Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

The areas of environmental science and environmental (bio)technology are broad, multidisciplinary, fast growing and extremely active. During the last few decades, an overwhelming amount of data has become available and a panoply of discoveries has been made. It is almost impossible to keep up to date on current developments in these areas. Moreover, there is a definite need to extract the quintessence out of this information, to synthesise the research progress and to identify the achieved advances in science and technology. This is the rationale behind the journal Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology. The journal has two distinct peer-reviewed sections: a section containing mini-reviews (up to 8 printed pages), expressing scientific opinions on topics and trends as well as a Reviews section (up to 30 printed pages) containing comprehensive critical evaluations of research efforts and technical realizations in particular areas. In addition to (mini-)review papers, the journal reports on newly initiated research projects in a distinct Project Update and Science Career section, focusing on initiatives from large research consortia and young researchers, respectively. The horizon paper, SWITCH monitor and Stockholm Water Perspectives sections provide research and policy-oriented commentaries from world renowned leaders in environmental science and (bio)technology research. The Web Alert section hints readers on key websites, whereas the Symposium Watch section updates them on the most recent developments in the field presented on international workshops, seminars and symposia. The journal also features special issues focusing on topics of international concern.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2003	Q3
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2004	Q3
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2005	Q2
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2006	Q2
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2007	Q2
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2008	Q2
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2009	Q2
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2010	Q1
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2011	Q1
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2012	Q2
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2013	Q2
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2014	Q1
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2015	Q1
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2016	Q1
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2017	Q1
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2018	Q1
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2019	Q1
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2020	Q1
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2021	Q1
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2022	Q1
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology	2023	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2003	Q2
Environmental Engineering	2004	Q2
Environmental Engineering	2005	Q2
Environmental Engineering	2006	Q2
Environmental Engineering	2007	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2008	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2009	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2010	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2011	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2012	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2013	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2014	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2015	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2016	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2017	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2018	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2019	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2020	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2021	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2022	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2023	Q1
Pollution	2003	Q3
Pollution	2004	Q2
Pollution	2005	Q2
Pollution	2006	Q2
Pollution	2007	Q2
Pollution	2008	Q1
Pollution	2009	Q1
Pollution	2010	Q1
Pollution	2011	Q1
Pollution	2012	Q2
Pollution	2013	Q2
Pollution	2014	Q1
Pollution	2015	Q1
Pollution	2016	Q1
Pollution	2017	Q1
Pollution	2018	Q1
Pollution	2019	Q1
Pollution	2020	Q1
Pollution	2021	Q1
Pollution	2022	Q1
Pollution	2023	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2003	Q2
Waste Management and Disposal	2004	Q2
Waste Management and Disposal	2005	Q2
Waste Management and Disposal	2006	Q2
Waste Management and Disposal	2007	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2008	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2009	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2010	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2011	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2012	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2013	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2014	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2015	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2016	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2017	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2018	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2019	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2020	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2021	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2022	Q1
Waste Management and Disposal	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2003	0.316
2004	0.421
2005	0.594
2006	0.618
2007	0.678
2008	0.875
2009	0.949
2010	1.180
2011	1.169
2012	0.955
2013	0.905
2014	1.244
2015	1.328
2016	1.685
2017	1.615
2018	1.793
2019	1.327
2020	1.575
2021	2.130
2022	2.410
2023	2.507

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2002	26
2003	24
2004	25
2005	15
2006	26
2007	19
2008	21
2009	39
2010	34
2011	30
2012	32
2013	28
2014	28
2015	37
2016	30
2017	34
2018	35
2019	33
2020	36
2021	41
2022	39
2023	38

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.846
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.680
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.213
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.411
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.422
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	2.871
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	3.136
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	3.029
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	2.761
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	3.427
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	2.837
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	3.685
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	5.144
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	5.912
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	7.626
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	7.597
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	8.426
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	8.720
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	12.986
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	14.862
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	14.315
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.846
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.680
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.213
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.078
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.530
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	2.383
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	2.955
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	2.886
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	2.713
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	2.398
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	2.813
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	3.978
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	5.409
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	6.290
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	6.863
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	7.752
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	6.212
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	8.216
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	13.519
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	15.200
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	14.129
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.846
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.680
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.633
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.075
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.317
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	2.178
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	3.025
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	2.817
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.575
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	2.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	2.742
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	3.850
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	5.750
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	5.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	6.970
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	5.719
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	5.348
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	8.206
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	14.188
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	15.403
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	8.863

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2002	0
Self Cites	2003	4
Self Cites	2004	1
Self Cites	2005	6
Self Cites	2006	3
Self Cites	2007	1
Self Cites	2008	2
Self Cites	2009	6
Self Cites	2010	4
Self Cites	2011	2
Self Cites	2012	1
Self Cites	2013	3
Self Cites	2014	5
Self Cites	2015	5
Self Cites	2016	14
Self Cites	2017	8
Self Cites	2018	8
Self Cites	2019	4
Self Cites	2020	5
Self Cites	2021	5
Self Cites	2022	10
Self Cites	2023	13
Total Cites	2002	0
Total Cites	2003	22
Total Cites	2004	34
Total Cites	2005	91
Total Cites	2006	69
Total Cites	2007	101
Total Cites	2008	143
Total Cites	2009	195
Total Cites	2010	228
Total Cites	2011	255
Total Cites	2012	247
Total Cites	2013	270
Total Cites	2014	358
Total Cites	2015	476
Total Cites	2016	585
Total Cites	2017	652
Total Cites	2018	783
Total Cites	2019	615
Total Cites	2020	838
Total Cites	2021	1406
Total Cites	2022	1672
Total Cites	2023	1639

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2002	0
External Cites per document	2003	0.692
External Cites per document	2004	0.660
External Cites per document	2005	1.133
External Cites per document	2006	1.031
External Cites per document	2007	1.515
External Cites per document	2008	2.350
External Cites per document	2009	2.864
External Cites per document	2010	2.835
External Cites per document	2011	2.691
External Cites per document	2012	2.388
External Cites per document	2013	2.781
External Cites per document	2014	3.922
External Cites per document	2015	5.352
External Cites per document	2016	6.140
External Cites per document	2017	6.779
External Cites per document	2018	7.673
External Cites per document	2019	6.172
External Cites per document	2020	8.167
External Cites per document	2021	13.471
External Cites per document	2022	15.109
External Cites per document	2023	14.017
Cites per document	2002	0.000
Cites per document	2003	0.846
Cites per document	2004	0.680
Cites per document	2005	1.213
Cites per document	2006	1.078
Cites per document	2007	1.530
Cites per document	2008	2.383
Cites per document	2009	2.955
Cites per document	2010	2.886
Cites per document	2011	2.713
Cites per document	2012	2.398
Cites per document	2013	2.813
Cites per document	2014	3.978
Cites per document	2015	5.409
Cites per document	2016	6.290
Cites per document	2017	6.863
Cites per document	2018	7.752
Cites per document	2019	6.212
Cites per document	2020	8.216
Cites per document	2021	13.519
Cites per document	2022	15.200
Cites per document	2023	14.129

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2002	30.77
2003	16.67
2004	32.00
2005	26.67
2006	23.08
2007	21.05
2008	28.57
2009	20.51
2010	17.65
2011	23.33
2012	15.63
2013	21.43
2014	28.57
2015	37.84
2016	43.33
2017	26.47
2018	20.00
2019	33.33
2020	30.56
2021	34.15
2022	46.15
2023	42.11

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	4
Non-citable documents	2004	6
Non-citable documents	2005	6
Non-citable documents	2006	2
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	2
Non-citable documents	2009	2
Non-citable documents	2010	9
Non-citable documents	2011	16
Non-citable documents	2012	21
Non-citable documents	2013	16
Non-citable documents	2014	10
Non-citable documents	2015	5
Non-citable documents	2016	3
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	1
Non-citable documents	2019	0
Non-citable documents	2020	0
Non-citable documents	2021	0
Non-citable documents	2022	1
Non-citable documents	2023	1
Citable documents	2002	0
Citable documents	2003	22
Citable documents	2004	44
Citable documents	2005	69
Citable documents	2006	62
Citable documents	2007	65
Citable documents	2008	58
Citable documents	2009	64
Citable documents	2010	70
Citable documents	2011	78
Citable documents	2012	82
Citable documents	2013	80
Citable documents	2014	80
Citable documents	2015	83
Citable documents	2016	90
Citable documents	2017	94
Citable documents	2018	100
Citable documents	2019	99
Citable documents	2020	102
Citable documents	2021	104
Citable documents	2022	109
Citable documents	2023	115

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2002	0
Uncited documents	2003	15
Uncited documents	2004	34
Uncited documents	2005	42
Uncited documents	2006	27
Uncited documents	2007	21
Uncited documents	2008	18
Uncited documents	2009	10
Uncited documents	2010	31
Uncited documents	2011	40
Uncited documents	2012	46
Uncited documents	2013	37
Uncited documents	2014	24
Uncited documents	2015	16
Uncited documents	2016	12
Uncited documents	2017	10
Uncited documents	2018	4
Uncited documents	2019	6
Uncited documents	2020	3
Uncited documents	2021	3
Uncited documents	2022	7
Uncited documents	2023	6
Cited documents	2002	0
Cited documents	2003	11
Cited documents	2004	16
Cited documents	2005	33
Cited documents	2006	37
Cited documents	2007	45
Cited documents	2008	42
Cited documents	2009	56
Cited documents	2010	48
Cited documents	2011	54
Cited documents	2012	57
Cited documents	2013	59
Cited documents	2014	66
Cited documents	2015	72
Cited documents	2016	81
Cited documents	2017	85
Cited documents	2018	97
Cited documents	2019	93
Cited documents	2020	99
Cited documents	2021	101
Cited documents	2022	103
Cited documents	2023	110