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Discover Environment

Springer Nature · United Kingdom · Est. 2023

ISSN2731-9431eISSN2731-9431

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

0.735

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

638

Total Citationsi

2,357

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Earth-Surface Processes; Atmospheric Science; Waste Management and Disposal.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2023

Annual Volume~ 157 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications638

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

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

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2731-9431 / 2731-9431

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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?

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

231

2023

147

2024

300

1.4k

2025

470

263

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

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ1

Atmospheric ScienceQ2

Waste Management and DisposalQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Atmospheric ScienceWaste Management and DisposalEarth-Surface ProcessesEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Heavy metals in environmentMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesAir Quality and Health ImpactsClimate change impacts on agricultureMunicipal Solid Waste ManagementWater Quality and Pollution AssessmentEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthRecycling and Waste Management TechniquesFlood Risk Assessment and Management

Frequently asked questions about Discover Environment

Is Discover Environment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Discover Environment: 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 Discover Environment?

Discover 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 3.52.

Is Discover Environment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Discover Environment is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Discover Environment?