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Chemosphere

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0045-6535

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.648

H-Indexi

375

SNIPi

1.544

Total Worksi

51,086

Total Citationsi

2,343,863

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry (miscellaneous); Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Engineering; Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pollution; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 2,343 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications51,086

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0045-6535

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2.9k

158k

2019

3.6k

179k

2020

3.8k

181k

2021

3.9k

139k

2022

3.4k

78k

2023

2.9k

36k

2024

761

3.6k

2025

241

118

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q1

Environmental ChemistryQ1

Environmental EngineeringQ1

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

PollutionQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Environmental EngineeringPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Chemistry (miscellaneous)PollutionEnvironmental ChemistryHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsEnvironmental Toxicology and EcotoxicologyHeavy metals in environmentEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals

Frequently asked questions about Chemosphere

Is Chemosphere a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Chemosphere: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Chemosphere?

Chemosphere is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 1.648.

Is Chemosphere indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Chemosphere is indexed in Scopus.