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Journal of Natural Resources is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7), DOAJ. Published by Science Press.
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ISSN 1000-3037Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Science Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | 106 / 876 | 87th | Q1 |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | 67 / 307 | 78th | Q1 |
| Energy (miscellaneous) | 41 / 106 | 61st | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2021–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.
Journal of Natural Resources is Q1 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 106 of 876), Q1 in Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (rank 67 of 307) and Q2 in Energy (miscellaneous) (rank 41 of 106), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Natural Resources 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 7, quartile Q1, 87th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.047, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 35.
Journal of Natural Resources is published by Science Press. Its ISSN is 1000-3037.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Natural Resources has an h-index of 37 and a 2-year mean of 1.29 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #377 of 825 Scopus journals in Geography, Planning and Development.
Journal of Natural Resources published 196 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 231. 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.
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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