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Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Springer Nature · Switzerland

ISSN0049-6979eISSN1573-2932

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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?

224

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 170d

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.727

H-Indexi

183

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.705

Total Worksi

17,356

Total Citationsi

413,930

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.83

Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year, 2013-

StatusActive

Total Publications17,356

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Visit Journal Website

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

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

0049-6979 / 1573-2932

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

324

7.2k

2019

590

12k

2020

532

8.8k

2021

545

2022

813

8.9k

2023

852

5.7k

2024

1.3k

3.6k

2025

695

205

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.

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

Frequently asked questions about Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Is Water, Air, and Soil Pollution a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution?

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.83.

Is Water, Air, and Soil Pollution indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.