Journal profile · Engineering, Chemical
Aerosol Science and Technology
ISSN 0278-6826 · eISSN 1521-7388 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1982
Aerosol Science and Technology: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.18; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 131 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 112 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Aerosol Science and Technology is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality and Health Impacts and Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows, together about 39.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aerosol Science and Technology publishes theoretical, numerical and experimental investigations papers that advance knowledge of aerosols and facilitate its application. Articles on either basic or applied work are suitable. Examples of topics include instrumentation for the measurement of aerosol physical, optical, chemical and biological properties; aerosol dynamics and transport phenomena; numerical modeling; charging; nucleation; nanoparticles and nanotechnology; lung deposition and health effects; filtration; and aerosol generation. Consistent with the criteria given above, papers that deal with the atmosphere, climate change, indoor and workplace environments, homeland security, pharmaceutical aerosols, combustion sources, aerosol synthesis reactors, and contamination control in semiconductor manufacturing will be considered. AST normally does not consider papers that describe routine measurements or models for aerosol air quality assessment. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial evaluation by the Editor and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert reviewers. All peer review is single anonymized. Submissions are made online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. The journal's readership includes physicists, chemical engineers, electrical engineers, environmental scientists, mechanical engineers, mining engineers, nuclear engineers, and those involved in occupation safety and hygiene. Research Infographics and Videos Aerosol Science and Technology and the American Association for Aerosol Research bring you new visual ways to discover, understand and share important research. Explore the journal's research infographics or watch videos summarizing key research findings. These services are available to order if you are an Aerosol Science and Technology author.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Chemical
Editor-in-chief JONATHAN P. REIDPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, United Kingdom 1, South Korea 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsEarth and Planetary Sciences14.7%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science13.8%
- Particle Dynamics in Fluid FlowsEngineering10.7%
- Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic PrecipitationEngineering9.2%
- Air Quality Monitoring and ForecastingEnvironmental Science6.5%
- Atmospheric aerosols and cloudsEnvironmental Science6.4%
- Coagulation and Flocculation StudiesEnvironmental Science4.8%
- Cyclone Separators and Fluid DynamicsEngineering4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Mechanical | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECEmbaseCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Civil Engineering Hydraulics Abstracts, CSA Civil Engineering Abstracts, CSA: Engineered Materials Abstracts & METADEX, CSA Environmental Engineering Abstracts, CSA Environmental Science & Pollution Management, CSA Materials Business File, CSA Mechanical Transportation Engineering Abstracts, CSA: Pollution Abstracts, Ecological Abstracts, Engineering Information Inc., Fluidex, Fluid Abstracts, GEOBASE, Industrial Aerodynamics Abstracts, Royal Society of Chemistry: Mass Spectrometry Bulletin, RSC Theoretical Chemical Engineering Abstracts
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.18LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.59Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.82Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 174OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,962OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.72OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 26.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 97LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 788,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,510 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69 | 31 | 14 |
| 2025 | 112 | 65 | 218 |
| 2024 | 119 | 97 | 584 |
| 2023 | 94 | 58 | 693 |
| 2022 | 82 | 51 | 898 |
| 2021 | 92 | 53 | 2,239 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
131 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 107 days – 185 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 33 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 175 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (211 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 33%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 50 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 31 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted3
- editorialEditorial | Published online: 17 Aug 2026Length not stated
- noteNote | Published online: 3 Sep 2026Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 14 Sep 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Aerosol Science and Technology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverabil…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Initial editor evaluation followed by peer review Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial evaluation by the Editor and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert reviewers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1982
- ISSN
- 0278-6826
- Electronic ISSN
- 1521-7388
- Society / sponsor
- American Association for Aerosol Research
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 60, Issue 10 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Aerosol Science and Technology
What CAS zone is Aerosol Science and Technology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Aerosol Science and Technology is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Engineering, Chemical / Engineering, Mechanical / Environmental Sciences / Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Aerosol Science and Technology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.18; CiteScore 3.8, h-index 174.
How long does peer review take at Aerosol Science and Technology?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 131 days (interquartile range 107–185 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 33%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Aerosol Science and Technology based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), United Kingdom (1) and South Korea (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Aerosol Science and Technology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Aerosol Science and Technology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC, Embase, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Aerosol Science and Technology open access, and what is the APC?
Aerosol Science and Technology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .