Journal profile · ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Waste and Biomass Valorization
ISSN 1877-2641 · eISSN 1877-265X · Springer Netherlands · NETHERLANDS · 12 issues per year · Founded 2010
Waste and Biomass Valorization: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.1; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,790; median 144 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); 594 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Waste and Biomass Valorization is published by Springer Netherlands 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 Biofuel production and bioconversion, Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production, together about 28.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Biomedical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Waste & Biomass Valorization addresses the Conversion of Biomass, Co-Products, Residues, and Waste into Energy and Added-Value Materials within a global move towards a greener, more resource-efficient, and climate-resilient economy. Waste and Biomass Valorization intends to play a meaningful role in the Energy and Environmental Transitions toward Sustainable Development in line with the strong commitment to supporting the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). High-quality research articles, reviews, and case studies (both pilot-plant and full-scale) on the following topics will be considered for review and publication: Valorization of biomass, co-products, residues, and waste municipal, wastewater, industrial, wood, paper, sludge, refuse-derived fuel/oil, agricultural, forest, electronic, construction and demolition, plastics, thermal processes product, and mining among others. • to produce energy and fuels alcohols, hydrogen, biogas, biomethane, biofuels, and synthetic fuels • to produce sustainable added-value materials secondary materials such as sorbents, enzymes, lipids, proteins, biopolymers and polymers, specialty products, recycled materials, sustainable construction materials, capacitors, supercapacitors, and other advanced carbon materials (carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, graphene), materials for CO2, hydrogen, and energy storage • to upgrade clean gas clean gas conversion to energy, added value products, and specialty products • to convert CO2 into fuel and chemicals; and promote CO2 capture, utilization, sequestration and storage • to low CO2 and sustainable construction and other civil engineering materials The following key issues are also covered in the journal: • characterization of resources and feedstocks, fuels and materials produced, development of characterization techniques, and development of novel processes and concept • biorefinery • power generation • emissions reduction • decarbonization of energy (zero-carbon energy), life cycle assessment, and circular economy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Editor-in-chief Ange NzihouPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 6 in mainland China (about 12%); most named United States 7, Mainland China 6, Canada 5, United Kingdom 4, France 4 (49 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Biofuel production and bioconversionEngineering14%
- Thermochemical Biomass Conversion ProcessesEngineering7.4%
- Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas ProductionEngineering6.9%
- Biodiesel Production and ApplicationsEngineering5%
- Lignin and Wood ChemistryEngineering5%
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.9%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine4%
- Catalysis for Biomass ConversionEngineering4%
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
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 3.1LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 97OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,435OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.36OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 580LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,200,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,759 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 330 | 90 | 141 |
| 2025 | 594 | 105 | 1,436 |
| 2024 | 482 | 85 | 3,141 |
| 2023 | 352 | 78 | 3,572 |
| 2022 | 365 | 78 | 4,859 |
| 2021 | 336 | 72 | 5,920 |
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
144 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 115 days – 183 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 169 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,065 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
- Submission to first decision
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,790 / EUR 2,890 / GBP 2,490 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Highlights
- Required
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- letterShort communication This must report preliminary research findings that are novel and original, of immediate interest and are likely to have a high impact Commu…Length not stated
- original research articleShort communication This must report preliminary research findings that are novel and original, of immediate interest and are likely to have a high impact Commu…Length not stated
- research articleShort communication This must report preliminary research findings that are novel and original, of immediate interest and are likely to have a high impact Commu…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- reviewShort communication This must report preliminary research findings that are novel and original, of immediate interest and are likely to have a high impact Commu…Length not stated
- review articleShort communication This must report preliminary research findings that are novel and original, of immediate interest and are likely to have a high impact Commu…Length not stated
- short communicationShort communication This must report preliminary research findings that are novel and original, of immediate interest and are likely to have a high impact Commu…main text ≤ 5,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism
- AI use Generative AI Images
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Availability
Data availability statement required Model summary
All original research must include a Data Availability Statement. Data Availability Statements should provide information on where data supporting the results reported in the article can be found. Statements should include, where applicable, hyperlinks to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. When it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when in…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
COPE member Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Waste and Biomass Valorization, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening Model summary
Important note: the journal may use software to screen for plagiarism.
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
- Springer Netherlands
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 12 issues per year
- Founded
- 2010
- ISSN
- 1877-2641
- Electronic ISSN
- 1877-265X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 10 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Waste and Biomass Valorization
What CAS zone is Waste and Biomass Valorization in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Waste and Biomass Valorization 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 Waste and Biomass Valorization?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.1; CiteScore 6.2, h-index 97.
How long does peer review take at Waste and Biomass Valorization?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 144 days (interquartile range 115–183 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Waste and Biomass Valorization?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; 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 Waste and Biomass Valorization based?
Of the 49 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 6 (about 12%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (7), Mainland China (6) and Canada (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Waste and Biomass Valorization?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Waste and Biomass Valorization is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Waste and Biomass Valorization open access, and what is the APC?
Waste and Biomass Valorization is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,790.
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: .