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International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education

Springer Nature · Netherlands · Est. 2015

ISSN2214-4218

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.156

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

273

Total Citationsi

926

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.06

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education; Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 28 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications273

Publisher OrgSpringer International Publishing

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2214-4218

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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.

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

119

2019

424

2020

261

2021

2022

111

2023

2024

2025

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.

EducationQ4

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Environmental Education and SustainabilityOutdoor and Experiential EducationIndigenous and Place-Based EducationDiverse Educational Innovations StudiesSustainability in Higher EducationAdventure Sports and Sensation SeekingPosthumanist Ethics and ActivismReligion, Ecology, and EthicsAnimal and Plant Science EducationEnvironmental Philosophy and Ethics

Frequently asked questions about International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education

Is International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education: it is indexed in 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 International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education?

International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.156.

Is International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education?