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Environmental Sciences Europe

Springer · Germany · Est. 1960

ISSN2190-4707eISSN2190-4715

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.597

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.781

Total Worksi

1,568

Total Citationsi

46,935

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Pollution.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1960

Annual Volume~ 204 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,568

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2190-4707 / 2190-4715

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

100

4.5k

2019

156

7.6k

2020

138

6.2k

2021

126

3.8k

2022

123

3.1k

2023

227

3.1k

2024

262

2025

200

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.

PollutionQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Pollution

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsEnvironmental Toxicology and EcotoxicologyToxic Organic Pollutants ImpactEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionPesticide and Herbicide Environmental StudiesAir Quality and Health ImpactsGenetically Modified Organisms ResearchHeavy metals in environmentRecycling and Waste Management Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Environmental Sciences Europe

Is Environmental Sciences Europe a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environmental Sciences Europe: 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 Environmental Sciences Europe?

Environmental Sciences Europe 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 6.52.

Is Environmental Sciences Europe indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environmental Sciences Europe is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Environmental Sciences Europe?