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Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Estonian Academy Publishers.
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Publisher: Estonian Academy Publishers
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) | 119 / 201 | 41st | Q3 |
| Water Science and Technology | 198 / 279 | 29th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.7.
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences is Q3 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) (rank 119 of 201) and Q3 in Water Science and Technology (rank 198 of 279), by CiteScore 2025.
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 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 1.7, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 41st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.248, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 32.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$539 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.
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences is published by Estonian Academy Publishers. Its print ISSN is 1736-4728 and its online ISSN is 1736-7557.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences has an h-index of 33 and a 2-year mean of 0.92 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #107 of 186 Scopus journals in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all).
Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences published 14 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 87. 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 73 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Estonia (21.5%), China (12.9%) and United States (9.4%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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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