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Carbon Research

Springer Nature · China · Est. 2022

ISSN2731-6696

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2024-11-20). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. 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 ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

2.308

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

258

Total Citationsi

5,725

2yr Mean Citednessi

10.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Earth-Surface Processes; Engineering (miscellaneous); Environmental Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2022

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications258

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2731-6696

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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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?

N/A

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

2.6k

2022

1.7k

2023

1.7k

2024

755

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.

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ1

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Earth-Surface ProcessesEngineering (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityMarine and coastal ecosystemsMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyEnergy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesHeavy metals in environmentMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionRecycling and Waste Management Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Carbon Research

Is Carbon Research a predatory journal?

Carbon Research was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2024-11-20). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Carbon Research?

Carbon Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 2.308.

Is Carbon Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Carbon Research is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Carbon Research?