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Environmental Research Communications is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by IOP Publishing Ltd..
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ISSN 2515-7620Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: IOP Publishing Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) | 76 / 253 | 70th | Q2 |
| Geology | 107 / 333 | 68th | Q2 |
| Earth-Surface Processes | 64 / 184 | 65th | Q2 |
| Environmental Science (all) | 109 / 249 | 56th | Q2 |
| Food Science | 189 / 420 | 55th | Q2 |
| Atmospheric Science | 84 / 160 | 47th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.6.
Environmental Research Communications is Q2 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 76 of 253), Q2 in Geology (rank 107 of 333) and Q2 in Earth-Surface Processes (rank 64 of 184), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
Environmental Research Communications is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 3.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 70th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.710, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 37.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,050 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.
Environmental Research Communications is published by IOP Publishing Ltd. Its ISSN is 2515-7620.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Environmental Research Communications has an h-index of 46 and a 2-year mean of 2.48 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #58 of 243 Scopus journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous).
Environmental Research Communications published 532 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 United States (17.2%), China (13.8%) and India (7.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (1.8 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none 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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