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Waste Management

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1979

ISSN1879-2456

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.591

H-Indexi

279

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.732

Total Worksi

11,976

Total Citationsi

636,910

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences; Waste Management and Disposal.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1979

FrequencyEighteen Issues A Year, 2019-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications11,976

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1879-2456

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

734

42k

2019

625

35k

2020

581

25k

2021

503

16k

2022

532

12k

2023

531

7.1k

2024

633

3.2k

2025

311

127

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.

Waste Management and DisposalQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, EnvironmentalEnvironmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and Disposal

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Recycling and Waste Management TechniquesMunicipal Solid Waste ManagementRecycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials productionExtraction and Separation ProcessesLandfill Environmental Impact StudiesThermochemical Biomass Conversion ProcessesAnaerobic Digestion and Biogas ProductionRecycled Aggregate Concrete PerformanceMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionComposting and Vermicomposting Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Waste Management

Is Waste Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Waste Management: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Waste Management?

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 6.18.

Is Waste Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Waste Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Waste Management?