Annual Report 2023

1.   Journal summary

Clean Technologies and Recycling is an international Open Access journal founded in 2021. It is devoted to publishing peer-reviewed, high-quality, original papers in the field of sustainable technologies, processes, and recycling to reduce resource consumption, minimize environmental emissions, and improve waste valorization. Together with the Editorial Office of Clean Technologies and Recycling, I wish to express my sincere gratitude to all the authors, editorial board members, and reviewers for their contribution to Clean Technologies and Recycling in 2023.

There were 39 papers submitted to our journal in 2023, and we carefully reviewed and published 20 papers. The average publication time (from submission to online publication) was 65 days, which is shorter than the typical lead time for academic publishing (90 days)¹. Many countries were represented by our authors. A total of 4 special issues were announced in 2023, which attracted scholars from different research fields. We welcomed two new editors in 2023, resulting in a total of 52 editorial board members at the time of writing (12/27/2023).

¹ https://learning.edanz.com/peer-review-how-long/

In the coming year 2024, we will strive to increase the quantity and quality of papers published in Clean Technologies and Recycling, shorten article processing time, and constantly invite distinguished scholars and researchers to join the editorial board. We welcome novel ideas, suggestions, and contributions from the broader community to establish special issues of great importance. Through these efforts, we will attract more relevant manuscripts, increase paper citations, and improve the journal ranking.

Please feel free to let us know your opinions. We look forward to working with you to improve Clean Technologies and Recycling.

2.   Editorial development

2.1.   Manuscripts statistics

Under processing paper: 5

Rejection rate: 41%

Publication time (from submission to online publication): 65 days

2.2.   Articles by country & region

2.3.   Article types

2.4.   Highlighted articles

Top 10 articles with the highest views, as of December 2023:

Top 5 articles with the highest citations, as of December 2023:

2.5.   Special issues

AI and Circular Economy 2.0

Special issue editor: Babu George

https://www.aimspress.com/ctr/article/6586/special-articles

Sustainable 3D printing and process optimization

Special issue editor: John Kechagias, Giampaolo Campana, Yue Wang

https://www.aimspress.com/ctr/article/6619/special-articles

Sustainable construction materials and structures

Special issue editor: Rui Hu, Biao Hu, Xiao-Yong Wang, Aiming Song, Yinghou He

https://www.aimspress.com/ctr/article/6643/special-articles

Critical Materials Recycling for Clean Energy Applications

Special issue editor: Yaocai Bai, Yi Ji, Hongyue Jin, Luis A. Diaz Aldana, Mengmeng Wang

https://www.aimspress.com/ctr/article/6507/special-articles

Solar Energy/Photovoltaic

Special issue editor: Cristina Ventura, Gabino Jiménez-Castillo

https://www.aimspress.com/ctr/article/6419/special-articles

2.6.   Topical section with the most papers

Plastic recycling

https://www.aimspress.com/ctr/article/6548/special-articles

2.7.   Editorial board members by country & region

Clean Technologies and Recycling has 52 members, including 2 new members who joined in 2023.

Acknowledgments

We appreciate the time and effort of all our editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, and in-house editorial team for providing excellent services in 2023. We would like to thank all the authors for choosing Clean Technologies and Recycling and contributing their important work. We hope all the readers enjoyed reading the journal and found value from it.