Carbon Footprints

Carbon Footprints (CF) is an international, gold open-access journal committed to advancing quantitative and qualitative understanding of: Greenhouse-gas and air-pollutant emissions (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O, particulate matter, etc.); Low-carbon energy transitions and related technologies; Interactions between carbon, energy use, air pollutants, and socio-environmental systems. The journal illuminates the patterns, drivers, and mitigation pathways of carbon and pollutant footprints across natural, urban, industrial, and economic systems.

Editor-in-Chief

Yong GENG

Chair Professor of SJTU

Dean of China-UK Low Carbon College

Ownership

The journal is owned by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and published by OAE Publishing Inc.

Indexed in

Scopus

Publishing Model

Gold open access. All articles published by CF are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately from the date of publication. For further information, please refer to Open Access.

Latest articles

https://www.oaepublish.com/cf/articles

Aims & Scope

Contributions should elucidate fundamental processes or demonstrate applied innovations with broad relevance beyond case studies. The journal is structured around four core sectors:

1. Ecosystem Footprints 

• Land-use change effects on greenhouse gases and pollutants
• AFOLU (Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Use) as sources and sinks
• Coastal and marine carbon sequestration and ecosystem services
• Water-resource management under carbon-neutral targets

2. Urban Systems 

• Urban carbon and pollutant accounting using big data and AI
• Mobility and transport emissions
• Built environment design for low-carbon resilience
• Waste- and food-system footprints in cities

3. Industrial Systems 

• Life-cycle and process-level carbon accounting in manufacturing
• Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies
• Low-carbon process innovation across industrial chains
• Circular-economy and recycling-industry footprints

4. Environmental & Resource Economics 

• Economic evaluation of carbon mitigation, energy conservation, and pollution control
• Policy assessment: carbon pricing, subsidies, regulations
• Interdisciplinary analyses in energy, transport, health, agriculture economics