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Nexus is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Cell Press.
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ISSN 2950-1601Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Cell Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | 51 / 307 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Engineering (miscellaneous) | 50 / 300 | 83rd | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2024–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.8.
Nexus is Q1 in Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (rank 51 of 307) and Q1 in Engineering (miscellaneous) (rank 50 of 300), by CiteScore 2025.
Nexus is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 7.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 83rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 2.160, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 11.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$5,000 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.
Nexus is published by Cell Press. Its ISSN is 2950-1601.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Nexus has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 12.97 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #5 of 291 Scopus journals in Environmental Science (miscellaneous).
Nexus published 40 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 66 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (38.6%), United States (17%) and Hong Kong SAR China (14.9%).
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.
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