Noise Mapping
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Editor-in-Chief:
Francesco Asdrubali
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Managing Editor:
Zofia Wójciak
About this journal
The goal of the journal is to be the first and main publishing option for authors writing on noise mapping and related topics, and a hub integrating the relevant research community in the field of environmental noise and soundscape studies. Potential readers are scientists, practitioners and public bodies representatives (for example environmental protection agencies) carrying out research and/or interested in environmental noise mapping, planning and control issues.
Aims and Scope
The journal aims to promote and disseminate knowledge on noise mapping through the publication of high quality peer-reviewed papers focusing on the following aspects:
- noise mapping and noise action plans: case studies;
- models and algorithms for source characterization and outdoor sound propagation: proposals, applications, comparisons, round robin tests;
- local, national and international policies and good practices for noise mapping, planning, management and control;
- evaluation of noise mitigation actions;
- evaluation of environmental noise exposure;
- actions and communications to increase public awareness of environmental noise issues;
- outdoor soundscape studies and mapping;
- classification, evaluation and preservation of quiet areas.
Papers concerning noise mapping of emissions from the following sources are welcome for publication:
- roads;
- railways;
- airports and aircrafts;
- harbours and ships;
- industrial plants;
- leisure and night-life activities;
- urban areas;
- natural sound sources.
Your Benefits
Why submit
As an Author of Noise Mapping, You benefit from
- fair and constructive peer review
- quick online publication of accepted papers (continuous publication model)
- language correction services upon acceptance for authors from non-English speaking regions
- no limitations on colour figures and word count in published articles
- all articles are freely available to the academic community worldwide without any restrictions
- promotion of published papers to readers and citers
- distribution to open access directories (such as DOAJ) and thousands of libraries worldwide
- liberal policies on copyrights (authors retain copyright) and on self-archiving (no embargo periods)
- secure archiving by De Gruyter and the independent archiving service Portico
Article Processing Charges
In order to sustain the publishing process, each article accepted for publication in Noise Mapping is subject to an Article Processing Charge of €1050. This fee is used to cover the costs of manuscript processing, professional typesetting and copyediting, as well as online hosting, long-term preservation, and extensive promotion to potential readers. There is no submission fee. Information regarding payment of the charge will be provided following acceptance for publication. For more information please go to Article Processing Charges.
Publication Ethics and Editorial Policies
Detailed information on Editorial Policy, Publication Ethics, Instructions for Authors etc. can be found in the Supplementary Materials section.
For more information on De Gruyter Publishing Ethics, please see the De Gruyter Guidelines online here.
Call for papers for the Special Issue:
Strategic noise mapping in the CNOSSOS-EU era
Guest Editors:
César Asensio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, ETSI Sistemas de Telecomunicación (c.asensio@upm.es)
Gaetano Licitra, ARPAT, Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany Region (g.licitra@arpat.toscana.it)
Deadline: December 2025
Noise Mapping and Soundscapes in Emerging Countries
Guest Editors:
Tallal Abdel Karim Bouzir, Biskra University, Algeria (tallalabdelkarim.bouzir@univ-biskra.dz)
Djihed Berkouk , Dar Al-Hekma University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (dberkouk@dah.edu.sa)
Manish Manohare, University of Galway, Ireland (manishmanohare@gmail.com)
Deadline: Q4 of 2025
Call for Papers
Supplementary Materials
Journal Impact Factor | 2.4 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) |
5-year Journal Impact Factor | 2.1 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) |
Journal Citation Indicator | 0.69 | 2024, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2025) |
CiteScore | 5.8 | 2024, Scopus (Elsevier B.V., 2025) |
SCImago Journal Rank | 0.559 | 2024, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2025; Data Source: Scopus) |
Source Normalized Impact per Paper | 0.988 | 2024, CWTS Journal Indicators (CWTS B.V., 2025; Data Source: Scopus) |
MANUSCRIPTS
Noise Mapping encourages the submission of both substantial full-length bodies of work and shorter manuscripts that report novel findings. There are no specific length restrictions for the overall manuscript or individual sections; however, we urge the authors to present and discuss their findings in a concise and accessible manner.
All submissions must be made via online submission system Editorial Manager. In case of problems, please contact the Managing Editor of this journal (zofia.wojciak@degruyterbrill.com).
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscripts have to be written in LATEX, AMS-TEX, AMS-LATEX. We do not accept papers in Plain TEX format. For an initial submission, the authors are strongly advised to upload their entire manuscript, including tables and figures, as a single PDF file. Authors are strongly advised to submit the final version of the paper using the journal’s LaTex Template.
For detailed information, please see Instruction for Authors
EDITORIAL POLICY
Unpublished material: Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described is not copyrighted, published or submitted elsewhere, except in abstract form. The corresponding author should ensure that all authors approve the manuscript before its submission.
Ethical conduct of research: The authors must describe and confirm safeguards to meet ethical standards when applicable. See Editorial Policy for details.
Conflict of interest: When authors submit a manuscript, they are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial and/or other conflicts of interest that might bias their work and/or could inappropriately influence his/her judgment. If no specified acknowledgement is given, the Editors assume that no conflict of interest exists. Authors are encouraged to fill in the ICMJE Conflicts of Interest Form (available here) and send it in the electronic format to the Managing Editor.
Copyright: All authors retain copyright, unless – due to their local circumstances – their work is not copyrighted. The copyrights are governed by the Creative-Commons Attribution Only license (CC-BY) which is compliant with Plan-S. The corresponding author grants the journal the license to use of the article, by signing the License To Publish. Scanned copy of license should be sent to the journal, as soon as possible.
Authorship: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be named in an Acknowledgement section. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication. For more details the role of authors please see: https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/for-authors/for-journal-authors/role-of-authors
Peer Review process: Our standard policy requires each paper reporting primary research or secondary analysis of primary research, together with relevant supplementary materials, to be reviewed by at least two Referees and the peer-review process is single-blind. The Editors reserve the right to decline the submitted manuscript without review, if the studies reported are not sufficiently novel or important to merit publication in the journal. Manuscripts deemed unsuitable (insufficient originality or of limited interest to the target audience) are returned to the author(s) without review. The Editor seeks advice from experts in the appropriate field. Research articles and communications are refereed by a minimum of two reviewers, review papers by at least three. Authors are requested to suggest persons competent to review their manuscript. However, please note that this will be treated only as a suggestion, and the final selection of reviewers is exclusively the Editor's decision. The final decision of acceptance in made by Managing Editor or, in case of conflict, by the Editor-in-Chief.
Scientific Misconduct: This journal publishes only original manuscripts that are not also published or going to be published elsewhere. Multiple submissions/publications, or redundant publications (re-packaging in different words of data already published by the same authors) will be rejected. If they are detected only after publication, the journal reserves the right to publish a Retraction Note. In each particular case Editors will follow COPE’s Core Practices and implement the advices.
Francesco Asdrubali, Perugia Foreigners’ University, Italy
francesco.asdrubali@unistrapg.it
Managing Editor
Zofia Wójciak
zofia.wojciak@degruyterbrill.com
Editorial Contact
Kumaran Rengaswamy
Assistant Managing Editor, Compuscript
AssistantManagingEditor@degruyter.com
Editorial Advisory Board
Aletta Francesco, University College London, United Kingdom
Asensio César, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Can Arnaud, Gustave Eiffel University, France
D'Alessandro Francesco, iPOOL srl, Italy
Dokmeci Yorukoglu Papatya Nur, Cankaya University, Turkiye
Kang Jian, University College London, United Kingdom
Licitra Gaetano, Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany Region, Italy AND Institute for Chemical and Physical Processes - National Council of Research of Italy, Italy
Maffei Luigi, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy
Makarewicz Rufin, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Margaritis Efstathios, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Tong Huan, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Sakamoto Shinichi, University of Tokyo, Japan
Schiavoni Samuele, iPOOL srl, Italy
Suárez Enrique, Austral University of Chile, Chile
Vogiatzis Konstantinos, University of Thessaly, Greece
Wunderli Jean Marc, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland
Zannin Paulo Henrique Trombetta, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
Publisher
De Gruyter Brill
ul. Nowogrodzka 4/3,
00-513 Warsaw, Poland
T: +48 22 245 33 55
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Supplementary Materials
- Article Processing Charges
- Authors Statements
- CFP Strategic noise mapping in the CNOSSOS EU era
- CfP Noise Mapping and Soundscapes in Emerging Countries
- Data Sharing Policy
- Editorial Policy
- Guidelines for Reviewers
- Instructions for Authors
- Latex_Template
- Open Access License to Publish
- Privacy Statement
- Publication Ethics Statement