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Panorama Open Scholarly Index
POSIIndexedC-Q1Zone 1Partially verifiedCurrent

The Science of The Total Environment

Elsevier BV · Netherlands

POSI-J-023349eISSN 0048-9697

Evaluation status

POSI-EVAL-1.0

1 · Core Collection

Indexed, not certified

Listed in the journal directory. Certification is by application.

2 · PQF

Not assessed

Eligibility framework; not a citation metric.

3 · Citation ranking

CITATION-RANK-1.0
72 / 2942C-Q1Zone 1

In Earth and Related Environmental Sciences · percentile 97.6

PNCI 2.19 · 30421 eligible items · coverage 100.0%

Snapshot: September 2026

PQF is an eligibility and quality-framework assessment. It is not a citation ranking metric and does not determine Citation Quartiles or POSI Zones. PCS is a supplementary citation indicator and does not determine the official POSI Citation Rank, Citation Percentile, Citation Quartile, or POSI Zone.

Citations and output

Citation score (PCS)
24.18
Supplementary · 2022–2025 · 30,421 items · PCS-1.0
Adequate sample
How it is calculated
Articles
83,198
OpenAlex / Crossref
Subject
Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
P1.05 · confidence high

Ranking history

  1. 2026currentC-Q1Zone 1

    Earth and Related Environmental Sciences · rank 72 of 2,942

Editions are kept as published; each ranks the journal within its category that year.

Record details

Identity

POSI ID · posi-data registry/ · identifier
POSI-J-023349
eISSN · ISSN Portal / Crossref · identifier
0048-9697
OpenAlex source · OpenAlex · identifier
S86852077
Title · ISSN Portal / Crossref · registry
The Science of The Total Environment
Publisher · Crossref / OpenAlex · registry
Elsevier BV

Not recorded: pISSN, ISSN country

Declared by the publisher

Stated by the journal about itself. POSI records these as declared and does not present them as measured.

Declared country · Publisher · declared
Netherlands
Language · Publisher / DOAJ · declared
English
Website · Publisher · declared
www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00489697

Not recorded: Frequency, License, Peer review, Article processing charge

Registry and computed values

Open access · DOAJ / OpenAlex · registry
No

Not recorded: DOAJ status

Verification: Partially verified

ISSN resolved to an OpenAlex source record; journal-level evidence not reviewed by POSI.

Freshness: Current

Updated 2026-08-10. Record updated within 6 months of the data cutoff.

Indexed, benchmark set

Indexed. Also in the Global Benchmark reference set that POSI uses to validate its methodology.

How states are assigned

Cite this record

Panorama Open Scholarly Index. (2026). The Science of The Total Environment [journal record, POSI-J-023349]. https://posi.panorama-sg.com/journal/bench-the-science-of-the-total-environment-0020/