Journal profile · Environmental Sciences
Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management
ISSN 1648-6897 · eISSN 1822-4199 · Vilnius Gediminas Technical University · LITHUANIA · Quarterly
Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.03; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 294 days to acceptance (27 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 31 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management is published by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 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 Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Heavy metals in environment and Urban Green Space and Health, together about 25.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
After seven years of partnership with Taylor & Francis in co-publishing of Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, we are proud to announce that from 2018 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management will be published by VGTU Press as an Open Access journal. All future articles will be published under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. All published papers are expected to be uploaded into the new journal system by the end of 2018 and will be accessible under the same CC-BY 4.0 licence. In the meantime you can find the journal archive on the Taylor & Francis platform http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/teel20 Currently, we are still in the process of improving our new journal system by uploading archives, and implementing tools to make the publishing process more effective. Such major changes require a lot of work and the VGTU Press team is dedicated to do their best through the transition period. Therefore, we appreciate your patience during this period, and we would be grateful for any feedback that will help improve the new system - to send your comments please e-mail eleidyba@vgtu.ltWe are confident that publishing the journal Open Access will increase its impact and reach, and we encourage all authors to submit their papers by using the link https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/seel (The title of the peer-review system will be changed from Taylor & Francis to VGTU Press soon.)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Sciences
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 13%); most named Mainland China 4, United States 4, Italy 4, United Kingdom 3, India 2 (32 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science10.5%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Urban Green Space and HealthEnvironmental Science7.2%
- Urban Heat Island MitigationEnvironmental Science5.7%
- Noise Effects and ManagementHealth Professions5.6%
- Radioactivity and Radon MeasurementsHealth Professions5.5%
- Vehicle emissions and performanceEngineering4.6%
- Radioactive contamination and transferEnvironmental Science4.3%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
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
- 1.03LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.43Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 279OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.74OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.92%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 779 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 5 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 39 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 104 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | 141 |
| 2022 | 49 | 49 | 267 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | 361 |
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
294 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 190 days – 424 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 136 days (51 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 427 days
- Sample
- 27 articles with submission and acceptance dates (62 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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 242 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 200 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 242 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 242 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 12,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Highlights
- Required
- Not considered
- conference paper; book review; letter
Article types accepted13, with length limits
- book reviewThe following types of contribution are published in The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management: Original article: Standard research pape…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- book reviewsBook Reviews: Reviews of approximately 500-1000 words on new books, software and videos relevant to the scope of The Journal of Environmental Engineering and La…Length not stated
- conference reportThe following types of contribution are published in The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management: Original article: Standard research pape…Length not stated
- conference reportsConference Reports: Reports on major international conferences of particular interest to The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, appr…Length not stated
- hypothesisThe following types of contribution are published in The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management: Original article: Standard research pape…Length not stated
- letterThe following types of contribution are published in The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management: Original article: Standard research pape…Length not stated
- letters to the editorThe following types of contribution are published in The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management: Original article: Standard research pape…Length not stated
- literature reviewThe following types of contribution are published in The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management: Original article: Standard research pape…Length not stated
- original articleThe following types of contribution are published in The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management: Original article: Standard research pape…Length not stated
- original paperThe following types of contribution are published in The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management: Original article: Standard research pape…Length not stated
- reviewThe following types of contribution are published in The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management: Original article: Standard research pape…Length not stated
- review articleThe following types of contribution are published in The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management: Original article: Standard research pape…main text ≤ 12,000 words
- standard research paperThe following types of contribution are published in The Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management: Original article: Standard research pape…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship Author Contributions and Acknowledgments
Each person who made an intellectual contribution to the research, and the evaluation/analysis and to the writing of the article (see the ICMJE definition of authorship) should be named as an author. People who contributed to the work (but do not fulfil the authorship criteria) should be listed in the Acknowledgments, along with their contributions. You must ensure that anyone named in the acknowl…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
Authors must also provide a disclosure statement within the article which will acknowledge any financial, professional, personal interest or benefit they have arising from the direct applications of their research.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Adheres to COPE Core Practices Model summary
The journals published by VILNIUS TECH all adhere to the Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE, https://publicationethics.org/core-practices) and follow their guidelines in respect of publication ethics and managing problems when they arise. All authors are expected to comply with good practice in regard to their research and the reporting of their research. See further in th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and publication
Authors retain copyright Model summary
During submission you will be asked to sign various warranties about the article (see Journal policies). These include affirming that it is original and does not infringe any legal or personal rights (e.g. copyright, libel or privacy). Authors retain copyright in their articles, but grant VILNIUS TECH the right of the first publication. All papers will be published open access under a Creative Com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management will be published by VGTU Press as an Open Access journal
Open access under CC BY 4.0 Model summary
After seven years of partnership with Taylor & Francis in co-publishing of Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, we are proud to announce that from 2018 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management will be published by VGTU Press as an Open Access journal. All future articles will be published under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. All published papers are expected to…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer-review and decisions
Single-blind peer review Model summary
The journal operates a single-blind method of peer review. This means that the authors' names are disclosed to the reviewer, but the reviewer names are not disclosed to the authors. If the authors have a specific reason why their name should be blinded from the reviewers, they may request this on submission. See the journal policies Peer review. After submission all articles are evaluated by the e…
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
- Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
- Country or region
- LITHUANIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1648-6897
- Electronic ISSN
- 1822-4199
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management
What CAS zone is Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management 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 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.03; CiteScore 2.5, h-index 38.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 27 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 294 days (interquartile range 190–424 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 12,000 words; Reference style: APA; Highlights: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management based?
Of the 32 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 13%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (4), United States (4) and Italy (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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: .