Environmental Forensics
Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports
34 papers with at least that number of citations each
State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring
Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)
HĐGSNN Score History
By article publication year| Year | Max Score | Evaluation Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.00đ | WoS Q4(IF: 1.6) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2025 | 1.00đ | WoS Q4(IF: 1.2) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2024 | 1.00đ | WoS Q4(IF: 1.5) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2023 | 1.00đ | WoS Q4(IF: 1.8) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2022 | 1.00đ | WoS Q4(IF: 1.88) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2021 | 1.00đ | WoS Q4(IF: 1.328) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2020 | 1.00đ | WoS Q4(IF: 0.726) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2019 | 1.00đ | WoS Q4(IF: 0.797) | 🔵 Computed |
| 2018 | 1.00đ | WoS Q4(IF: 0.683) | 🔵 Computed |
Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.
Aims & Scope
Environmental Forensics provides a forum for scientific investigations that address environment contamination, its sources, and the historical reconstruction of its release into the environment. The context for investigations that form the published papers in the journal are often subjects to regulatory or legal proceedings, public scrutiny, and debate. In all contexts, rigorous scientific underpinnings guide the subject investigations. Specifically, the journal is an international, quarterly, peer-reviewed publication offering scientific studies that explore or are relevant to the source, age, fate, transport, as well as human health and ecological effects of environmental contamination. Journal subject matter encompasses all aspects of contamination mentioned above within the environmental media of air, water, soil, sediments and biota. Data evaluation and analysis approaches are highlighted as well including multivariate statistical methods. Journal focus is on scientific and technical information, data, and critical analysis in the following areas: -Contaminant Fingerprinting for source identification and/or age-dating, including (but not limited to) chemical, isotopic, chiral, mineralogical/microscopy techniques, DNA and tree-ring fingerprinting -Specific Evaluative Techniques for source identification and/or age-dating including (but not limited to) historical document and aerial photography review, signature chemicals, atmospheric tracers and markets forensics, background concentration evaluations. -Statistical Evaluation, Contaminant Modeling and Data Visualization -Vapor Intrusion including delineating the source and background values of indoor air contamination -Integrated Case Studies, employing environmental fate techniques -Legal Considerations, including strategic considerations for environmental fate in litigation and arbitration, and regulatory statutes and actions
SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence
Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact
Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.
Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.
Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.
Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.
Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window
Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.
Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)
Citations in government and international policy documents
Percentage of female authors published in the journal
Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.
Scopus Subject Categories
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification
Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history
Publishing & Editorial Information
Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications
WoS Categories & Quartiles
Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate
| Category | Index | Rank | Quartile |
|---|---|---|---|
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | JCRSCIE | 341/395 | Q4 |
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | JCISCIE | 358/395 | Q4 |
Annual Historical Statistics & Publications
Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution
| Year | Impact Factor | Articles / Year | Total Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | — | 28 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 44 | 87 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 46 | 170 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 24 | 124 |
| 2022 | 1.88 | 23 | 156 |
| 2021 | 1.328 | 60 | 562 |
| 2020 | 0.726 | 66 | 1,056 |
| 2019 | 0.797 | 43 | 666 |
| 2018 | 0.683 | 25 | 415 |
| 2017 | — | 40 | 382 |
| 2016 | — | 35 | 626 |
| 2015 | — | 53 | 494 |
Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations
Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)
Clarivate IF trend for Environmental Forensics
Total Cites vs Self-Cites
Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach
Citations per Document
Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years
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