About this journal
Aims and scope
The Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (J&AWMA) is one of the oldest continuously published, peer-reviewed, technical environmental journals in the world. First published in 1951 under the name Air Repair, J&AWMA is intended to serve those occupationally involved in air pollution control and waste management through the publication of timely and reliable information.
Vision
JA&WMA publishes a broad range of topics, consistent with the mission of the Air and Waste Management Association. JA&WMA publishes advances in science and technology that are relevant to making decisions for safeguarding human health and the environment with regards to air and waste management.
Mission
JA&WMA will be the leading technical communicator for applied and policy-relevant science and technology topics focused on protecting the environment and human health for air and waste management.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 967K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.1 (2023) Impact Factor
- 2.8 (2023) 5 year IF
- 5.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.801 (2023) SNIP
- 0.572 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 42 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 61 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 34 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 48% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
TECHNICAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Dr. Jeffrey L. Collett, Jr.Colorado State University, USA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Tarek AbichouFlorida State University, USA
Sandhya Babel
Thammasat University, Thailand
Nefeli Bompoti
Univeristy of Connecticut, USA
Jhumoor Biswas
Indian Institute of Social Welfare Business Management, Kolkata, India
Stephanie C. Bolyard
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, USA
Christian M. Carrico
New Mexico Tech, USA
David Carruthers
Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants, UK
Ellison Carter
Colorado State University
Jiannan Chen
University of Central Florida, USA
Sophia Ghanimeh
Notre Dame University, Lebanon
Zaher Hashisho
University of Alberta, Canada
Pierre Herckes
Arizona State University, USA
Hsing-Cheng Hsi
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Katsuya Kawamoto
Okayama University, Japan
Praveen Kolar
North Carolina State University, USA
Yanna Liang
University at Albany, SUNY, USA
Ashok Luhar
CSIRO, Australia
Valli Manickam
Administrative Staff College, India
Annette C. Rohr
Electric Power Research Institute, USA
Silvia Trini Castelli
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Italy
Michael E. Van Brunt
Covanta, USA
Paolo Viotti
University of Rome, Italy
Felix Vogel
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada
John T. Walker
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA
Chung-Shin Yuan
National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
Hua Zhang
Tonjie Univeristy, P.R.C.
Lin Zhang
Peking University, P.R.C.
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
Prakash Doraiswamy, ChairConsultant
Bret Schichtel, Vice Chair
U.S. National Park Service
EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD
Bret Schichtel, Chair
U.S. National Park Service
Shannon Capps, Vice Chair
Drexel University
Marina Astitha
University of Connecticut
Judith Chow
Desert Research Institute
Prakash Doraiswamy
Consultant
Jenny Hand
Colorado State University
R.K.M. Jayanty
Research Triangle Institute
Ashok Kumar
University of Toledo
Naresh Kumar
Electric Power Research Institute
David Ramirez
Texas A&M University, Kingsville
Heather A. Simon
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A&WMA HEADQUARTERS
Lisa BucherManaging Editor
Stephanie M. Glyptis
Executive Director, A&WMA
One Gateway Center, 3rd Floor
420 Fort Duquesne Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1435
1-412-232-3444, fax: 1-412-232-3450
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/Indexed in: Current Index to Statistics; CABI (listed in various services in CABI); IBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes - und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur; Intenationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes - und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur; EBSCOhost (listed in various services in ProQuest); Elsevier BV (BIOBASE, Compendex, EnCompassLit, Scopus); International Civil Engineering Abstracts; TEMA - Technology and Management; Gale (listed in various services in Gale); INIS Collection Search; PubMed; ArticleFirst; GeoRef; Personal Alert; ProQuest (listed in various services in ProQuest); The Engineering Index Monthly; Thomson Reuters (Current Contents, Science Citation Index, Web of Science); MEDLINE; VINITI Ran (Referativnyi Zhurnal); WasteInfo; World Ceramics Abstracts; WTI-Frankfurt eG
Open access
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
Association information
Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) is a leading nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for environmental professionals, dedicated to enhancing environmental knowledge and decision-making.
A&WMA members are academic and government researchers, professionals, and students working in the environmental science and related sectors. Become a member to participate in education programs, conferences, and volunteer opportunities.
A&WMA Member benefits include:
- Free access to the online version of the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association and a discount on all book publications by Taylor & Francis.
- A discount on the publishing fee for published papers, as well as a discount off the Open Access Article Processing Charge (APC) to publish as Open Access.
Visit the A&WMA publications page for members and subscribers.
To submit your paper to The Journal of the Air & Waste Management (JA&WMA), read the journal's Instruction for Authors.
To register as a peer reviewer, visit the journal’s submission site. For reviewer training opportunities, discover our Peer Reviewer Training Network.
12 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995 - current)
Formerly known as
- Air & Waste (1993 - 1994)
- Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1990 - 1992)
- JAPCA (1987 - 1989)
- Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association (1955 - 1986)
- Air Repair (1951 - 1955)
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association
Special Issue Pricing Structure and Coordinator Guidance
Special issues of the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (JA&WMA) provide a unique venue for grouping and publishing select papers from environmental conferences and research projects. They are a valuable resource to libraries and researchers around the world, presenting a one-stop collection of the most current thinking on important environmental topics.
For conference/project organizers and authors, JA&WMA special issues offer several advantages:
- Reputation. In print since 1951, JA&WMA is the oldest continuously published, peer-reviewed, environmental journal in the world. JA&WMA is widely recognized as one of the premier publications in the field of air pollution and waste management.
- Flexibility. The size of the printed journal can be scaled to accommodate the size of the conference/project and the number of manuscripts that pass JA&WMA’s rigorous peer-review process. Note: Basic pricing is based on issues of 136 pages.
- Guest Editorial. The conference chair, project leader, or whoever else is serving as the Special Issue Coordinator is given the opportunity to prepare a one-page introduction to a sponsored special issue, describing the manuscripts included and their importance to the understanding of the topic.
To view the various options for having an issue of JA&WMA dedicated to a specific topic or to papers from a particular conference, click JA&WMA Special Issues at www.awma.org/journal. All queries should be forwarded both to Technical Editor-in-Chief Dr. Jeffrey Collett ( [email protected]) and the A&WMA Publications Coordinator ( [email protected]).
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