Journal profile · ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Archives of Environmental Protection
ISSN 2083-4772 · eISSN 2083-4810 · Polish Academy of Sciences · POLAND
Archives of Environmental Protection: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.75; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Archives of Environmental Protection is published by Polish Academy of Sciences 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 Heavy metals in environment, Integrated Water Resources Management and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, together about 24.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Water Science and Technology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Website update This page is the archival website of Archives of Enviromental Protection in the journals.pan.pl service. It is no longer updated and remains available as an archive of previously published volumes and articles. The current official website of the journal, including latest issues, submission information, editorial policies, author guidelines, and contact details, is available here: https://wydawnictwo.pan.pl/index.php/aep The website address has been changed as part of the modernization of the publishing platform of the Polish Academy of Sciences, aimed at improving the clarity, accessibility, and consistency of journal information. Archives of Environmental Protection is the oldest Polish scientific journal of international scope that publishes articles on engineering and environmental protection. The quarterly has been published by the Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences since 1975. The journal has served as a forum for the exchange of views and ideas among scientists. It has become part of scientific life in Poland and abroad. The quarterly publishes the results of research and scientific inquiries by best specialists hereby becoming an important pillar of science. The journal facilitates better understanding of environmental risks to humans and ecosystems and it also shows the methods for their analysis as well as trends in the search of effective solutions to minimize these risks. Copyright on any open access article in the Archives of Environmental Protection journal published by Polish Academy of Sciences is retained by the author(s). Authors grant Polish Academy of Sciences a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher. Authors also grant any user the right to use the article freely if its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details and publisher are identified. The Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-SA 4.0) formalizes these and other terms and conditions of publishing articles. The editorial team of Archives of Environmental Protection implements an open access policy by publishing materials in the form of the so-called Gold Open Access and encourages authors to place articles published in the journal in open repositories (after the review or the final version of the publisher), provided that a link to the journal’s website is provided. For the articles which were previously published, before year 2021,
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Editor-in-chief Czesława Rosik-DulewskaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science9.3%
- Integrated Water Resources ManagementEnvironmental Science8%
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalEnvironmental Science7.6%
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalEnvironmental Science6.1%
- Phosphorus and nutrient managementEnvironmental Science5%
- Water Treatment and DisinfectionEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science3.8%
- Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentEnvironmental Science3.8%
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 | Environmental 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 | Environmental 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 | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 1.75LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 203OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 95.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 648 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 34 | 7 |
| 2025 | 46 | 46 | 26 |
| 2024 | 45 | 45 | 118 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 110 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 221 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 192 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 520 | No | CC BY-SA | |
| Publisher website | EUR 520 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review, Plagiarism
- Peer review Peer-review Procedure
The reviewing procedure for papers published in Archives of Environmental Protection 1) After accepting the paper as matching to the scope of the Journal Editor-in-Chief with Section Editors choose two independent Reviewers (authorities in the domain/discipline). The chosen Reviewers (from professors and senior academic staff members) have to guarantee: autonomous opinion, the lack of interests co…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Policy
Anti-plagiarism policy In accordance with AEP requirements, the authors of all articles submitted to the Editorial Office declare that the paper is an original work. Articles that have been approved by the Editorial Board for further processing are checked for originality using the program and iThenticate. As plagiarism, the Editorial Board (according to the definition of plagiarism/anti-plagiaris…
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
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- Country or region
- POLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2083-4772
- Electronic ISSN
- 2083-4810
- Society / sponsor
- European Union L 435
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Archives of Environmental Protection
What CAS zone is Archives of Environmental Protection in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Archives of Environmental Protection is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental 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 Archives of Environmental Protection?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.75; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 34.
How long does peer review take at Archives of Environmental Protection?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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.
Which databases index Archives of Environmental Protection?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Archives of Environmental Protection is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Archives of Environmental Protection open access, and what is the APC?
Archives of Environmental Protection is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .