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Best Waste Management and Disposal journals

147 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Waste Management and Disposal. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 38 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 35.7 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Energy and Environmental Materials 26.6 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Resources, Conservation and Recycling 23.6 98th Q1 SCIE No
4 Biofuel Research Journal 23.5 97th Q1 ESCI Yes
5 Cleaner Materials 23.4 96th Q1 ESCI Yes
6 Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology 23.4 96th Q1 SCIE No
7 Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 21.7 95th Q1 SCIE No
8 Water Research 21.6 95th Q1 SCIE No
9 Journal of Hazardous Materials 20.8 94th Q1 SCIE No
10 Bioresource Technology 20.7 93th Q1 SCIE No
11 Science of the Total Environment 18.8 93th Q1 No
12 Circular Economy 17.5 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
13 Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring and Management 16.7 91th Q1 No
14 npj Clean Water 16.6 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
15 Journal of CO2 Utilization 16.1 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
16 Current Pollution Reports 15.2 89th Q1 SCIE No
17 Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters 15 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
18 Resources, Conservation and Recycling Advances 14.7 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
19 Environmental Science and Technology Letters 14.2 87th Q1 SCIE No
20 Waste Management 14 87th Q1 SCIE No
21 Journal of Environmental Management 13.9 86th Q1 SCIE No
22 Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 12.8 85th Q1 ESCI Yes
23 Sustainable Materials and Technologies 12.4 85th Q1 SCIE No
24 Waste Management and Research 11.1 84th Q1 SCIE No
25 Water Security 11 83th Q1 ESCI No
26 Water-Energy Nexus 11 83th Q1 Yes
27 Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research 10.9 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
28 Sustainable Environment Research 10.9 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
29 Environmental Challenges 10.8 81th Q1 Yes
30 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 10.2 80th Q1 SCIE No
31 Journal of Water Process Engineering 9.6 79th Q1 SCIE No
32 Bioresource Technology Reports 9.3 79th Q1 ESCI No
33 GCB Bioenergy 9 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
34 Biomass and Bioenergy 8.9 77th Q1 SCIE No
35 Waste Management Bulletin 8.6 77th Q1 ESCI Yes
36 Water Emerging Contaminants and Nanoplastics 8.4 76th Q1 No
37 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 8.3 75th Q1 SCIE No
38 Journal of Remanufacturing 8 75th Q1 No
39 Recycling 7.5 74th Q2 ESCI Yes
40 Water Research X 7.5 73th Q2 SCIE Yes
41 Waste Disposal and Sustainable Energy 7.4 73th Q2 ESCI No
42 GeoHealth 7.3 72th Q2 SCIE Yes
43 Atmospheric Pollution Research 7.3 71th Q2 SCIE No
44 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering 7 71th Q2 SCIE No
45 International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 7 70th Q2 SCIE No
46 Biomass (Switzerland) 6.7 69th Q2 ESCI Yes
47 Emergent Materials 6.7 69th Q2 ESCI No
48 Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 6.6 68th Q2 SCIE No
49 Environmental Technology Reviews 6.6 67th Q2 No
50 Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials 6.6 67th Q2 SCIE No
51 Environmental Geotechnics 6.4 66th Q2 SCIE No
52 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management 6.4 65th Q2 SCIE No
53 Progress in Nuclear Energy 6.4 65th Q2 SCIE No
54 Waste and Biomass Valorization 6.2 64th Q2 SCIE No
55 Biofuels 6.2 63th Q2 SCIE No
56 Cleaner Waste Systems 6.1 63th Q2 ESCI Yes
57 Hydrology 6 62th Q2 ESCI Yes
58 Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management 5.8 61th Q2 ESCI Yes
59 Advances in Bioenergy 5.6 61th Q2 No
60 Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability 5.5 60th Q2 ESCI No
61 Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 5.4 59th Q2 ESCI No
62 Environmental Technology (United Kingdom) 5.3 59th Q2 SCIE No
63 Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association 5.1 58th Q2 SCIE No
64 Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy 4.8 57th Q2 SCIE No
65 Remediation 4.8 57th Q2 ESCI No
66 Journal of Water and Health 4.8 56th Q2 SCIE Yes
67 Water Resources Protection 4.8 55th Q2 No
68 World Journal of Environmental Biosciences 4.7 55th Q2 No
69 Journal of Environmental Quality 4.5 54th Q2 SCIE No
70 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 4.4 53th Q2 SCIE No
71 Environmental Forensics 4 53th Q2 SCIE No
72 Environmental Engineering Science 3.9 52th Q2 SCIE No
73 Environmental Quality Management 3.8 51th Q2 ESCI No
74 Journal of Energy Engineering 3.8 51th Q2 SCIE No
75 Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection 3.8 50th Q2 No
76 Anthropocene Coasts 3.7 50th Q2 ESCI No
77 Water Conservation Science and Engineering 3.7 49th Q3 ESCI No
78 Urban Science 3.7 48th Q3 ESCI Yes
79 Nuclear Engineering and Design 3.6 48th Q3 SCIE No
80 International Journal of Environmental Studies 3.3 47th Q3 No
81 Water Conservation and Management 3.2 46th Q3 No
82 Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 3.1 46th Q3 SCIE Yes
83 Radioprotection 3.1 45th Q3 SCIE No
84 BioResources 3.1 44th Q3 SCIE Yes
85 Journal of Radiological Protection 3.1 44th Q3 SCIE No
86 Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering 2.9 43th Q3 SCIE No
87 ACS Sustainable Resource Management 2.8 42th Q3 No
88 Discover Environment 2.8 41th Q3 ESCI Yes
89 Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Waste and Resource Management 2.8 41th Q3 ESCI No
90 Journal of Marine Environmental Engineering 2.8 40th Q3 No
91 Environment and Natural Resources Journal 2.7 40th Q3 Yes
92 Journal of Environmental Engineering Technology 2.7 39th Q3 No
93 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 2.6 38th Q3 SCIE Yes
94 CONSTRUCTION 2.5 38th Q3 No
95 Acta Technologica Agriculturae 2.5 37th Q3 ESCI Yes
96 Water SA 2.4 36th Q3 SCIE Yes
97 Worldwide Waste 2.4 36th Q3 Yes
98 Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing and Chemistry 2.4 35th Q3 No
99 Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes 2.4 34th Q3 No
100 Environmental Research, Engineering and Management 2.4 34th Q3 No

Rank and percentile are within the Waste Management and Disposal Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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