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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 9.8). Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 1660-4601Verify ISSN ↗1661-7827Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Cost to publish: About US$3,016 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 34 / 725 | 95th | Q1 |
| Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis | 24 / 151 | 84th | Q1 |
| Pollution | 35 / 180 | 80th | Q1 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 9.8.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is Q1 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 34 of 725), Q1 in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (rank 24 of 151) and Q1 in Pollution (rank 35 of 180), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 9.8, quartile Q1, 95th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.927, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 256.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,016 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.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its print ISSN is 1660-4601 and its online ISSN is 1661-7827.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health has an h-index of 322 and a 2-year mean of 3.6 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 9.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #93 of 710 Scopus journals in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health published 1,896 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 17,456. 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (19.6%), Brazil (10.7%) and Australia (8.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 36 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 9 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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