Open Access
Open access

Ecological Indicators

Elsevier
Elsevier
ISSN: 1470160X, 18727034
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
7
SJR
1.633
CiteScore
11.8
Categories
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)
Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Decision Sciences
Environmental Science
Years of issue
2001-2025
journal names
Ecological Indicators
ECOL INDIC
Publications
12 957
Citations
378 293
h-index
194
Publications
7 292
Citations
278 358
Top-3 citing journals
Ecological Indicators
Ecological Indicators (33889 citations)
Sustainability
Sustainability (15240 citations)
Top-3 countries
China (4871 publications)
USA (1606 publications)
Italy (775 publications)
China (3630 publications)
USA (627 publications)
Italy (271 publications)

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910 citations, 0.24%
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851 citations, 0.22%
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831 citations, 0.22%
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826 citations, 0.22%
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814 citations, 0.22%
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803 citations, 0.21%
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801 citations, 0.21%
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759 citations, 0.2%
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484 citations, 0.13%
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445 citations, 0.12%
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431 citations, 0.11%
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421 citations, 0.11%
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152504 citations, 40.31%
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1813 citations, 0.48%
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833 citations, 0.22%
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803 citations, 0.21%
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110 citations, 0.03%
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