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Ecosystems

Springer · United States · Est. 1983

ISSN1432-9840eISSN1435-0629

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.423

H-Indexi

205

SNIPi

1.147

Total Worksi

2,763

Total Citationsi

213,677

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Environmental Chemistry.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,763

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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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?

1432-9840 / 1435-0629

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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

170

4.6k

2019

145

3.3k

2020

140

3.1k

2021

1.4k

2022

655

2023

325

2024

222

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.

EcologyQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Environmental ChemistryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ecology

Scopus Categories

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcologyEnvironmental Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsPeatlands and Wetlands EcologySoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsFire effects on ecosystemsCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamicsFish Ecology and Management StudiesMarine and coastal ecosystemsGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Frequently asked questions about Ecosystems

Is Ecosystems a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ecosystems: 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 Ecosystems?

Ecosystems 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 2.22.

Is Ecosystems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ecosystems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Ecosystems?