Journal metric profile

Science of The Total Environment

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 8.000 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 8.700 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 39/374 Recorded category rank

Science of The Total Environment JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Science of The Total Environment is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ELSEVIER. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 8.000, 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 39 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 464,404 total citations, 6,240 total articles, 6,746 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 8.700, which is 0.700 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 7.400. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.500.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 3.9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.2 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Science of The Total Environment is identified in this record by print ISSN 0048-9697 and electronic ISSN 1879-1026. 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 nameScience of The Total Environment
Abbreviated journalSCI TOTAL ENVIRON
PublisherELSEVIER
Metric year2025
Overall rank856
ISSN0048-9697
eISSN1879-1026
Total cites464,404
Total articles6,240
Citable items6,746
Cited half-life3.9 years
Citing half-life6.2 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor8.000
5-Year Impact Factor8.700
Impact Factor without journal self-cites7.400
Journal Citation Indicator1.500
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank39/374
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Science of The Total Environment?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Science of The Total Environment is 8.000 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Science of The Total Environment?

Science of The Total Environment is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Science of The Total Environment?

Science of The Total Environment is listed as being published by ELSEVIER.

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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