Journal profile · Engineering, Environmental
WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
ISSN 0734-242X · eISSN 1096-3669 · SAGE Publications Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1983
WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.98; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,400; review about 164 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 111 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH is published by SAGE Publications Ltd 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 Municipal Solid Waste Management, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques and Landfill Environmental Impact Studies, together about 45.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Waste Management and Disposal. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy (WM&R) publishes peer-reviewed articles relating to both the theory and practice of waste management and research. Published on behalf of the International Solid Waste Association … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Environmental
Editor-in-chief Mario GrossoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 10%); most named United Kingdom 4, Mainland China 3, Italy 3, Greece 3, United States 2 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Municipal Solid Waste ManagementEnvironmental Science22.8%
- Recycling and Waste Management TechniquesEnvironmental Science13.2%
- Landfill Environmental Impact StudiesEnvironmental Science9.2%
- Healthcare and Environmental Waste ManagementMedicine6.7%
- Recycled Aggregate Concrete PerformanceEngineering5.9%
- Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials productionEngineering4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering3.1%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting3%
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 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Environmental | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
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 | Engineering, Environmental | 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
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
- 3.98LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 130OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,772OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.52OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 33.71%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 99LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,526 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 133 | 48 | 42 |
| 2025 | 111 | 50 | 350 |
| 2024 | 150 | 94 | 1,387 |
| 2023 | 129 | 69 | 2,208 |
| 2022 | 143 | 77 | 3,244 |
| 2021 | 194 | 66 | 5,168 |
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
164 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 3 months
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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 11.3%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 164 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 51 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 4,400 / GBP 3,226 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- Harvard
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted12
- editorialPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Review articles: Between 70,000 and 80,000 characters (wit…Length not stated
- editorialsEditorials: Between 8,000 and 9,000 characters (with spaces), including (optional) one figure or table.Length not stated
- letters to the editorPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Review articles: Between 70,000 and 80,000 characters (wit…Length not stated
- mini-review articlesMini-review articles: Between 40,000 and 50,000 characters (with spaces), including up to 7 illustrations and/or tables.Length not stated
- original articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Review articles: Between 70,000 and 80,000 characters (wit…Length not stated
- original articlesOriginal articles: Between 25,000 and 35,000 characters (with spaces), including up to 7 illustrations and/or tables.Length not stated
- perspectivePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Review articles: Between 70,000 and 80,000 characters (wit…Length not stated
- reviewPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Review articles: Between 70,000 and 80,000 characters (wit…Length not stated
- review articlePlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Review articles: Between 70,000 and 80,000 characters (wit…Length not stated
- review articlesReview articles: Between 70,000 and 80,000 characters (with spaces), including up to 10 illustrations and/or tables.Length not stated
- short communicationPlease visit the Sage Journal Author Gateway for guidance on producing visual and/or video abstracts. Review articles: Between 70,000 and 80,000 characters (wit…Length not stated
- short communicationsShort communications: Between 10,000 and 15,000 characters (with spaces), including up to 4 illustrations and/or tables.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Member of COPE Model summary
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, colour printing charge to be determined at production stage. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, wh…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single anonymised Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
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
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1983
- ISSN
- 0734-242X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1096-3669
- Society / sponsor
- International Solid Waste Association … |
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH
What CAS zone is WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Environmental / Environmental Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.98; CiteScore 11.1, h-index 130.
How long does peer review take at WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH?
The publisher reports about 164 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 11.3%. 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 MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: Harvard; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: 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 MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 10%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (4), Mainland China (3) and Italy (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH open access, and what is the APC?
WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .