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Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Springer · Japan · Est. 1999

ISSN1611-8227
SJR Q1WOS SCIEScopus / SJR
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.737
H-Indexi
86
SNIPi
0.841
Total Worksi
2,862
Total Citationsi
52,889
2yr Mean Citednessi
3.31
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management specializes in the interdisciplinary science of material cycles and waste management. The journal has a twofold focus: research in technical, political, and environmental problems of material cycles and waste management; and information that contributes to the development of an interdisciplinary science of material cycles and waste management. Aims to develop solutions for material cycles. Publishes original articles, reviews, and invited papers across a wide range of disciplines.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1999
FrequencyBimonthly, 2019-
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications2,862
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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Submission Info

Peer Review
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1611-8227
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
137
4k
2019
182
4.6k
2020
192
3.2k
2021
245
3.5k
2022
287
3.5k
2023
288
2.4k
2024
307
931
2025
237
68
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Mechanics of MaterialsQ1
Waste Management and DisposalQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and DisposalMechanics of Materials

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Recycling and Waste Management TechniquesMunicipal Solid Waste ManagementRecycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials productionConcrete and Cement Materials ResearchExtraction and Separation ProcessesRecycled Aggregate Concrete PerformanceHealthcare and Environmental Waste ManagementMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionThermochemical Biomass Conversion ProcessesAnaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Is Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management?

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 3.31.

Is Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management?

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management specializes in the interdisciplinary science of material cycles and waste management. The journal has a twofold focus: research in technical, political, and environmental problems of material cycles and waste management; and information that contributes to the development of an interdisciplinary science of material cycles and waste management. Aims to develop solutions for material cycles. Publishes original articles, reviews, and invited papers across a wide range of disciplines.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref