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Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Springer · United States · Est. 1973

ISSN1432-0703

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

159

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 146d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.915

H-Indexi

157

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

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

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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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?

1432-0703

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

✅

Peer review process documented?

double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

2.4k

2020

117

3.6k

2021

638

2022

492

2023

255

2024

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.

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. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. 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.