Journal profile
Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China
ISSN 1673-7415 · eISSN 3091-5066 · Quarterly
Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China: subscription journal; median 114 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China's largest topics are Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Wastewater Treatment and Reuse and Advanced oxidation water treatment, together about 24.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Water Science and Technology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims: ENGINEERING Environment is an international journal in environmental disciplines, jointly sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Tsinghua University, and Higher Education Press. The journal is dedicated to advancing and disseminating the discoveries of cutting-edge theories, innovations in engineering technology, and practices in technological application within the environmental discipline. Adhering to the principle of integrating scientific theories with engineering technologies, the journal emphasizes the convergence of environmental protection with One Health, climate change response, and sustainable development. It places particular emphasis on the forward-looking nature of novel technologies and emerging challenges, the practicality of solutions, and interdisciplinary innovations. Scope: ENGINEERING Environment is a monthly journal. The journal’s scope encompasses, but is not limited to, the following areas: l Efficient resource utilization and green production processes l Environmental pollution processes and ecological impacts l Anthropogenic drivers of environmental issues and the management l Environmental risk assessment and resilient-system construction l Environmental pollution control and resource recovery technologies In addition, we particularly welcome research that employs interdisciplinary approaches and emerging technologies to solve environmental problems.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Jiuhui QuPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalEnvironmental Science9%
- Wastewater Treatment and ReuseEnvironmental Science8%
- Advanced oxidation water treatmentEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalEnvironmental Science7%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science5.5%
- Environmental remediation with nanomaterialsEngineering5.3%
- Environmental and Analytical Chemistry StudiesEnvironmental Science4.1%
- Water Treatment and DisinfectionEnvironmental Science3.8%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexSCIEScopusINSPECCASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 213OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 67LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 212,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,214 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 179 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 319 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 396 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 416 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 544 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 703 |
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
114 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 82 days – 154 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 46 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 169 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (186 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 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in ENGINEERING Environment, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page.
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
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1673-7415
- Print ISSN
- 3091-5058
- Electronic ISSN
- 3091-5066
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China
How long does peer review take at Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 114 days (interquartile range 82–154 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China?
The journal's website lists EI Compendex, SCIE, Scopus, INSPEC, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China open access, and what is the APC?
Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .