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Earth Systems and Environment is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer International Publishing AG.
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ISSN 2509-9426Verify ISSN ↗2509-9434Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Cost to publish: About US$4,090 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geology | 39 / 333 | 88th | Q1 |
| Computers in Earth Sciences | 17 / 76 | 78th | Q1 |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | 68 / 307 | 78th | Q1 |
| Economic Geology | 15 / 52 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Global and Planetary Change | 40 / 134 | 70th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.
Earth Systems and Environment is Q1 in Geology (rank 39 of 333), Q1 in Computers in Earth Sciences (rank 17 of 76) and Q1 in Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (rank 68 of 307), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Earth Systems and Environment is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 88th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.931, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 49.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,090 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Earth Systems and Environment is published by Springer International Publishing AG. Its print ISSN is 2509-9426 and its online ISSN is 2509-9434.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Earth Systems and Environment has an h-index of 60 and a 2-year mean of 4.28 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #23 of 303 Scopus journals in Geology.
Earth Systems and Environment published 424 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (12.1%), Brazil (10.3%) and India (9.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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