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Q1Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management
About Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management
Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management is a scholarly journal published by Springer. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.737 and H-index of 75.
Coverage: 2002-2003, 2005-2026. Research categories: Mechanics of Materials (Q1); Waste Management and Disposal (Q2).
Verified field sources
- Journal Impact Factor: 3.8 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
- Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
- Editor(s): Jai-Young Lee; Shin-ichi Sakai; Toshiaki Yoshioka (Editors-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal metric year and editorial leadership as listed on the Springer Nature journal homepage.
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Topics in published research
Recycling and Waste Management Techniques; Municipal Solid Waste Management; Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production; Concrete and Cement Materials Research; Extraction and Separation Processes; Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance.
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Reported open-access list prices
3,190.00 USD; 2,590.00 EUR; 2,290.00 GBP
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