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Communications Earth and Environment

Springer Nature · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN2662-4435eISSN2662-4435

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

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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?

212

days submission → published

measured · last 15 articles · accept 198d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

3.168

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

2.371

Total Worksi

3,451

Total Citationsi

60,526

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

An open-access journal publishing high quality, editorially selected and peer reviewed advances in the Earth, environmental and planetary sciences Communications Earth & Environment is an open access journal from Nature Portfolio that publishes high-quality research, reviews and commentary in the Earth, environmental and planetary sciences. The papers we publish repre

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,451

Publisher OrgNature Portfolio

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~26 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2662-4435 / 2662-4435

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2012

5.5k

2020

257

14k

2021

328

15k

2022

496

14k

2023

802

13k

2024

1.1k

6.5k

2025

668

274

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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesGeosciences, MultidisciplinaryMeteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate variability and modelsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchGeological and Geochemical Analysisearthquake and tectonic studiesCryospheric studies and observationsHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsMarine and coastal ecosystemsOceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Communications Earth and Environment

Is Communications Earth and Environment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Communications Earth and Environment: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Communications Earth and Environment?

Communications Earth and Environment 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 6.65.

Is Communications Earth and Environment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Communications Earth and Environment is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.