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Environmental Science and Technology

American Chemical Society · United States · Est. 1889

ISSN1520-5851

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

3.776

H-Indexi

581

SNIPi

2.126

Total Worksi

69,600

Total Citationsi

4,142,623

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences; Chemistry (miscellaneous); Environmental Chemistry; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1889

FrequencySemimonthly, 1998-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications69,600

Publisher OrgAmerican Chemical Society

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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?

American Chemical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1520-5851

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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

1.6k

140k

2019

1.7k

136k

2020

1.7k

113k

2021

1.8k

93k

2022

2.2k

80k

2023

2.2k

48k

2024

2.6k

25k

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.

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q1

Environmental ChemistryQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, EnvironmentalEnvironmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)Chemistry (miscellaneous)Environmental Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAir Quality and Health ImpactsHistory and advancements in chemistryChemistry and Chemical EngineeringWater Quality Monitoring and AnalysisHeavy metals in environmentPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsMercury impact and mitigation studiesWater Treatment and Disinfection

Frequently asked questions about Environmental Science and Technology

Is Environmental Science and Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environmental Science and Technology: 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 Environmental Science and Technology?

Environmental Science and Technology 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 8.75.

Is Environmental Science and Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environmental Science and Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Environmental Science and Technology?