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Chemosphere

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0045-6535

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total84

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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 ↗

SJR Scorei

1.648

H-Indexi

375

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

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~ 2,340 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications51,086

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

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

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

156k

2019

3.6k

176k

2020

3.8k

177k

2021

3.9k

134k

2022

3.4k

74k

2023

2.9k

33k

2024

760

2025

185

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. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. 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.