About the journal
Earth Critical Zone is an open-access journal published by Elsevier in Netherlands, publishing in english. It is listed in DOAJ according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 1,800 USD. Declared review time at DOAJ: 8 weeks. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 2950-4767
- Country
- Netherlands
- Languages
- english
- Access
- Open access
- Declared publication charge
- 1,800 USD
- Articles in DOAJ
- 59
- Declared review time
- 8 weeks
- Declared peer-review model
- peer_review
- Official website
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/earth-critical-zone
Index listings
- DOAJ · 2025-12-08
- Indexing
- DOAJ
- APC
- 1,800 USD
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- 8 weeks — journal-declared only (not measured)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
- PublishLens list status
- Shown after sign-in
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Articles in DOAJ
59
Most recent article
4 months ago
Average review time (journal-declared via DOAJ)
8weeks
Works in OpenAlex
67
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
9
i10-index
8
From OpenAlex open data (CC0).
Editorial & policy11
- Last DOAJ review date
- 2025-12-08
- Added to DOAJ
- 2025-12-08
- Declared plagiarism screening
- Declared
- Other fees beyond APC
- No
- Declared digital preservation
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- CLOCKSSPortico
- Editorial board
- Official page ↗
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 100%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 81%
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
- APC waiver policy
- View policy
- Peer-review policy
- View policy
Identity & continuity1
- Source type
- journal
Classification4
Subjects (DOAJ)
LCC codes
Subject areas
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Heavy metals in environment
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Heavy metals in environment
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- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Chromium effects and bioremediation
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Climate change and permafrost
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
- Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
- Climate change and permafrost
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Chromium effects and bioremediation
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Phosphorus and nutrient management
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- Phosphorus and nutrient management
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
Keywords (DOAJ)
- soil health
- plant nutrient cycling
- hydrology
- environmental protection
- ecology
- socioeconomics
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