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Earth Critical Zone

Elsevier · Netherlands

eISSN2950-4767

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental sciences; Biology (General). Topics: soil health, plant nutrient cycling, hydrology, environmental protection, ecology, socioeconomics

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

StatusActive

Total Publications—

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2950-4767

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Anonymous peer review

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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)?

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.

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Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsHeavy metals in environmentLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistryMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionClimate change and permafrostRecycling and Waste Management TechniquesRemote Sensing in Agriculture

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Earth Critical Zone is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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Earth Critical Zone is indexed in DOAJ.

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