Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Environmental Geochemistry and Health publishes original research papers and review papers across the broad field of environmental geochemistry. Environmental geochemistry and health establishes and explains links between the natural or disturbed chemical composition of the earth’s surface and the health of plants, animals and people. Beneficial elements regulate or promote enzymatic and hormonal activity whereas other elements may be toxic. Bedrock geochemistry controls the composition of soil and hence that of water and vegetation. Environmental issues, such as pollution, arising from the extraction and use of mineral resources, are discussed. The effects of contaminants introduced into the earth’s geochemical systems are examined. Geochemical surveys of soil, water and plants show how major and trace elements are distributed geographically. Associated epidemiological studies reveal the possibility of causal links between the natural or disturbed geochemical environment and disease. Experimental research illuminates the nature or consequences of natural or disturbed geochemical processes. The journal particularly welcomes novel research linking environmental geochemistry and health issues on such topics as: heavy metals (including mercury), persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and mixed chemicals emitted through human activities, such as uncontrolled recycling of electronic-waste; waste recycling; surface-atmospheric interaction processes (natural and anthropogenic emissions, vertical transport, deposition, and physical-chemical interaction) of gases and aerosols; phytoremediation/restoration of contaminated sites; food contamination and safety; environmental effects of medicines; effects and toxicity of mixed pollutants; speciation of heavy metals/metalloids; effects of mining; disturbed geochemistry from human behavior, natural or man-made hazards; particle and nanoparticle toxicology; risk and the vulnerability of populations, etc.

Join the conversation about this journal

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
Environmental Chemistry	1999	Q3
Environmental Chemistry	2000	Q4
Environmental Chemistry	2001	Q3
Environmental Chemistry	2002	Q3
Environmental Chemistry	2003	Q3
Environmental Chemistry	2004	Q3
Environmental Chemistry	2005	Q3
Environmental Chemistry	2006	Q3
Environmental Chemistry	2007	Q3
Environmental Chemistry	2008	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2009	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2010	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2011	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2012	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2013	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2014	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2015	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2016	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2017	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2018	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2019	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2020	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2021	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2022	Q2
Environmental Chemistry	2023	Q2
Environmental Engineering	1999	Q2
Environmental Engineering	2000	Q2
Environmental Engineering	2001	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2002	Q2
Environmental Engineering	2003	Q2
Environmental Engineering	2004	Q2
Environmental Engineering	2005	Q2
Environmental Engineering	2006	Q2
Environmental Engineering	2007	Q2
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	Q2
Environmental Engineering	2017	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2018	Q2
Environmental Engineering	2019	Q2
Environmental Engineering	2020	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2021	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2022	Q1
Environmental Engineering	2023	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	1999	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2000	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2001	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2002	Q2
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2003	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2004	Q2
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2005	Q2
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2006	Q2
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2007	Q2
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2008	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2009	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2010	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2011	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2012	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2013	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2014	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2015	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2016	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2017	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2019	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2020	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2022	Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)	2023	Q1
Geochemistry and Petrology	1999	Q3
Geochemistry and Petrology	2000	Q3
Geochemistry and Petrology	2001	Q3
Geochemistry and Petrology	2002	Q3
Geochemistry and Petrology	2003	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2004	Q3
Geochemistry and Petrology	2005	Q3
Geochemistry and Petrology	2006	Q3
Geochemistry and Petrology	2007	Q3
Geochemistry and Petrology	2008	Q3
Geochemistry and Petrology	2009	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2010	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2011	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2012	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2013	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2014	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2015	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2016	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2017	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2018	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2019	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2020	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2021	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2022	Q2
Geochemistry and Petrology	2023	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	1999	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2000	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2001	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2002	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2003	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2004	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2005	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2006	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2007	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2008	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2009	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2010	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2011	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2012	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2013	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2014	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2016	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2017	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2019	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2020	Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2022	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2023	Q2
Water Science and Technology	1999	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2000	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2001	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2002	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2003	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2004	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2005	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2006	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2007	Q2
Water Science and Technology	2008	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2009	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2010	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2011	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2012	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2013	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2014	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2015	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2016	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2017	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2018	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2019	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2020	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2021	Q1
Water Science and Technology	2022	Q1
Water Science and Technology	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
1999	0.569
2000	0.360
2001	0.580
2002	0.479
2003	0.549
2004	0.422
2005	0.518
2006	0.461
2007	0.578
2008	0.717
2009	0.846
2010	0.869
2011	0.923
2012	1.039
2013	0.994
2014	0.819
2015	0.733
2016	0.813
2017	0.884
2018	0.759
2019	0.746
2020	0.855
2021	0.885
2022	0.925
2023	0.875

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	30
2000	20
2001	40
2002	29
2003	40
2004	45
2005	49
2006	56
2007	53
2008	67
2009	87
2010	57
2011	66
2012	84
2013	69
2014	86
2015	74
2016	97
2017	121
2018	171
2019	190
2020	284
2021	308
2022	282
2023	559

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)	1999	0.671
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.680
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.829
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.882
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.891
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.792
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.301
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.416
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.631
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	2.124
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	2.122
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	2.220
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	2.704
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	2.537
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	2.681
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	2.472
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.642
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	3.037
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	3.172
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	3.726
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	3.884
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	4.868
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	4.939
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	4.876
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.671
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.688
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.622
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.809
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.844
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.930
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.201
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.380
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	1.582
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.994
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	2.014
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	2.047
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	2.676
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	2.430
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	2.429
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	2.251
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	2.838
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	3.125
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	3.161
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	3.262
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	3.971
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	4.769
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	4.891
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	4.816
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.522
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.439
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.540
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.433
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.609
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.754
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.729
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.053
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.210
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.303
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.583
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.916
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.778
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	2.228
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	2.193
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.974
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	2.219
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	2.806
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	3.058
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	2.794
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	3.236
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	3.792
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	4.648
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	4.846
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	4.132

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	1999	5
Self Cites	2000	4
Self Cites	2001	6
Self Cites	2002	5
Self Cites	2003	11
Self Cites	2004	0
Self Cites	2005	5
Self Cites	2006	7
Self Cites	2007	9
Self Cites	2008	10
Self Cites	2009	15
Self Cites	2010	18
Self Cites	2011	21
Self Cites	2012	22
Self Cites	2013	22
Self Cites	2014	27
Self Cites	2015	28
Self Cites	2016	30
Self Cites	2017	45
Self Cites	2018	57
Self Cites	2019	158
Self Cites	2020	194
Self Cites	2021	214
Self Cites	2022	147
Self Cites	2023	319
Total Cites	1999	47
Total Cites	2000	38
Total Cites	2001	53
Total Cites	2002	56
Total Cites	2003	72
Total Cites	2004	92
Total Cites	2005	106
Total Cites	2006	161
Total Cites	2007	207
Total Cites	2008	250
Total Cites	2009	351
Total Cites	2010	417
Total Cites	2011	432
Total Cites	2012	562
Total Cites	2013	503
Total Cites	2014	532
Total Cites	2015	538
Total Cites	2016	650
Total Cites	2017	803
Total Cites	2018	923
Total Cites	2019	1269
Total Cites	2020	1914
Total Cites	2021	3076
Total Cites	2022	3825
Total Cites	2023	4209

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	1999	0.600
External Cites per document	2000	0.447
External Cites per document	2001	0.610
External Cites per document	2002	0.567
External Cites per document	2003	0.685
External Cites per document	2004	0.844
External Cites per document	2005	0.886
External Cites per document	2006	1.149
External Cites per document	2007	1.320
External Cites per document	2008	1.519
External Cites per document	2009	1.909
External Cites per document	2010	1.928
External Cites per document	2011	1.948
External Cites per document	2012	2.571
External Cites per document	2013	2.324
External Cites per document	2014	2.306
External Cites per document	2015	2.134
External Cites per document	2016	2.707
External Cites per document	2017	2.949
External Cites per document	2018	2.966
External Cites per document	2019	2.856
External Cites per document	2020	3.568
External Cites per document	2021	4.437
External Cites per document	2022	4.703
External Cites per document	2023	4.451
Cites per document	1999	0.671
Cites per document	2000	0.500
Cites per document	2001	0.688
Cites per document	2002	0.622
Cites per document	2003	0.809
Cites per document	2004	0.844
Cites per document	2005	0.930
Cites per document	2006	1.201
Cites per document	2007	1.380
Cites per document	2008	1.582
Cites per document	2009	1.994
Cites per document	2010	2.014
Cites per document	2011	2.047
Cites per document	2012	2.676
Cites per document	2013	2.430
Cites per document	2014	2.429
Cites per document	2015	2.251
Cites per document	2016	2.838
Cites per document	2017	3.125
Cites per document	2018	3.161
Cites per document	2019	3.262
Cites per document	2020	3.971
Cites per document	2021	4.769
Cites per document	2022	4.891
Cites per document	2023	4.816

% 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
1999	10.00
2000	30.00
2001	20.00
2002	27.59
2003	15.00
2004	17.78
2005	26.53
2006	37.50
2007	33.96
2008	13.43
2009	29.89
2010	28.07
2011	34.85
2012	29.76
2013	26.09
2014	27.91
2015	40.54
2016	25.77
2017	35.54
2018	32.75
2019	31.05
2020	37.32
2021	31.49
2022	28.72
2023	28.26

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	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	4
Non-citable documents	2009	8
Non-citable documents	2010	10
Non-citable documents	2011	9
Non-citable documents	2012	7
Non-citable documents	2013	9
Non-citable documents	2014	8
Non-citable documents	2015	8
Non-citable documents	2016	3
Non-citable documents	2017	3
Non-citable documents	2018	1
Non-citable documents	2019	2
Non-citable documents	2020	4
Non-citable documents	2021	13
Non-citable documents	2022	21
Non-citable documents	2023	25
Citable documents	1999	70
Citable documents	2000	76
Citable documents	2001	77
Citable documents	2002	90
Citable documents	2003	89
Citable documents	2004	109
Citable documents	2005	114
Citable documents	2006	134
Citable documents	2007	149
Citable documents	2008	154
Citable documents	2009	168
Citable documents	2010	197
Citable documents	2011	202
Citable documents	2012	203
Citable documents	2013	198
Citable documents	2014	211
Citable documents	2015	231
Citable documents	2016	226
Citable documents	2017	254
Citable documents	2018	291
Citable documents	2019	387
Citable documents	2020	478
Citable documents	2021	632
Citable documents	2022	761
Citable documents	2023	849

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	1999	42
Uncited documents	2000	50
Uncited documents	2001	44
Uncited documents	2002	57
Uncited documents	2003	49
Uncited documents	2004	56
Uncited documents	2005	52
Uncited documents	2006	56
Uncited documents	2007	50
Uncited documents	2008	46
Uncited documents	2009	49
Uncited documents	2010	54
Uncited documents	2011	64
Uncited documents	2012	40
Uncited documents	2013	55
Uncited documents	2014	51
Uncited documents	2015	61
Uncited documents	2016	41
Uncited documents	2017	44
Uncited documents	2018	45
Uncited documents	2019	55
Uncited documents	2020	76
Uncited documents	2021	77
Uncited documents	2022	90
Uncited documents	2023	103
Cited documents	1999	28
Cited documents	2000	26
Cited documents	2001	33
Cited documents	2002	33
Cited documents	2003	40
Cited documents	2004	53
Cited documents	2005	62
Cited documents	2006	78
Cited documents	2007	100
Cited documents	2008	112
Cited documents	2009	127
Cited documents	2010	153
Cited documents	2011	147
Cited documents	2012	170
Cited documents	2013	152
Cited documents	2014	168
Cited documents	2015	178
Cited documents	2016	188
Cited documents	2017	213
Cited documents	2018	247
Cited documents	2019	334
Cited documents	2020	406
Cited documents	2021	568
Cited documents	2022	692
Cited documents	2023	771

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	29.58
2000	28.57
2001	28.74
2002	22.81
2003	27.08
2004	28.30
2005	27.56
2006	26.79
2007	30.87
2008	39.39
2009	28.70
2010	32.88
2011	30.83
2012	38.13
2013	33.10
2014	43.65
2015	32.78
2016	40.04
2017	34.89
2018	36.78
2019	35.38
2020	35.68
2021	39.62
2022	41.24
2023	39.58

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	1999	0
Overton	2000	0
Overton	2001	0
Overton	2002	0
Overton	2003	0
Overton	2004	4
Overton	2005	15
Overton	2006	16
Overton	2007	10
Overton	2008	19
Overton	2009	32
Overton	2010	8
Overton	2011	21
Overton	2012	12
Overton	2013	18
Overton	2014	11
Overton	2015	15
Overton	2016	23
Overton	2017	8
Overton	2018	16
Overton	2019	8
Overton	2020	17
Overton	2021	5
Overton	2022	1
Overton	2023	5