue on Material Flow Analysis (December 2009) for free.
Read articles on the Debate Over Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Corn-Ethanol (August 2009) for free.
Read the Special Issue on Nanotechnology and Industrial Ecology (June 2008). To read the press release, go here.
JIE Endorsements
"The journal has been a source of much inspiration for our design work over the last couple of years, providing a lot of input for our projects at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London. Some of our design projects that had a Journal of Industrial Ecology input are shown here: www.agencyofdesign.co.uk.
Thanks for all your great work."
Richard Gilbert
"This journal succeeds in crossing the divide between academe and the 'real world' with important and high quality analysis."
Jared Cohen, President, Carnegie Mellon University
"The Journal of Industrial Ecology provides the sort of rigorous analysis that is crucial in our pursuit of sustainability."
William McDonough Cofounder and Principal, McDonough-Braungart Design Chemistry, LLC.
"An excellent journal communicating to a wide group of readers the latest achievements in modeling the structural changes of global and regional economies and their impacts on the environment and human welfare."
Joseph Pacyna Director, Center for Ecological Economics, Norwegian Institute for Air Research
"…timely… [bringing a] global perspective [and]…fresh and balanced voices to a sometimes parochial discussion… It is both very readable and very well edited."
Nature
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TopHighlights
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TopEndorsements
The Journal has been a source of much inspiration for our design work over the last couple of years providing a lot of input for our projects at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London (some of our design projects that had a journal of industrial ecology input are shown here: www.agencyofdesign.co.uk).
Thanks for all your great work.
Richard Gilbert, Royal College of Art and Imperial College London
