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Environmental Challenges

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2000

ISSN2667-0100
SJR Q1Scopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
40
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
Scopus Q1+25
DOAJ Verified+15
Total40
Journal Impact Factor
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SJR Score
1.183
H-Index
67
CiteScore
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SNIP
1.658
Total Works
1,510
Total Citations
26,901
2yr Mean Citedness
4.45
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Retractions
1
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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on environmental challenges, including flood risk governance, climate change impacts on agriculture and farmers' resilience, carbon stock assessment in plantations, methane emissions analysis, urban water management, food loss and waste in the primary sector, green infrastructure in urban areas, municipal solid waste management in riverine cities, crop damage by wildlife, stormwater management in urban soils, extreme weather event trends and their implications for agriculture, greenhouse gas emissions from rice cultivation, biological control of agricultural pests, the relationship between electricity access and carbon dioxide emissions, peatland carbon stock management, bioaccumulation of persistent environmental contaminants in fish, and the impacts of land use and climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services in protected areas.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
8
weeks to review
Fast · median is 15 wks
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2000
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications1,510
Publisher OrgElsevier BV
OA Since2019
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
Review Time~8 weeks
Acceptance Rate
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
Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/12 · 83%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Elsevier B.V.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2667-0100
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, CLOCKSS
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
Times cited
2000
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Environmental EngineeringQ1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1
PollutionQ1
Waste Management and DisposalQ1
Global and Planetary ChangeQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Waste Management and DisposalManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEnvironmental EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangePollution

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesHeavy metals in environmentAir Quality and Health ImpactsClimate change impacts on agricultureMunicipal Solid Waste ManagementUrban Heat Island MitigationGroundwater and Watershed Analysis
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref