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Environmental Research Letters

Institute of Physics · United Kingdom · Est. 2006

ISSN1748-9326eISSN1748-9326

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.933

H-Indexi

257

SNIPi

1.634

Total Worksi

9,712

Total Citationsi

473,999

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Environmental Research Letters is an open access journal that publishes research and analysis on environmental science and policy. It covers a broad range of topics, including climate change, energy, biodiversity, pollution, and sustainable development. The journal aims to provide a platform for interdisciplinary research and to communicate scientific findings to a wide audience, including policymakers and the public.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

FrequencyUpdated Frequently

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,712

Publisher OrgIOP Publishing

OA Since2005

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Institute of Physics

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1748-9326 / 1748-9326

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

567

38k

2019

988

56k

2020

43k

2021

852

24k

2022

760

13k

2023

8.5k

2024

958

2025

615

190

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

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesMeteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate variability and modelsAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsClimate change and permafrostCryospheric studies and observationsPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsClimate Change Policy and EconomicsAir Quality and Health ImpactsClimate change impacts on agriculture

Frequently asked questions about Environmental Research Letters

Is Environmental Research Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environmental Research Letters: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Research Letters?

Environmental Research Letters 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 3.84.

Is Environmental Research Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environmental Research Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.