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Journal of Cleaner Production (journal-of-cleaner-production)
Journal positioning
The Journal of Cleaner Production (JCLP) is the Elsevier journal for cleaner production, sustainability, and the transition to sustainable systems — cleaner technologies and processes, circular-economy strategies, sustainability assessment (including life-cycle assessment), and corporate and industrial sustainability. Its defining expectation is a cleaner-production or sustainability-transition contribution with transparent method: a study that demonstrably reduces environmental burden or advances sustainable practice, with explicit assumptions, system boundaries, and data sources. Relative to Resources, Conservation & Recycling, JCLP is broader — it spans technology, management, policy, and assessment rather than focusing on material/waste circularity. A descriptive case study with opaque LCA assumptions or no generalizable cleaner-production insight is a weak fit. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current author guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live JCLP submission guidance.