The impact of literature references in the field of Applied Ecodesign

Applied Ecodesign is, like Ecodesign in general, a young and interdisciplinary research area, resulting in a (for the time being) lack of journals specifically devoted to this subject. This situation supposedly negatively affects opportunities for getting scientific articles published in high rating journals, a situation which (in scientific output-linked financing schemes) is a substantial drawback. The literature reference count presented in the paper supports the above claims