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Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Elsevier GmbH · Germany · Est. 2002

ISSN1610-8167

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.012

H-Indexi

161

SNIPi

1.85

Total Worksi

3,950

Total Citationsi

159,466

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Studies; Forestry; Urban Studies; Ecology; Soil Science.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyThree No. Per Vol.

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,950

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1610-8167

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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

272

12k

2019

312

16k

2020

399

16k

2021

293

8.2k

2022

289

7.3k

2023

360

2024

505

2.2k

2025

327

138

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.

EcologyQ1

ForestryQ1

Soil ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesForestryUrban Studies

Scopus Categories

ForestrySoil ScienceEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Urban Green Space and HealthLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesUrban Heat Island MitigationUrban Agriculture and SustainabilityNoise Effects and ManagementEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesUrban Transport and AccessibilityPlace Attachment and Urban StudiesTree Root and Stability StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Is Urban Forestry and Urban Greening a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Urban Forestry and Urban Greening: 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 Urban Forestry and Urban Greening?

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 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 5.01.

Is Urban Forestry and Urban Greening indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening?