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Environmental DNA

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States · Est. 2018

ISSN2637-4943eISSN2637-4943

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.722

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.426

Total Worksi

922

Total Citationsi

17,996

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Genetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2018

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications922

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, 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

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2637-4943 / 2637-4943

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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?

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

4.5k

2019

101

5.1k

2020

101

3.5k

2021

117

2.8k

2022

140

2.4k

2023

145

1.2k

2024

186

657

2025

128

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.

EcologyQ1

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

GeneticsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Ecology

Scopus Categories

GeneticsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Environmental DNA in Biodiversity StudiesIdentification and Quantification in FoodMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyProtist diversity and phylogenySpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeFish Ecology and Management StudiesGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesIsotope Analysis in EcologyPlant and animal studiesBacteriophages and microbial interactions

Frequently asked questions about Environmental DNA

Is Environmental DNA a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environmental DNA: 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 DNA?

Environmental DNA 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 3.53.

Is Environmental DNA indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environmental DNA is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Environmental DNA?