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JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG · DE · Est. 2007

ISSN2662-5571eISSN2447-9462

✓ WOS ESCI

Removed from DOAJ (2022-04-04). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is not open access. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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 ↗

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

404

Total Citationsi

2,404

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionDE

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 51 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications404

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2662-5571 / 2447-9462

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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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?

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

304

2019

447

2020

391

2021

303

2022

226

2023

192

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Sciences

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geological formations and processesGeochemistry and Elemental AnalysisGeochemistry and Geologic MappingHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisGeological and Geochemical AnalysisGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPaleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsSoil erosion and sediment transportHeavy metals in environmentHydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS

Is JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS a predatory journal?

JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is not open access" (2022-04-04). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS?

JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS 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 1.54.

Is JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS?