Journal profile · Social Sciences-Development
WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development
ISSN 1790-5079 · eISSN 2224-3496 · WSEAS Press
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WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development: fully open access; acceptance rate 27.82% (journal website); 113 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development is published by WSEAS Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization and Building energy efficiency and sustainability, together about 17.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Building and Construction. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Development
Editor-in-chief Vincenzo Niola DepartementPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism ResearchSocial Sciences7%
- Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationEngineering5.9%
- Building energy efficiency and sustainabilityEngineering5%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science4.8%
- Agricultural economics and policiesSocial Sciences4.5%
- Public Administration in Developing NationsSocial Sciences4.2%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development | Q3 | 192/314 | — |
| Ecological Modeling | Q3 | 35/51 | — |
| Environmental Engineering | Q3 | 164/241 | — |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | Q3 | 302/432 | — |
| Waste Management and Disposal | Q4 | 114/151 | — |
| Environmental Chemistry | Q4 | 128/157 | — |
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 96OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.95OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 915 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 101 | 101 | 470 |
| 2025 | 113 | 113 | 639 |
| 2024 | 106 | 106 | 657 |
| 2023 | 134 | 134 | 734 |
| 2022 | 137 | 137 | 525 |
| 2021 | 120 | 120 | 345 |
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 27.82%Publisher 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Peer review
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.
Before you submit
Three checks before submitting to WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.Submission rules
- 3English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- WSEAS Press
- ISSN
- 1790-5079
- Electronic ISSN
- 2224-3496
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development
Which databases index WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development is indexed in Scopus.
Is WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development open access, and what is the APC?
WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .