Home›Search›Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Springer · Japan · Est. 2005

ISSN1860-1871eISSN1860-188X

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.511

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.642

Total Worksi

744

Total Citationsi

10,952

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Landscape and Ecological Engineering is a hybrid journal with the aim of protecting and improving the environment in the face of biodiversity loss, desertification, global warming, and other environmental conditions. Journal of the International Consortium of Landscape and Ecological Engineering (ICLEE). Presents original papers, reports, reviews ,  technical notes , and data notes on all aspects of ecosystem conservation, restoration, and management. Aims to protect and improve the environment in the face of biodiversity loss. Scope is not limited to purely scientific approaches; welcomes technological and design approaches that provide useful and practical solutions to today's environmental problems. Coverage is relevant to students and researchers at universities and institutes, while its emphasis on the practical application of research will interest all decision makers dealing with landscape planning and management problems  

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 53 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications744

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Visit Journal Website

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1860-1871 / 1860-188X

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

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

624

2019

342

2020

761

2021

471

2022

299

2023

196

2024

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.

EcologyQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Nature and Landscape ConservationQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biodiversity ConservationEcology

Scopus Categories

Nature and Landscape ConservationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesUrban Green Space and HealthEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesWildlife Ecology and ConservationSoil erosion and sediment transportEcology and Conservation StudiesUrban Heat Island MitigationWildlife-Road Interactions and ConservationCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamicsFish Ecology and Management Studies

Frequently asked questions about Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Is Landscape and Ecological Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Landscape and Ecological Engineering: 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 Landscape and Ecological Engineering?

Landscape and Ecological Engineering 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 1.52.

Is Landscape and Ecological Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Landscape and Ecological Engineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.