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Soil and Sediment Contamination

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1998

ISSN1549-7887

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.462

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.584

Total Worksi

1,700

Total Citationsi

23,320

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal publishes research on assessing and mitigating contaminated soils and sediments. It explores topics including heavy metals, waste management, environmental engineering, sludge, petrochemicals, hydrocarbons, and pesticides, as well as their health effects, hazards, and regulatory/legal issues.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyBimonthly, <2002->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,700

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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 and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1549-7887

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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

1.8k

2019

2020

774

2021

511

2022

391

2023

107

443

2024

126

291

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.

Soil ScienceQ2

Environmental ChemistryQ3

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ3

PollutionQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Soil SciencePollutionEnvironmental ChemistryHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Heavy metals in environmentMicrobial bioremediation and biosurfactantsGeochemistry and Geologic MappingToxic Organic Pollutants ImpactRadioactivity and Radon MeasurementsPesticide and Herbicide Environmental StudiesElectrokinetic Soil Remediation TechniquesGroundwater flow and contamination studiesMine drainage and remediation techniquesChromium effects and bioremediation

Frequently asked questions about Soil and Sediment Contamination

Is Soil and Sediment Contamination a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Soil and Sediment Contamination: 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 Soil and Sediment Contamination?

Soil and Sediment Contamination 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 1.84.

Is Soil and Sediment Contamination indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Soil and Sediment Contamination is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.