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Environmental Research

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1804

ISSN1096-0953

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.836

H-Indexi

250

SNIPi

1.561

Total Worksi

22,643

Total Citationsi

767,890

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.73

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

167

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Environmental Research is a multi-disciplinary journal publishing high quality and novel information about issues of global relevance and demonstrating applicability in a wide range of real-world environmental contexts.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1804

FrequencyNine No. A Year, 2000-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications22,643

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1096-0953

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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

789

42k

2019

1.5k

75k

2020

1.8k

89k

2021

2.3k

81k

2022

2.6k

68k

2023

2.4k

37k

2024

2.6k

16k

2025

1.7k

1.1k

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.

BiochemistryQ1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Air Quality and Health ImpactsHeavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityToxic Organic Pollutants ImpactEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsClimate Change and Health ImpactsHeavy metals in environmentMercury impact and mitigation studiesAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCarcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

Frequently asked questions about Environmental Research

Is Environmental Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environmental Research: 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 Environmental Research?

Environmental Research 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 6.73.

Is Environmental Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environmental Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.