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Natural Resources Research

Springer Netherlands · United States · Est. 1970

ISSN1520-7439eISSN1573-8981

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.062

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.338

Total Worksi

2,094

Total Citationsi

48,594

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

This journal publishes quantitative studies of natural (mainly but not limited to mineral) resources exploration, evaluation and exploitation, including environmental and risk-related aspects. Typical articles use geoscientific data or analyses to assess, test, or compare resource-related aspects. NRR covers a wide variety of resources including minerals, coal, hydrocarbon, geothermal, water, and vegetation. Case studies are welcome.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

Annual Volume~ 153 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,094

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1520-7439 / 1573-8981

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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

162

6.7k

2019

175

5.3k

2020

197

5.8k

2021

169

3.6k

2022

141

2.6k

2023

150

1.7k

2024

169

755

2025

146

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.

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geochemistry and Geologic MappingHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisCoal Properties and UtilizationMineral Processing and GrindingRock Mechanics and ModelingSoil Geostatistics and MappingHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisReservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsRemote-Sensing Image ClassificationGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods

Frequently asked questions about Natural Resources Research

Is Natural Resources Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Natural Resources Research: 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 Natural Resources Research?

Natural Resources Research 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 4.49.

Is Natural Resources Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Natural Resources Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.