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Environmental Forensics

Taylor & Francis Group LLC · United States · Est. 1964

ISSN1527-5930

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.385

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.643

Total Worksi

1,217

Total Citationsi

17,690

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.86

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Environmental Forensics is an international, peer-reviewed publication offering scientific studies that explore the source, fate, transport, and human health and ecological effects of environmental contamination. The journal covers chemical characterization and biological influence related to contamination.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1964

Annual Volume~ 38 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,217

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Taylor & Francis Group LLC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1527-5930

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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

668

2019

1.1k

2020

568

2021

156

2022

127

2023

174

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.

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ3

Waste Management and DisposalQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and DisposalManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Heavy metals in environmentToxic Organic Pollutants ImpactAir Quality and Health ImpactsGroundwater flow and contamination studiesGeochemistry and Geologic MappingGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistryRadioactivity and Radon MeasurementsMicrobial bioremediation and biosurfactantsWater Quality and Pollution AssessmentAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Frequently asked questions about Environmental Forensics

Is Environmental Forensics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environmental Forensics: 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 Forensics?

Environmental Forensics 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 1.86.

Is Environmental Forensics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environmental Forensics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.