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Ecological Indicators

Elsevier · United Kingdom

ISSN1470-160XeISSN1872-7034

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.099

H-Indexi

222

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.738

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Decision Sciences (miscellaneous); Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 1,555 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

APC Cost$2,920Above median

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1470-160X / 1872-7034

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

$2,920

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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)?

DOAJ verified

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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

924

39k

2019

1.2k

55k

2020

1.2k

48k

2021

1.3k

42k

2022

1.6k

39k

2023

1.5k

23k

2024

1.5k

7.8k

2025

557

176

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.

Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

EcologyQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeFish Ecology and Management StudiesRemote Sensing in AgricultureConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecologyHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesUrban Green Space and HealthPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Ecological Indicators

Is Ecological Indicators a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ecological Indicators: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Ecological Indicators?

Ecological Indicators 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.

Is Ecological Indicators indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ecological Indicators is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Ecological Indicators?