Wetlands

Springer Science and Business Media B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1981

ISSN1943-6246

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 ↗

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📊 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

0.721

H-Indexi

125

SNIPi

0.716

Total Worksi

3,630

Total Citationsi

110,393

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

FrequencyBimonthly, <2010->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,630

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer Science and Business Media B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1943-6246

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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

125

2019

148

2.3k

2020

124

1.6k

2021

133

1.3k

2022

112

790

2023

125

583

2024

126

195

2025

112

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

Environmental ChemistryQ2

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologyEnvironmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)EcologyEnvironmental Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamicsPeatlands and Wetlands EcologyEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsSoil erosion and sediment transportLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesFish Ecology and Management StudiesConstructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Wetlands

Is Wetlands a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Wetlands: 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 Wetlands?

Wetlands 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 1.80.

Is Wetlands indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Wetlands is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Wetlands?