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Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Springer · Germany

ISSN0944-1344

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

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 ↗

📊 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

0.909

H-Indexi

259

SNIPi

1.084

Total Worksi

48,522

Total Citationsi

1,311,479

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

253

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Environmental Science and Pollution Research (ESPR) serves the international community in all areas of Environmental Science and related subjects with emphasis on chemical and environmental stressors. Covers all areas of Environmental Science and related subjects. Publishes on the natural sciences, but also includes the impacts of legislation and regulation on pollution control. Safeguards international and interdisciplinary character through a global network of editorial board members. Official publication of the EuCheMS Division of Chemistry and the Environment.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly, <July 2006->

StatusActive

Total Publications48,522

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0944-1344

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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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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

3.4k

130k

2019

4.3k

156k

2020

5.9k

184k

2021

7.2k

166k

2022

6.6k

92k

2023

4.1k

34k

2024

1.5k

5.2k

2025

833

353

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Environmental ChemistryQ2

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ2

PollutionQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Environmental ChemistryPollutionHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthHeavy metals in environmentAir Quality and Health ImpactsPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsToxic Organic Pollutants Impact

Frequently asked questions about Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Is Environmental Science and Pollution Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environmental Science and Pollution Research: it is indexed in 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 Environmental Science and Pollution Research?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.909.

Is Environmental Science and Pollution Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research is indexed in Scopus.