Journal profile · Environmental Science-Pollution
Environment and Ecology Research
ISSN 2331-625X · eISSN 2331-6268 · Horizon Research Publishing
Environment and Ecology Research: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; 76 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environment and Ecology Research is published by Horizon Research Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Water Quality and Pollution Assessment, Heavy metals in environment and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, together about 22.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Water Science and Technology and Waste Management and Disposal. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Environment and Ecology Research, owned and published by Horizon Research Publishing Co. Ltd, is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes original and high-quality research papers in all areas of environment and ecology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Pollution
Editor-in-chief Marwa ShalabyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United States 4, Italy 4, Romania 4, United Kingdom 2, India 2 (33 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentEnvironmental Science8.3%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science7.8%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science6.7%
- Environmental Toxicology and EcotoxicologyEnvironmental Science5.7%
- Water Quality and Resources StudiesEnvironmental Science5.4%
- Forest Ecology and ConservationAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Municipal Solid Waste ManagementEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Waste Management and RecyclingEnvironmental Science4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | Q3 | 124/231 | 46th |
| Ecology | Q3 | 291/491 | 40th |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 189/307 | 38th |
| Pollution | Q3 | 126/180 | 30th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 79OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.6OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 654 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 61 | 61 | 357 |
| 2025 | 76 | 76 | 443 |
| 2024 | 52 | 52 | 404 |
| 2023 | 85 | 85 | 450 |
| 2022 | 76 | 76 | 343 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 311 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement Model summary
HRPUB is committed to maintaining the highest quality original research materials. All manuscripts will be subjected to a rigorous peer-review. Any papers suspected of plagiarism, falsification and inauthentic authorship will not be published.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY or CC-BY-NC)
All articles published by HRPUB will be distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License(CC-BY or CC-BY-NC). So anyone is allowed to copy, distribute, and transmit the article on condition that the original article and source is correctly cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access is the practice of providing unrestricted access to peer-reviewed academic journal articles via the internet. It is also increasingly being provided to scholarly monographs and book chapters. All original research papers published by HRPUB are available freely and permanently accessible online immediately after publication. Readers are free to copy and distribute the contribution under…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Horizon Research Publishing
- ISSN
- 2331-625X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2331-6268
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environment and Ecology Research
Where are the editorial board members of Environment and Ecology Research based?
Of the 33 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (4), Italy (4) and Romania (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Environment and Ecology Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environment and Ecology Research is indexed in Scopus.
Is Environment and Ecology Research open access, and what is the APC?
Environment and Ecology Research is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-28). Last updated: .