Journal profile · ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances
ISSN 2667-3789 · Elsevier
Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances: CAS Zone 3 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 8.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,110; review about 145 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); 66 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques and Municipal Solid Waste Management, together about 34.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances (RCR Advances) is an open access journal that publishes cutting-edge research on sustainable management and conservation of resources, circular economy, and resource sustainability. RCR Advances strives to implement a high standard and rapid peer review process to ensure timely and high-quality communications on emerging resource management and sustainability topics. The journal is a companion journal to the highly reputed journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling.The journal welcomes contributions covering technological, economic, institutional, and/or policy aspects of resources management practices, such as conservation, recycling, recovery, substitution, and “systems-wide” strategies. Manuscripts using multi- or inter-disciplinary approaches, targeting broader readership, or addressing emerging resource sustainability issues are of particular interest.Contributions may have relevance at local/regional, national, or international scales and may focus on any level of research, ranging from individual resources or technologies to whole sectors or systems of interest. However, contributions that are based only on laboratory experiments, without a discussion on broader implications of the presented research, are outside the scope of the journal.We encourage those interested in organizing a special issue or a virtual special issue within the scope of the journal to contact Prof. Zhi Cao for more information. Additionally, we encourage potential organizers to carefully review the relevant requirements in the Guide for Authors before proceeding. Please note that each special issue can only accept up to three guest editors (GEs).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Editor-in-chief Ming XuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 15%); most named United States 7, Mainland China 4, Hong Kong, China 4, United Kingdom 2, Spain 2 (27 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting13.6%
- Recycling and Waste Management TechniquesEnvironmental Science12%
- Municipal Solid Waste ManagementEnvironmental Science8.9%
- Environmental Impact and SustainabilityEnvironmental Science7.2%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting6.2%
- Extraction and Separation ProcessesEngineering6%
- Recycled Aggregate Concrete PerformanceEngineering5.4%
- Food Waste Reduction and SustainabilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 8.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 14.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.58LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 126OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 59LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 330 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 79 | 79 | 36 |
| 2025 | 66 | 66 | 251 |
| 2024 | 41 | 41 | 643 |
| 2023 | 71 | 71 | 1,677 |
| 2022 | 62 | 62 | 1,997 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 301 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
145 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 18 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 56 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 145 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 | USD 2,110 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,290 / EUR 2,140 / GBP 1,830 / JPY 284,030 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,750 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 1–7
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Highlights
- Optional
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- commentaryThe journal considers full-length research articles, critical reviews, short communications, commentaries, forums, and news & views for publication.Original res…Length not stated
- editorialThe journal considers full-length research articles, critical reviews, short communications, commentaries, forums, and news & views for publication.Original res…Length not stated
- original researchThe journal considers full-length research articles, critical reviews, short communications, commentaries, forums, and news & views for publication.Original res…Length not stated
- original research articleThe journal considers full-length research articles, critical reviews, short communications, commentaries, forums, and news & views for publication.Original res…main text ≤ 7,000 words
- original research articlesOriginal research articles. These articles report original research with broad scientific significance and importance.Length not stated
- perspectiveThe journal considers full-length research articles, critical reviews, short communications, commentaries, forums, and news & views for publication.Original res…main text ≤ 1,200 words
- research articleThe journal considers full-length research articles, critical reviews, short communications, commentaries, forums, and news & views for publication.Original res…Length not stated
- reviewThe journal considers full-length research articles, critical reviews, short communications, commentaries, forums, and news & views for publication.Original res…main text ≤ 9,000 words
- short communicationThe journal considers full-length research articles, critical reviews, short communications, commentaries, forums, and news & views for publication.Original res…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI use
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Group authorship
Group authorship refers to the attribution of an article to a defined and named group of authors whose members have contributed to the work. Examples include research consortia, clinical trial groups, collaborative networks, task forces or working groups, expert panels or consensus groups, and participatory research groups. Group authorship must be declared on the title page at submission. When av…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include:EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Advisory Board …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License options
Authors will be offered open access user license options which will determine how you, and third parties, can reuse your open access article. We advise that you review these options and any funding body license requirements before selecting a license option.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
We refer you to our open access information page to learn about open access options for this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single anonymized review process Model summary
This journal follows a single anonymized review process. Your submission will initially be assessed by our editors. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to be reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers for an independent expert assessment of the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected for publication will be made by our editors.Re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint sharing allowed Model summary
Preprint sharingAuthors may share preprints in line with Elsevier's article sharing policy. Sharing preprints, such as on a preprint server, will not count as prior publication.We advise you to read our policy on multiple, redundant or concurrent publication. In support of Open Science, this journal offers its authors a free preprint posting service on SSRN, Elsevier’s preprint and early research …
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
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 2667-3789
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances
What CAS zone is Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Environmental Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 8.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 14.7, h-index 36.
How long does peer review take at Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances?
The publisher reports about 145 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 18 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 1–7; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Highlights: Optional. 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 Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances based?
Of the 27 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 15%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (7), Mainland China (4) and Hong Kong, China (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances open access, and what is the APC?
Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,110.
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: .