We are thrilled to announce that our esteemed academic journal, Circular Economy , has been officially included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) by Web of Science, a leading global provider of scientific and scholarly research information. All articles published by Circular Economy since its establishment in 2022 will be included in ESCI. And it will receive the first impact factor in 2026.
About Circular Economy
Circular Economy is a quarterly journal launched in September 2022. It serves as a sharing and communication platform for novel contributions and outcomes on innovative techniques, systematic analysis, and policy tools of global, regional, national, local, and industrial park's waste management system to improve the reduce, reuse, recycle, and disposal of waste in a sustainable way. It has published 4 volumes (13 issues), with a total of 84 papers. Authors come from 35 countries, including China, the United States, Australia, etc., and world’s top universities and research institutes, including University of California, Waseda University, University College London, Tsinghua University, etc.
In three years, Circular Economy is indexed by ESCI, Scopus, Ei Compendex, etc. The published papers have also attracted an overwhelming response (with a total citation of 1,546) and have been cited by 148 journals, including top journals in this field such as Journal of Cleaner Production , Resources Conservation and Recycling , Waste Management , etc., from 112 countries. Notably, a single article has garnered 246 citations— this work focused on e-waste recycling and was authored by research groups from Tsinghua University and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. To date, 37 articles published in the journal have achieved an average citation count exceeding 10. The CiteScore 2024, released in June 2025, is 10.0 and it ranks 27th (within the top 10%) in the Environmental Science (miscellaneous) category.
Why Publish with Us
High-quality peer-review and rapid publication
Widest possible global dissemination of your research
Indexed in ESCI, Scopus, Ei Compendex, etc.
High impact with CiteScore 2024 10.0
Journal Homepage
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/circular-economy
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https://www.sciopen.com/journal/2773-1685
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