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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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.607

H-Indexi

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

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

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1750-0680 / 1750-0680

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

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

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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

915

2019

1.1k

2020

2021

390

2022

670

2023

476

2024

348

2025

116

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. 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?