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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 1800

ISSN1661-7827

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2023-05-30). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.927

H-Indexi

310

SNIPi

1.219

Total Worksi

66,394

Total Citationsi

1,719,502

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Pollution.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1800

Annual Volume~ 3,355 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications66,394

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1661-7827

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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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?

N/A

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

5.4k

201k

2019

9.6k

376k

2020

14k

349k

2021

17k

303k

2022

6.5k

88k

2023

1.7k

11k

2024

1.9k

5.1k

2025

1.1k

282

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.

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ2

PollutionQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPollutionHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

COVID-19 and Mental HealthObesity, Physical Activity, DietAir Quality and Health ImpactsHealth disparities and outcomesPhysical Activity and HealthClimate Change and Health ImpactsUrban Green Space and HealthUrban Transport and AccessibilitySmoking Behavior and CessationCOVID-19 epidemiological studies

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Is International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health a predatory journal?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2023-05-30). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.927.

Is International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health?