The journal “ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND NATURAL RESOURCES” is prepared and published by the Institute of Environmental Protection – National Research Institute (IOŚ-PIB) in Warsaw. It publishes original and review scientific papers in the broadly understood field of environmental protection. Interdisciplinary works, developed by specialists from various fields, present the interrelationships between reactions and processes occurring in the environment, both natural and human-induced. These works also address socio-economic and technical issues and problems occurring within the European Union, as well as at regional, national, and local levels, in the context of sustainable development.
Dear Sir or Madam!
We cordially invite you to publish scientific articles in the journal Environmental Protection and Natural Resources (ISSN 2353-8589).
Publication in the journal is subject to a fee paid by the authors. The total cost of publishing an article is: PLN 2,940 + 23% VAT (PLN 3,616.20).
The journal is a quarterly; articles are published in English and made available online in an Open Access model on the De Gruyter Open platform. Our journal is indexed and abstracted in numerous databases, including Scopus, Web of Science, Index Copernicus, DOAJ, EBSCO, POL-index, Google Scholar, Agricola, and others.
At the beginning of this year, the Announcement of the Minister of Science of 5 January 2024 regarding the list of scientific journals and reviewed materials from international conferences along with a new journal ranking, was published.
The IOŚ-PIB journal Environmental Protection and Natural Resources/Ochrona Środowiska i Zasobów Naturalnych was included on this list with a score of 40 points.
Continuous development, maintaining a high scientific standard, and consequently increasing the score and obtaining an Impact Factor are our main goals, which can be achieved through cooperation with you.
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PUBLICATIONS
Volume 37 (2026): Issue 1 (Mar 2026)
- Community knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards plastic pollution in Pujada Bay, Philippines: Relevance for UNESCO world heritage site nomination – Ricksterlie C. Verzosa, Maria Angela A. Tagalog, Jayson M. Baudon, Jhonnel P. Villegas and Emily S. Antonio
- Ex situ plant conservation under international and national legislation in Poland – Paulina Leszczewska and Anna Rucińska
- Potential to use out-of-date food waste, including animal waste, to produce substrates for biogas plants — a comprehensive system – Dominik Zbigniew Wojewódka
ARCHIVAL ARTICLES
ACTIVITY FUNDED BY THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION (MNiSW)
By decision of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW) dated 1 April 2019, the journal “ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND NATURAL RESOURCES” was qualified for funding under the programme “Support for Scientific Journals.” The funding covered the years 2019–2020.
“Implementation of an electronic editorial system for the journal and publication of articles in the Open Access model through the provision of publishing, marketing, distribution, and consulting services for the scientific journal „Ochrona Środowiska i Zasobów Naturalnych/Environmental Protection and Natural Resources” – the task was financed under agreement no. 904/P-DUN/2019 from the funds of the Minister of Science and Higher Education allocated for the dissemination of science.
Funding has been completed.