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Pollution is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by University of Tehran.
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ISSN 2383-4501Verify ISSN ↗2383-451XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Tehran
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science (all) | 133 / 249 | 46th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.8.
Pollution is Q3 in Environmental Science (all) (rank 133 of 249), by CiteScore 2025.
Pollution 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 2.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 46th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.300, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 22.
Pollution is published by University of Tehran. Its print ISSN is 2383-4501 and its online ISSN is 2383-451X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Pollution has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #222 of 234 Scopus journals in Environmental Science (all).
Pollution published 61 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 1973 with 68. 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 59 research articles (2021), authors are most often from Iran (34.7%), India (15.8%) and Bangladesh (11%).
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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