Journal profile · ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL
Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste
ISSN 2153-5493 · eISSN 2153-5515 · ASCE
Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 150 days to acceptance (69 articles, last 24 months); 60 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste is published by ASCE 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 Landfill Environmental Impact Studies, Groundwater flow and contamination studies and Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, together about 26% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Landfill Environmental Impact StudiesEnvironmental Science10.9%
- Groundwater flow and contamination studiesEnvironmental Science8.3%
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalEnvironmental Science6.9%
- Concrete and Cement Materials ResearchEngineering6%
- Electrokinetic Soil Remediation TechniquesEngineering6%
- Soil and Unsaturated FlowEngineering5.1%
- Advanced oxidation water treatmentEnvironmental Science4.6%
- Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials productionEngineering4.5%
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, Environmental | 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, Environmental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 336OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 62LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 921 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48 | 1 | 14 |
| 2025 | 60 | 1 | 136 |
| 2024 | 59 | 3 | 248 |
| 2023 | 59 | 2 | 463 |
| 2022 | 58 | 4 | 708 |
| 2021 | 88 | 2 | 772 |
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
150 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 116 days – 181 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 76 days (69 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 229 days
- Sample
- 69 articles with submission and acceptance dates (148 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".
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- ASCE
- ISSN
- 2153-5493
- Electronic ISSN
- 2153-5515
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste
What CAS zone is Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Environmental. 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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste?
Based on the dates recorded on 69 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 150 days (interquartile range 116–181 days). 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 Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste 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; 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: .