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Recycling

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

SwitzerlandMaterials Science (miscellaneous) (Q1); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Q2); Waste Management and Disposal (Q2)ISSN-matched source record
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Q1Ranking
5.2Impact Factor (2025)
51H-index (SCImago 2025)
0.962SJR (2025)
2016-2026Coverage

About Recycling

Recycling is a scholarly journal published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.962 and H-index of 51.

Coverage: 2016-2026. Research categories: Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q1); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Q2); Waste Management and Disposal (Q2).

Verified field sources

  • Journal Impact Factor: 5.2 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from the publisher imprint.
  • Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from the publisher imprint.
  • Editor(s): Prof. Dr. Michele John (Editor-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Editor-in-Chief listed on the journal homepage.
  • Contact email: recycling@mdpi.com — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal editorial office email published by MDPI; manuscript files use the submission system.

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2024-04-10. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY
Peer-review processAnonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 1800 CHF
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightYes
Reported submission-to-publication time6 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2015 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)2313-4321
ISSN-L2313-4321
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Publisher country codeCH
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex1,037
Citations recorded in OpenAlex18,885
OpenAlex H-index62
Years represented in OpenAlex1979–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Recycling and Waste Management Techniques; Municipal Solid Waste Management; Extraction and Separation Processes; Microplastics and Plastic Pollution; Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance; Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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