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Ecological Engineering

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0925-8574eISSN1872-6992

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

1.198

H-Indexi

193

SNIPi

1.283

Total Worksi

7,525

Total Citationsi

333,237

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Engineering; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Nature and Landscape Conservation.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyEight No. A Year, <Mar. 1997->

StatusActive

Total Publications7,525

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0925-8574 / 1872-6992

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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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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

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

310

9.5k

2019

318

8.2k

2020

287

6.5k

2021

282

5.8k

2022

211

2.6k

2023

248

1.9k

2024

301

2025

200

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.

Environmental EngineeringQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologyEngineering, EnvironmentalEnvironmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Nature and Landscape ConservationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEnvironmental Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater TreatmentCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamicsPeatlands and Wetlands EcologySoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal

Frequently asked questions about Ecological Engineering

Is Ecological Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ecological Engineering: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Ecological Engineering?

Ecological Engineering 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 3.25.

Is Ecological Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ecological Engineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Ecological Engineering?