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Journal of Industrial Ecology

Wiley-Blackwell · United States

ISSN1088-1980eISSN1530-9290

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.741

H-Indexi

172

SNIPi

1.639

Total Worksi

3,159

Total Citationsi

143,499

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Economics and Econometrics; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly, 2008-

StatusActive

Total Publications3,159

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1088-1980 / 1530-9290

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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

104

4.4k

2019

123

5.8k

2020

135

5.6k

2021

149

3.5k

2022

103

2023

170

1.8k

2024

156

717

2025

163

416

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.

Economics and EconometricsQ1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, EnvironmentalEnvironmental SciencesGreen & Sustainable Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Economics and Econometrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Environmental Impact and SustainabilitySustainable Industrial EcologySustainable Supply Chain ManagementRecycling and Waste Management TechniquesExtraction and Separation Processes

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Industrial Ecology

Is Journal of Industrial Ecology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Industrial Ecology: 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 Journal of Industrial Ecology?

Journal of Industrial Ecology 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 5.41.

Is Journal of Industrial Ecology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Industrial Ecology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.