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Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Springer · United States · Est. 1973

ISSN1432-0703
SJR Q1WOS SCIEScopus / 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.915
H-Indexi
157
SNIPi
0.897
Total Worksi
6,240
Total Citationsi
227,941
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.98
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Publishes full-length, peer-reviewed scientific articles describing new discoveries related to contamination of air, water, soil and biota Reports on environmental contaminants of emerging interest, as well as advances in our understanding of established or legacy contaminants Provides a multi-disciplinary forum for contributions from analytical chemistry, biochemistry, biology, ecology, environmental science and toxicology Provides ecosystem-level insight into the fate and effects of environmental contaminants Considers humans as part of the environment Regards climate as a factor influencing the transport, fate and effects of environmental contaminants Has no word or page limits for submissions Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (AECT) provides a forum for the publication of timely, detailed, and definitive scientific studies pertaining to the source, transport, fate and effects of environmental contaminants. Authors are encouraged to submit articles that place an emphasis on broad concepts related to the fate and effects of environmental contaminants that will be of interest to an international readership. Submissions that are limited to monitoring in a geographically small area, toxicity testing of chemicals that are well documented and regulated, removals of chemicals in wastewater or drinking water, dissipation studies in agricultural soils, or human occupational exposures and/or effects are unlikely to be considered. The journal will also consider submissions dealing with new analytical and toxicological techniques that advance our understanding of the source, transport, fate and effects of contaminants in the environment. AECT will also consider Topical Collections on subjects of broad interest.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1973
FrequencyEight No. A Year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications6,240
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1432-0703
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
109
2.6k
2019
92
2.4k
2020
117
3.7k
2021
68
660
2022
71
517
2023
62
279
2024
61
111
2025
44
15
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
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ2
PollutionQ2
ToxicologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesToxicology

Scopus Categories

ToxicologyMedicine (miscellaneous)PollutionHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Environmental Toxicology and EcotoxicologyToxic Organic Pollutants ImpactHeavy metals in environmentMercury impact and mitigation studiesHeavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsPesticide and Herbicide Environmental StudiesPesticide Exposure and ToxicityCarcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

Frequently asked questions about Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Is Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology: 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 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology?

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 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 1.98.

Is Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology?

Publishes full-length, peer-reviewed scientific articles describing new discoveries related to contamination of air, water, soil and biota Reports on environmental contaminants of emerging interest, as well as advances in our understanding of established or legacy contaminants Provides a multi-disciplinary forum for contributions from analytical chemistry, biochemistry, biology, ecology, environmental science and toxicology Provides ecosystem-level insight into the fate and effects of environmental contaminants Considers humans as part of the environment Regards climate as a factor influencing

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref