Cogent Environmental Science

Cogent Environmental Science is published by Taylor & Francis Group. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Heavy metals in environment, Municipal Solid Waste Management and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, together about 25.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Part of the Taylor & Francis Group, Cogent Environmental Science is a multidisciplinary open access journal, publishing peer-reviewed research across the full scope of environmental science: from ecology to conservation and environmental health to waste management. Cogent Environmental Science offers authors a fast and affordable option for the publication of their work – including replication studies, reviews and short communications – and publishing open access ensures it will be shared with a global audience to maximise its reach and impact. Cogent Environmental Science considers original research articles, reviews and substantive policy papers in any of the following branches of environmental science research: Conservation Ecology Environmental Chemistry Environmental Health Environmental Resource Management Waste Management Water Science Cogent Environmental Science takes an objective and constructive approach to peer review, with editorial teams evaluating work based on its methodological soundness and scientific relevance rather than a perceived level of future importance. A host of post-publication metrics will indicate the ongoing impact of each individual article. What can you expect if you publish in Cogent Environmental Science ? • Immediate, free access to your article for anyone anywhere in the world • Rigorous peer review featuring constructive dialogue with experts • Retention of the full copyright in your work • Fast publication on a state-of-the-art platform • Innovative article-level performance metrics • Global marketing and high production values • Extensive indexing and archiving of your work • A straightforward and friendly publishing service Submit your manuscript to Cogent Environmental Science Sorry, there are currently no metrics available for this journal.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Editor-in-chief Michelle BloorPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 20%); most named United Kingdom 4, Mainland China 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q2 · 2025

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

ScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

ESCIWeb of ScienceINSPECCASCAB AbstractsDOAJPublisher website

Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, CNKI, J-Gate, OCLC, Crossref, Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA), Environment Complete (EBSCO), ProQuest Environmental Science Journals, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database (ProQuest), GoOA (National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Science), CNKI Scholar, British Library, Cabell’s International, Finnish Publication Forum, E-Lib Bremen, Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), DTU Library, Ulrich’s, J-Gate Portal, Primo Central Index- Ex libris, WorldCat Discovery Services- OCLC, Taylor & Francis Online

As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.

Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.

Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

3.9Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

4.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

3LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

4.5Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.36LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.67Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

1.21LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.89Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

36OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

123OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

41LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

413,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Figures by source

Average review time (community reports)

about 13 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Acceptance rate (publisher)

23%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

11 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

78 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

10 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Peer review

Blind peer reviewLetPub

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group

Country or region

United Kingdom

Language

English

ISSN

2331-1843

Latest issue on the website

Volume 12, Issue 1 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub