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Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1900

ISSN1879-1700

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.646

H-Indexi

133

SNIPi

1.064

Total Worksi

7,058

Total Citationsi

169,444

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pollution; Waste Management and Disposal; Environmental Chemistry.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1900

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,058

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1879-1700

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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?

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

248

4.6k

2019

280

2020

204

2.8k

2021

210

1.8k

2022

186

1.3k

2023

183

740

2024

209

459

2025

223

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.

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

PollutionQ2

Waste Management and DisposalQ2

Environmental ChemistryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and DisposalMedicine (miscellaneous)PollutionEnvironmental ChemistryHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Is Journal of Environmental Radioactivity a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Environmental Radioactivity: 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 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity?

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 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 1.74.

Is Journal of Environmental Radioactivity indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Environmental Radioactivity?