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Science of the Total Environment is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 18.8). It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 0048-9697Verify ISSN ↗1879-1026Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: About US$4,250 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pollution | 9 / 180 | 95th | Q1 |
| Environmental Engineering | 13 / 241 | 94th | Q1 |
| Environmental Chemistry | 11 / 157 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Waste Management and Disposal | 11 / 151 | 93rd | Q1 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1972–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 18.8.
Science of the Total Environment is Q1 in Pollution (rank 9 of 180), Q1 in Environmental Engineering (rank 13 of 241) and Q1 in Environmental Chemistry (rank 11 of 157), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Science of the Total Environment 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 18.8, 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 2.043, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 439.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$4,250 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.
Science of the Total Environment is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 0048-9697 and its online ISSN is 1879-1026.
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.
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.
Science of the Total Environment has an h-index of 496 and a 2-year mean of 11.9 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 18.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #9 of 169 Scopus journals in Pollution.
Science of the Total Environment published 2,990 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 8,491. 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 95 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (18.6%), Brazil (7.4%) and Germany (5.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 326 retracted papers are recorded (3.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 23 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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