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Cleaner Production Letters

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2021

ISSN2666-7916eISSN2666-7916

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.028

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.153

Total Worksi

138

Total Citationsi

1,380

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Studies; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Strategy and Management; Waste Management and Disposal; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 32 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications138

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2666-7916 / 2666-7916

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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

2021

617

2022

458

2023

452

2024

128

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.

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringQ1

Strategy and ManagementQ1

Waste Management and DisposalQ1

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesGreen & Sustainable Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and Disposal

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingSustainable Industrial EcologyRecycling and Waste Management TechniquesEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthSustainable Building Design and AssessmentEnvironmental Education and SustainabilitySustainability in Higher Education

Frequently asked questions about Cleaner Production Letters

Is Cleaner Production Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cleaner Production Letters: 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 Cleaner Production Letters?

Cleaner Production Letters 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 4.36.

Is Cleaner Production Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cleaner Production Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.