Publications in journals

High quality CORFU 2022 papers will be published after evaluation in:

• a Special Issue of RENEWABLE ENERGY (ELSEVIER, Impact Factor: 8.001) with title: Biorefinery beyond the “Valley of Death”
• a Special Issue of ENERGY (ELSEVIER, Impact Factor: 7.147) with title: Waste to energy in the circular economy
• a Special Issue of WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION (SPRINGER, Impact Factor: 3.703) in collaboration with Prof. Ange Nzihou, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal,
• a Special Issue of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE and POLLUTION RESEARCH (Springer, Impact Factor: 4.223) with title: Sustainable waste management and circular economy,
• a Special Issue of BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY (Springer, Impact Factor: 4.987) with title: Sustainable management of organic solid waste
• a Special Issue of SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & PHARMACY (Elsevier, Impact Factor: 4.508) with title: Waste management and resource efficiency in the era of circular economy
• a Special Issue of BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL (Elsevier, Impact Factor: 3.978) (Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, M. Loizidou, Carol S. K. Lin)
• a Special Issue of BIOFUEL RESEARCH JOURNAL (VSI: “Bioprocesses and Biofuels”) (CiteScore: 9.3) (Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, M. Loizidou, A.S. Nizami, M. Rehan)

The best water related papers will be published in a Special Issue of DESALINATION & WATER TREATMENT (Taylor & Francis, Impact Factor: 0.854).

More journals will be announced in the next weeks.

The best THESSALONIKI 2021 papers will be published after evaluation in a Special Issue of BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY (ELSEVIER, Impact Factor: 9.642) (Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, M. Loizidou, M. Kumar-Awasthi, A.S. Nizami, P. Champagne). The title of the SI was: Food Waste: from an environmental problem to a valuable resource and the submission period will be from 1st July until 31st July 2021.

The best THESSALONIKI 2021 papers dealing with anaerobic Digestion will be published after evaluation in a Special Issue of CHEMOSPHERE (ELSEVIER, Impact Factor: 7.086). The title of the SI is: Recent Advancements in Anaerobic Digestion and the submission period will be from 1st September until 31st October 2021.

High quality THESSALONIKI 2021 papers will be published after evaluation in:

• a Special Issue of WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION (SPRINGER, Impact Factor: 3.703) in collaboration with Prof. Ange Nzihou, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal,
• a Special Issue of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE and POLLUTION RESEARCH with title: Effective waste management with emphasis on circular economy (Springer, Impact Factor: 4.223) (Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, M. Loizidou),
• a Special Issue of SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & PHARMACY with title: Waste management & circular economy (Elsevier, Impact Factor: 4.508) (Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, M. Loizidou)
• a Special Issue of BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY (Springer, Impact Factor: 4.987) (Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, M. Loizidou)

25 HERAKLION 2019 papers on recent developments in renewable and sustainable energy systems were published after evaluation is a Special Issue of RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS (ELSEVIER, Impact Factor: 12.110) (Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, M. Loizidou, A.-S. Nizami, M. Rehan, M. Tabatabaei).

The best HERAKLION 2019 papers on waste and biomass exploitation for multiple scopes will be published after evaluation is a Special Issue of RENEWABLE ENERGY (ELSEVIER, Impact Factor: 6.274) with title “INTEGRATED BIOREFINERY FOR THE PLANET’S FUTURE”.

The best HERAKLION 2019 papers on circular economy will be published after evaluation is a Special Issue of SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (ELSEVIER, Impact Factor: 6.551) with title “Circular economy and environment with emphasis on waste management & resource valorization” (Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, M. Loizidou, D. Bolzonella, A.-S. Nizami, D. Tsang)

The best HERAKLION 2019 papers are published after evaluation in a Special Issue of WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION (SPRINGER, Impact Factor: 2.851) (Guest Editors: M. Loizidou, K. Moustakas), a Special Issue ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE and POLLUTION RESEARCH (Springer, Impact Factor: 3.056) (Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, M. Loizidou) & in a Special Issue of BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY (Springer, Impact Factor: 2.602) (Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, M. Loizidou).

Τhe process has been completed for WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION & BIOMASS CONVERSION & BIOREFINERY. 30 papers were published in the HERAKLION 2019 Special Issue of WAVE that was published in October 2020 and the relevant WAVE Editorial is available here. 42 papers were published in the HERAKLION 2019 Special Issue of BCAB that was published in April 2021 and the relevant BCAB Editorial is available here. 47 papers have also been accepted for the Special Issue of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLLUTION RESEARCH.

The best energy papers of the HERAKLION 2019 Conference will be published after evaluation in a Special Issue of ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT (SAGE, Impact Factor: 0.568) (Guest Editors:. Konstantinos Moustakas, Maria Loizidou, Abdul-Sattar Nizami & Jingsan Xu)

16 water related papers were published in a Special Issue of DESALINATION & WATER TREATMENT (Impact Factor: 1.631).

The top quality energy papers of the NAXOS 2018 Conference were published in a Special Issue of APPLIED ENERGY (Elsevier, Impact Factor: 8.426) (Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, M. Loizidou, A.-S. Nizami & M. Naqvi) & a Special Issue of RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS (Elsevier, Impact Factor 10.556) (Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, M. Loizidou, A.-S. Nizami, M. Rehan). The process has been completed and 11 papers have been published in this Special Issue of Applied Energy and 19 papers in the Special Issue of RSER. The APPLIED ENERGY Editorial is available here, while the RSER Editorial is available here.

The high quality biotechnology papers of the NAXOS 2018 Conference are to published in a Special Issue of Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (Wiley, Impact Factor: 2.587). The process has been completed and 17 papers were included in the Special Issue. The relevant editorial is available here.

The best NAXOS 2018 papers are published after evaluation in a Special Issue of WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION (SPRINGER, Impact Factor: 2.358) (Guest Editors: M. Loizidou, K. Moustakas) & in a Special Issue of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE and POLLUTION RESEARCH (Springer, Impact Factor: 2.914) (Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, M. Loizidou). The process has been completed for both WAVE & ESPR. 20 were accepted for the NAXOS 2018 Special Issue of WAVE that was published in December 2019, while 31 papers were published for the NAXOS 2018 Special Issue of ESPR that was also published in December 2019. The relevant WAVE Editorial is available here, while the relevant ESPR Editorial is available here.

Selected papers were also published in WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (Impact Factor: 1.631) in collaboration with Dr. Costas Velis.

Selected high-quality papers on hazardous waste were published after review in the JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS (Elsevier, Impact Factor: 6.065).

Selected papers on energy from waste were published in a Special Issue of ENERGIES (Impact Factor: 2.262) (Guest Editors: M. Jeguirim, L. Limousy, K. Moustakas).

The best water related papers were published in a Special Issue of DESALINATION & WATER TREATMENT (Impact Factor: 1.631). The relevant Special Issue is available here.

The best ATHENS 2017 papers will be published after evaluation in a Special Issue of JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Elsevier, Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, P. Gikas, S. Malamis, Impact Factor: 4.010) in a Special Issue of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE and POLLUTION RESEARCH (Springer, Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, Μ. Loizidou, Impact Factor: 2.760), a Special Issue of WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION (SPRINGER, Impact Factor: 1.874) in collaboration with Prof. Ange Nzihou, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal & Prof. Maria Loizidou, Chair of the ATHENS 2017 Scientific Committee & Guest Editor of the Special Issue, WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (Impact Factor: 1.803) in collaboration with Dr. Costas Velis & INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (IJTEE) in collaboration with Prof Isam Janajreh.

The best water related papers were published in a Special Issue of DESALINATION & WATER TREATMENT (Impact Factor: 1.631) (http://www.deswater.com/vol.php?vol=112&oth=112|0|April%20|2018).

The Special Issues for WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION was published in December 2018 and is available here, while the Special Issue of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLLUTION RESEARCH with title “Sustainable Waste Management” was also published in December 2018 and is available here (the Editorial is available here). The Special Issue from the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (IJTEE) is available here, while selected papers have already been published in WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH.

A Special Issue of WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION (Guest Editor: M. Loizidou) was published in July 2017. A Special Issue of JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Elsevier, Impact Factor: 4.010) (Guest Editors: K. Moustakas, P. Gikas, S. Malamis, E. Ranieri) as also published in 2018 with the best papers of the CYPRUS 2016 4th International Conference on Sustainable Waste and Wastewater Management

The Special Issue of WASTE & BIOMASS VALORIZATION (Guest Editor: M. Loizidou) from the TINOS 2015 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management was published in August 2016. The Special Issue of JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Impact Factor: 4.010) (Guest Editors: P. Gikas, S. Malamis, K. Moustakas, D. Bolzonella) was published in 2017. Selected papers were also published in WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH.

The Special Issue of WASTE & BIOMASS VALORIZATION from the ATHENS 2014 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management was published in October 2015 and is available, while ATHENS2014 papers were also published in the May 2015 Issue of WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH.