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Carbon Balance and Management

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1984

ISSN1750-0680eISSN1750-0680

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

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

238

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 220d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.607

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.628

Total Worksi

531

Total Citationsi

15,328

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Global and Planetary Change; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

Annual Volume~ 52 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications531

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2005

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~14 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

British Library; Koninklijke BibliotheekCLOCKSSLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1750-0680 / 1750-0680

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

British Library; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

892

2019

1.1k

2020

990

2021

364

2022

618

2023

417

2024

258

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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Global and Planetary ChangeQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGlobal and Planetary Change

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Forest ecology and managementForest Management and PolicyRemote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityRemote Sensing in AgricultureConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsFire effects on ecosystemsEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth

Frequently asked questions about Carbon Balance and Management

Is Carbon Balance and Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Carbon Balance and Management: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Carbon Balance and Management?

Carbon Balance and Management 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 2.79.

Is Carbon Balance and Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Carbon Balance and Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Carbon Balance and Management?