Journal profile · Environmental Science-Waste Management and Disposal
Worldwide Waste
ISSN 2399-7117 · Ubiquity Press · United Kingdom
Worldwide Waste: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 41 weeks (community reports); 6 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Worldwide Waste is published by Ubiquity Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Waste Management and Recycling, Municipal Solid Waste Management and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, together about 52.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Waste Management and Disposal and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Worldwide Waste is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal presenting innovative humanities, arts and social science research on waste from around the world. It provides the first scholarly platform for open-access scholarship that critically interrogates the cultural, social, economic and political systems within which waste is created, managed and circulated. Since both the materials of discards and their meanings vary in time and space, research on waste needs to develop critical insights through empirical investigation of local contexts – attending to the theories, politics, histories or philosophies of waste – as opposed to straightforward empirical studies of waste production or management. Devoted to scholarship, the journal privileges no particular theories, debates or trends. Its goal is to actively stimulate publications of innovative scholarship on relatively unexplored topics and/or from geographical areas that have thus far been underrepresented in waste studies. The scope of Worldwide Waste is not restricted to the present, but welcomes contributions from scholars investigating historical aspects of human relationships with waste. Submissions are encouraged from across the humanities and social sciences, including anthropology, archaeology, ecology, geography, politics, sociology, and science and technology studies. Submissions are also welcomed from disciplines in which waste-related research is currently less prominently represented, such as literature, philosophy, and the visual and performing arts.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Waste Management and Disposal
Editor-in-chief Ka MingPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Hong Kong, China 3, Netherlands 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Waste Management and RecyclingEnvironmental Science29.9%
- Municipal Solid Waste ManagementEnvironmental Science17.4%
- Microplastics and Plastic PollutionEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Recycling and Waste Management TechniquesEnvironmental Science4.9%
- Sustainable Design and DevelopmentEngineering4.9%
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences3.5%
- Environmental Education and SustainabilityEnvironmental Science3.5%
- International Environmental Law and PoliciesEnvironmental Science3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Sciences | Q2 | 110/286 | 61st |
| Waste Management and Disposal | Q3 | 97/151 | 36th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.57OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 59 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | 104 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 99 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 99 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 114 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 65 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 77 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 41 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 41 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- 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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–150 words
- Keywords
- 4–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- full articlet. Word Limit. Unless otherwise agreed, full article submissions should aim for a length between 6,000 and 9,000 words in length including notes and references,…main text ≤ 9,000 words
- residuaGuidelines for Additional Submission Categories: Visual Essays, Waste Art, Reviews and Reappraisals, ResiduaLength not stated
- reviews and reappraisalsGuidelines for Additional Submission Categories: Visual Essays, Waste Art, Reviews and Reappraisals, ResiduaLength not stated
- visual essaysGuidelines for Additional Submission Categories: Visual Essays, Waste Art, Reviews and Reappraisals, ResiduaLength not stated
- waste artGuidelines for Additional Submission Categories: Visual Essays, Waste Art, Reviews and Reappraisals, ResiduaLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use
Generative AI policy Model summary
I/we consent to the publisher's policy in relation to the use of generative AI, and have described any use of AI in the 'comments to the editor' box during the submission process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship
Copyright Policy Model summary
The authors agree to the journal's Copyright Policy (below).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Privacy Policy Model summary
The authors consent to the publisher's Privacy Policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Publishing ethics Model summary
The authors agree to meet the journal's standards for publishing ethics .
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Worldwide Waste is published on an open access basis from 2025–2027 through a grant from the KOALA consortium, plus support from subscribers (who receive extra benefits). Contributors retain copyright in their work and allow it to be published by White Horse Press under a CC BY 4.0 licence. All articles published in the journal are made immediately available worldwide on this site. For open access…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Metadata freely available under CC0; accessible via indices including DOAJ. Model summary
Metadata for Worldwide Waste is freely available from The White Horse Press under CC0, placing it as completely as possible in the public domain; and can also be accessed via various indices (including DOAJ).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Guidelines
Peer reviewed articles in Worldwide Waste undergo double-blind peer review, using external, independent experts (some, but by no means all of whom may be members of the general editorial board, but none of whom are on the journal's executive editorial team). The normal timeline for peer review is 3 months or less and we ask that authors are prompt in submitting revisions, post-review. The final de…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preservation Policy Model summary
The authors agree to the journal's Preservation Policy.
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
- Ubiquity Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2399-7117
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Worldwide Waste
How long does peer review take at Worldwide Waste?
Authors report an average review time of about 41 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 Worldwide Waste?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–150 words; Keywords: 4–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; 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 Worldwide Waste based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hong Kong, China (3) and Netherlands (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Worldwide Waste?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Worldwide Waste is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Worldwide Waste open access, and what is the APC?
Worldwide Waste is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .