Journal metric profile

Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 8.800 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 9.800 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 30/374 Recorded category rank

Environmental Science & Technology Letters JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Environmental Science & Technology Letters is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by AMER CHEMICAL SOC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 8.800, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 30 out of 374 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 11,328 total citations, 172 total articles, 191 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 9.800, which is 1.000 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 8.500. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.310.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 4.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 5.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Environmental Science & Technology Letters is identified in this record by print ISSN 2328-8930. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameEnvironmental Science & Technology Letters
Abbreviated journalENVIRON SCI TECH LET
PublisherAMER CHEMICAL SOC
Metric year2025
Overall rank722
ISSN2328-8930
eISSNNot available
Total cites11,328
Total articles172
Citable items191
Cited half-life4.6 years
Citing half-life5.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor8.800
5-Year Impact Factor9.800
Impact Factor without journal self-cites8.500
Journal Citation Indicator1.310
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank30/374
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Environmental Science & Technology Letters?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Environmental Science & Technology Letters is 8.800 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Environmental Science & Technology Letters?

Environmental Science & Technology Letters is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Environmental Science & Technology Letters?

Environmental Science & Technology Letters is listed as being published by AMER CHEMICAL SOC.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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