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Environments - MDPI

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

ISSN2076-3298eISSN2076-3298
SJR Q1WOS ESCIScopus / SJR
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 ↗
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.927
H-Indexi
69
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
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2076-3298 / 2076-3298
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
127
3.6k
2019
112
3.1k
2020
144
3.6k
2021
160
3.1k
2022
220
3.6k
2023
303
2.6k
2024
507
1.9k
2025
461
259
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?

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

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref