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Extractive Industries and Society

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2014

ISSN2214-7918

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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

⚡ 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 (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.676

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.426

Total Worksi

1,775

Total Citationsi

35,428

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Studies; Development; Economic Geology; Geography, Planning and Development; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyTwo Issues A Year, 2014

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,775

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2214-7918

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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

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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

155

3.9k

2019

194

4.9k

2020

162

3.1k

2021

135

2.1k

2022

156

2.3k

2023

176

1.3k

2024

204

315

2025

136

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.

DevelopmentQ1

Economic GeologyQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Studies

Scopus Categories

Economic GeologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawDevelopmentGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mining and Resource ManagementNatural Resources and Economic DevelopmentHydropower, Displacement, Environmental ImpactExtraction and Separation ProcessesInternational Development and AidWater Governance and InfrastructureTailings Management and PropertiesGlobal Energy and Sustainability ResearchAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsEnvironmental and Social Impact Assessments

Frequently asked questions about Extractive Industries and Society

Is Extractive Industries and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Extractive Industries and Society: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Extractive Industries and Society?

Extractive Industries and Society 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 3.00.

Is Extractive Industries and Society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Extractive Industries and Society is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Extractive Industries and Society?