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Air, Soil and Water Research

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 2008

ISSN1178-6221eISSN1178-6221

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.747

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.155

Total Worksi

355

Total Citationsi

5,233

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.96

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 33 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications355

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1178-6221 / 1178-6221

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

332

2019

1.3k

2020

905

2021

654

2022

338

2023

164

2024

101

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.

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil erosion and sediment transportHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesWater Quality and Pollution AssessmentAir Quality and Health ImpactsGroundwater and Watershed AnalysisSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsHeavy metals in environmentSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsAir Quality Monitoring and ForecastingAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal

Frequently asked questions about Air, Soil and Water Research

Is Air, Soil and Water Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Air, Soil and Water Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Air, Soil and Water Research?

Air, Soil and Water 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 1.96.

Is Air, Soil and Water Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Air, Soil and Water Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Air, Soil and Water Research?