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Society and Natural Resources

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom

ISSN0894-1920eISSN1521-0723

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ 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?

358

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 324d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.668

H-Indexi

128

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.914

Total Worksi

3,065

Total Citationsi

96,096

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Development Studies; Environmental Studies; Regional & Urban Planning; Sociology; Sociology and Political Science; Development; Environmental Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency8 No. A Year, 1998-

StatusActive

Total Publications3,065

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0894-1920 / 1521-0723

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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

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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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

123

2019

1.5k

2020

1.1k

2021

937

2022

118

808

2023

177

2024

121

138

2025

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

DevelopmentQ2

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Development StudiesEnvironmental StudiesRegional & Urban PlanningSociology

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Sociology and Political ScienceDevelopment

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementForest Management and PolicyEconomic and Environmental ValuationEnvironmental Education and SustainabilitySustainability and Climate Change Governance

Frequently asked questions about Society and Natural Resources

Is Society and Natural Resources a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Society and Natural Resources: 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 Society and Natural Resources?

Society and Natural Resources 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 1.13.

Is Society and Natural Resources indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Society and Natural Resources is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Society and Natural Resources?