Waste Management and Research

Aims & Scope

Routine human activities impact the environment and the consumption of natural materials and energy resources.

The challenge to society is to minimize these impacts, maintain an acceptable quality of the environment, and sustain the quality of life and resource supplies for future generations.

The generation of solid wastes is inevitable because all products have an end of life and humans and animals create wastes that have to be managed to maintain hygienic, healthy and tidy urban and open country environments.

A key objective of the Waste Management and Research (WM&R) journal is to address these challenges through dissemination of scientifically based reliable information, e.g. in terms of waste prevention, waste recycling, recovery of energy from material residuals not suited for recycling or reuse, waste treatment, and waste disposal.

WM&R is a peer-reviewed journal that satisfies the growing demand for new and scientific information that can be referenced by waste management professionals in academia, government, industry, planning, engineering, management and operation.

WM&R presents original work in the form of review articles, original articles, short articles, and letters to the editor.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.3
2024	3.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.970

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	107

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5083

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2603

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Environmental Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Conversion of organic material by black soldier fly larvae: establishing optimal feeding rates

  Citation: 554

  Authors: Stefan, Christian, Klement

• Microbial methane oxidation processes and technologies for mitigation of landfill gas emissions

  Citation: 438

  Authors: Charlotte, Peter, Jean E., Alex, Julia, Helene A., Marion, Kurt

• Challenges and opportunities of biodegradable plastics: A mini review

  Citation: 420

  Authors: Maja, Ana

• The Biology of Composting: a Review

  Citation: 383

  Authors: M., G., A.

• Worldwide distribution and abundance of microplastic: How dire is the situation?

  Citation: 379

  Authors: Fauziah, Mehran Sanam, Norkhairiyah, Norkhairah, Priya, Agamuthu

• Comparative analysis of solid waste management in 20 cities

  Citation: 349

  Authors: David C, Ljiljana, Anne, Costas A, Graham

• Mitigation of global greenhouse gas emissions from waste: conclusions and strategies from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report. Working Group III (Mitigation)

  Citation: 334

  Authors: Jean, Riitta, Seiji, Cristobal, Katarina, Luis, Peter, Suvi, Andre, R.T.M., Robert

• Composting and compost utilization: accounting of greenhouse gases and global warming contributions

  Citation: 323

  Authors: Alessio, Jacob K., Jacob, Thomas H., Enzo

• Development drivers for waste management

  Citation: 295

  Authors: David C.

• Review Article: Persistent organic pollutants and landfills - a review of past experiences and future challenges

  Citation: 269

  Authors: Roland, Alan, Martin, Fardin

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