ISSN 2083-4772
eISSN 2083-4810

Archives of Environmental Protection is the oldest Polish scientific journal of international scope that publishes articles on engineering and environmental protection. The quarterly has been published by the Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences since 1975. Full-text articles are also available on Electronic Library Polish Academy of Sciences.

The journal is indexed on the Journal Citation Report - JCR List (Clarivate Analytics) and has an Impact Factor:
2019:- 1.775;  IF 5-year (2015-2019): 1,782; 2018: 1,689; 2017: 1,120; 2016: 0,708; 2015: 0,919; 2014: 0,855; 2013: 0,901; 2012: 0,506; 2011: 0,444; 2010: 0,188; 2009: 0,286.

Other Journal Metrics (counted by Scopus):

CiteScore 2019:- 2.7; 2018: 2.2; 2017: 1, 6, 2016: 1.4;
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 2019: 0.500; 2018: 0,489; 2017: 0,371; 2016: 0,309;
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 2019: 0.957; 2018: 1,011; 2017: 0,737; 2016: 0,775.

The Journal accepts for publication only original research papers covering such topics as:

• Air quality, air pollution prevention and treatment;
• Wastewater treatment and utilization;
• Soil protection and remediation;
• Hydrology and water quality, water treatment;
• Waste management;
• Ecosystem restoration, toxicology and sustainability;
• Transformations and transport of organic pollutants in the environment;
• Transformations and transport of inorganic pollutants in the environment;
• Measurement techniques used in environmental engineering and monitoring;
•  Other topics directly related to environmental engineering and environment protection.

Adress: INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES in Zabrze M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 34 street 41-819 Zabrze, Poland Tel.: +48 32 271 64 81, fax: +48 32 271 74 70 e-mail:

The journal is indexed on the Journal Citation Report - JCR List (Clarivate Analytics) and has an Impact Factor: 2018: 1,689; IF 5-year (2014-2018): 1,394; 2017: 1,120; 2016: 0,708; 2015: 0,919; 2014: 0,855; 2013: 0,901; 2012: 0,506; 2011: 0,444; 2010: 0,188; 2009: 0,286.

Other Journal Metrics (counted by Scopus): CiteScore 2018: 1,71; 2017: 1,01; 2016: 0,77;
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 2018: 0,489; 2017: 0,371; 2016: 0,309;
Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 2018: 1,011; 2017: 0,737; 2016: 0,775.

Archives of Environmental is indexed and abstracted in following databases: AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library); AGRIS; Arianta; Baidu Scholar; BazTech; CABI (over 50 subsections); Celdes; Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) - CAplus; Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters) - Biological Abstracts; Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters) - BIOSIS Previews; Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters) - Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition; Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters) - Science Citation Index Expanded; CNKI Scholar (China National Knowledge Infrastructure); CNPIEC; DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals); EBSCO (relevant databases); EBSCO Discovery Service; Elsevier - Reaxys; Elsevier - SCOPUS; FSTA - Food Science & Technology Abstracts; GeoArchive; GeoRef; Google Scholar; Index Copernicus; Inspec; J-Gate; JournalTOCs KESLI-NDSL (Korean National Discovery for Science Leaders;) Microsoft Academic; Naviga (Softweco); Primo Central (ExLibris); ProQuest (relevant databases); ReadCube; ResearchGate; Sherpa/RoMEO; Summon (Serials Solutions/ProQuest); TDNet; TEMA Technik und Management; Ulrich's Periodicals Directory/ulrichsweb; WanFang Data; WorldCat (OCLC).

'Archives of Environmental Protection' - Issues

Instructions to authors

• Instructions to authors [DOWNLOAD]
• Copyright transfer [DOWNLOAD]
• Procedure for scientific papers published [DOWNLOAD]
• Referee evaluation form [DOWNLOAD]
• The reviewing procedure for papers [DOWNLOAD]
• The reviewing procedure for monographs [DOWNLOAD]

'Archives of Environmental Protection' - Editorial Board