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Purpose: Life cycle assessment (LCA) research has been going on for several decades. However, it is not obvious how the post-communist countries of Central Europe participate in LCA research. The aim of this paper is to gather knowledge on the recent progress of scientific research related to LCA in the Visegrad Group (Visegrad Four, V4). Methods: A bibliometric analysis was chosen for the evaluation. Studies published by authors with affiliations in the V4 countries were extracted from the Scopus database. Descriptive analyses were performed, such as analyzing the distribution of types of scientific papers, language, journals used, keywords, and research fields. Using the VOSviewer application, bibliometric mapping was performed to express the links between individual works. The most active authors from the V4 countries and the most influential articles were identified using citation analysis. Results and discussion: A total of 1,665 studies have been found. Almost all studies originate from engineering or environmental sciences. Poland is the most active in LCA research within the V4. However, the most active scientists are affiliated with Hungarian universities. Likewise, the most cited scientist carried out most of his research in LCA at universities in Hungary. Slovakia has the least developed LCA research. It has also been noted that there is a low level of collaboration among authors from V4 countries. Conclusions: The analysis demonstrated differences in LCA research within the V4. Nevertheless, LCA research is gaining popularity in all V4 countries, albeit slowly. At the same time, LCA is of fundamental importance, especially in the implementation of European environmental legislation in practice and in achieving the goals of sustainable development. The findings obtained through this analysis can serve not only researchers working in LCA research but also scientific managers in the management of research in this area.
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