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Environments - MDPI

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2014

ISSN2076-3298eISSN2076-3298

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total75

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

Removed from DOAJ (2024-10-21). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.927

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.067

Total Worksi

2,085

Total Citationsi

28,071

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,085

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2076-3298 / 2076-3298

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

✅

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

127

3.5k

2019

111

3.1k

2020

143

3.5k

2021

160

2022

220

3.4k

2023

302

2.3k

2024

507

1.5k

2025

355

130

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Heavy metals in environmentAir Quality and Health ImpactsMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionRecycling and Waste Management TechniquesLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesAir Quality Monitoring and ForecastingAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsEnvironmental Toxicology and EcotoxicologyToxic Organic Pollutants Impact

Frequently asked questions about Environments - MDPI

Is Environments - MDPI a predatory journal?

Environments - MDPI was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2024-10-21). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Environments - MDPI?

Environments - MDPI 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 2.91.

Is Environments - MDPI indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environments - MDPI is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Environments - MDPI?