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Journal of Environmental Sciences (China) is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 14.3), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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ISSN 1001-0742Verify ISSN ↗1878-7320Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Cost to publish: About US$3,000 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science (all) | 11 / 249 | 95th | Q1 |
| Environmental Engineering | 20 / 241 | 91st | Q1 |
| Environmental Chemistry | 19 / 157 | 88th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1995–present (also 1993, 1982–1983, 1980, 1972–1973, 1970), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 14.3.
Journal of Environmental Sciences (China) is Q1 in Environmental Science (all) (rank 11 of 249), Q1 in Environmental Engineering (rank 20 of 241) and Q1 in Environmental Chemistry (rank 19 of 157), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Environmental Sciences (China) 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 14.3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.466, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 151.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,000 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.
Journal of Environmental Sciences (China) is published by Chinese Academy of Sciences. Its print ISSN is 1001-0742 and its online ISSN is 1878-7320.
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 Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Environmental Sciences (China) has an h-index of 162 and a 2-year mean of 4.15 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 14.3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #49 of 234 Scopus journals in Environmental Science (all).
Journal of Environmental Sciences (China) published 798 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 90 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (78.3%), India (3.1%) and United States (3.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 9 retracted papers are recorded (1 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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