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Archives of Environmental Protection

Polska Akademia Nauk · Poland · Est. 2011

ISSN2083-4772eISSN2083-4810
SJR Q3WOS SCIEScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.39
H-Indexi
33
CiteScorei
2.7
SNIPi
0.423
Total Worksi
610
Total Citationsi
5,758
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.97
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Archives of Environmental Protection is the oldest Polish scientific journal of international scope that publishes articles on engineering and environmental protection. The quarterly has been published by the Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences since 1975. The journal has served as a forum for the exchange of views and ideas among scientists. It has become part of scientific life in Poland and abroad. The quarterly publishes the results of research and scientific inquiries by best specialists hereby becoming an important pillar of science. The journal facilitates better understanding of environmental risks to humans and ecosystems and it also shows the methods for their analysis as well as trends in the search of effective solutions to minimize these risks.

General Information

Country / RegionPoland
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2011
Frequencyquarterly
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications610
Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Open
OA Since2011
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY-SA
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Polska Akademia Nauk
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2083-4772 / 2083-4810
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
48
469
2019
46
371
2020
37
191
2021
38
218
2022
42
109
2023
45
113
2024
46
26
2025
23
4
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.

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Heavy metals in environmentIntegrated Water Resources ManagementAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalPhosphorus and nutrient managementWater Treatment and DisinfectionBotany and Plant Ecology StudiesAir Quality and Health ImpactsExtraction and Separation ProcessesWater Quality and Pollution Assessment

Frequently asked questions about Archives of Environmental Protection

Is Archives of Environmental Protection a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Archives of Environmental Protection: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Archives of Environmental Protection?

Archives of Environmental Protection 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7.

Is Archives of Environmental Protection indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Archives of Environmental Protection is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Archives of Environmental Protection?

Archives of Environmental Protection is the oldest Polish scientific journal of international scope that publishes articles on engineering and environmental protection. The quarterly has been published by the Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences since 1975. The journal has served as a forum for the exchange of views and ideas among scientists. It has become part of scientific life in Poland and abroad. The quarterly publishes the results of research and scientific inquiries by best specialists hereby becoming an important pillar of science. The journal facilitates

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