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Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Springer Nature · Switzerland

ISSN0049-6979eISSN1573-2932

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total43

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.659

H-Index

183

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.705

Total Works

17,356

Total Citations

413,930

2yr Mean Citedness

2.83

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Aims & Scope

Water, Air, & Soil Pollution is an interdisciplinary journal publishing research on all aspects of pollution and solutions to pollution in the biosphere. Covers chemical, physical, and biological processes affecting flora, fauna, water, air, and soil. Accepts papers on methods used in the study of environmental pollutants and related disciplines. Welcome submissions in environmental and molecular toxicology applied to pollution research, biosensors, climate change, ecological implications of pollution and models. Publishes internationally relevant novel knowledge for more than 5 decades. Currently invites review papers on subject areas under the scope of this journal. Please contact the Editors-in-Chief with review proposal.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 986 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications17,356

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer ReviewSingle-blind peer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0049-6979 / 1573-2932

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2021

2022

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Ecological ModelingQ2

Environmental ChemistryQ2

Environmental EngineeringQ2

PollutionQ2

Water Science and TechnologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesMeteorology & Atmospheric SciencesWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyEcological ModelingEnvironmental EngineeringPollutionEnvironmental Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Heavy metals in environmentAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsMercury impact and mitigation studies