Earth Systems and Environment
ISSN 2509-9426 · Springer Science+Business Media · Switzerland · active 2014–2026
Metrics
- Best Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q1
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 4.3
- SJR
- 0.931
- h-index
- 60
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 18 October 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Earth Systems and Environment is Q1 in 3 of its 5 subject categories and Q2 in the other 2. Its best category quartile is Q1.
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Computers in Earth Sciences | Q1 | #16 of 71 |
| Geology | Q1 | #52 of 334 |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | Q1 | #126 of 519 |
| Economic Geology | Q2 | #15 of 52 |
| Global and Planetary Change | Q2 | #55 of 126 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 5.63
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 446
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
Earth Systems and Environment is Q1 in 3 of its 5 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Computers in Earth Sciences: Q1, #16 of 71), with SJR 0.931 (Scimago) and an h-index of 60 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Responding time
- Submission to acceptance
- 79 days (median)Estimated from our library (18 papers)
Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.
Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is Earth Systems and Environment a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Earth Systems and Environment. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Earth Systems and Environment indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Earth Systems and Environment appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Earth Systems and Environment?
Papers in Earth Systems and Environment are cited about 4.3 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 60. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is Earth Systems and Environment (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Earth Systems and Environment is Q1 in 3 of its 5 subject categories and Q2 in the other 2. By category: Computers in Earth Sciences: Q1, #16 of 71; Geology: Q1, #52 of 334; Environmental Science (miscellaneous): Q1, #126 of 519; Economic Geology: Q2, #15 of 52; Global and Planetary Change: Q2, #55 of 126. Its best category quartile is Q1. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Earth Systems and Environment is cited about 4.3 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 60.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Earth Systems and Environment?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Earth Systems and Environment. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q1 in Computers in Earth Sciences and 2 other categories, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is Earth Systems and Environment open access?
Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
How long does Earth Systems and Environment take to publish a paper?
Submission to acceptance for Earth Systems and Environment takes about 79 days (median) — Estimated from our library (n=18 papers). Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Earth Systems and Environment.
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