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Nature-Based Solutions

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 2021

ISSN2772-4115eISSN2772-4115

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.325

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.426

Total Worksi

321

Total Citationsi

3,321

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

Annual Volume~ 82 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications321

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-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 Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2772-4115 / 2772-4115

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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

269

2021

1.7k

2022

880

2023

101

826

2024

338

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.

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesUrban Green Space and HealthUrban Heat Island MitigationCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamicsFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceCoastal and Marine ManagementCoastal and Marine DynamicsUrban Agriculture and SustainabilityUrban Stormwater Management Solutions

Frequently asked questions about Nature-Based Solutions

Is Nature-Based Solutions a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nature-Based Solutions: 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 Nature-Based Solutions?

Nature-Based Solutions 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 3.59.

Is Nature-Based Solutions indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nature-Based Solutions is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Nature-Based Solutions?