Journal profile
Clean Technologies and Recycling
ISSN 2770-4580 · AIMS Press · United States
Clean Technologies and Recycling: fully open access; no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 10 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clean Technologies and Recycling is published by AIMS Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Municipal Solid Waste Management, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques and Environmental Impact and Sustainability, together about 27.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Waste Management and Disposal. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Clean Technologies & Recycling is an international Open Access journal devoted to publishing peer-reviewed, high quality, original papers in the field of sustainable development, to provide a platform for researchers and engineers to disseminate their knowledge and technologies and educate the public to understand more about how to minimize the use of materials, how to recover materials from used parts and devices, and how to safely process waste and leave minimum waste disposal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Municipal Solid Waste ManagementEnvironmental Science10.7%
- Recycling and Waste Management TechniquesEnvironmental Science8.9%
- Environmental Impact and SustainabilityEnvironmental Science8%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting8%
- Extraction and Separation ProcessesEngineering8%
- Waste Management and RecyclingEnvironmental Science8%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting3.6%
- Energy Load and Power ForecastingEngineering3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.29OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 71 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 194 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 192 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 149 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 110 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 52 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
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 ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- AIMS Press
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2770-4580
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clean Technologies and Recycling
How long does peer review take at Clean Technologies and Recycling?
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.
Is Clean Technologies and Recycling open access, and what is the APC?
Clean Technologies and Recycling is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .