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Journal of Cleaner Productionopen access

Country

United Kingdom

Universities and research institutions in United Kingdom
Media Ranking in United Kingdom

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

SJR 2024

2.174 Q1

H-Index

354

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

09596526, 18791786

Coverage

1993-2025

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Scope

The Journal of Cleaner Production is an international, transdisciplinary journal focusing on Cleaner Production, Environmental, and Sustainability research and practice. Through our published articles, we aim at helping societies become more sustainable. 'Cleaner Production' is a concept that aims at preventing the production of waste, while increasing efficiencies in the uses of energy, water, resources, and human capital. The Journal of Cleaner Production serves as a platform for addressing and discussing theoretical and practical cleaner production, encompassing environmental, and sustainability issues in corporations, governments, education institutions, regions, and societies. Subject areas include, but are not limited to: -Cleaner production and technical processes -Sustainable Development and Sustainability -Sustainable Consumption -Environmental and sustainability assessment -Sustainable Products and Services -Corporate sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility -Education for Sustainable Development -Governance, legislation, and policy for sustainability 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.

CategoryYearQuartile
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)1999Q2
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2000Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2001Q2
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2002Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2003Q2
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2004Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2005Q2
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2006Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2007Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2008Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2009Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2010Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2011Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2012Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2013Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2014Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2015Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2016Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2017Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2018Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2019Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2020Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2021Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2022Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2023Q1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)2024Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering1999Q2
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2000Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2001Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2002Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2003Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2004Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2005Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2006Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2007Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2008Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2009Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2010Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2011Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2012Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2013Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2014Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2015Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2016Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2017Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2018Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2019Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2020Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2021Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2022Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2023Q1
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering2024Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment1999Q2
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2000Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2001Q2
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2002Q2
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2003Q2
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2004Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2005Q2
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2006Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2007Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2008Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2009Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2010Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2011Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2012Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2013Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2014Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2015Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2016Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2017Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2018Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2019Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2020Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2021Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2022Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2023Q1
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2024Q1
Strategy and Management1999Q3
Strategy and Management2000Q2
Strategy and Management2001Q2
Strategy and Management2002Q2
Strategy and Management2003Q2
Strategy and Management2004Q1
Strategy and Management2005Q2
Strategy and Management2006Q1
Strategy and Management2007Q1
Strategy and Management2008Q1
Strategy and Management2009Q1
Strategy and Management2010Q1
Strategy and Management2011Q1
Strategy and Management2012Q1
Strategy and Management2013Q1
Strategy and Management2014Q1
Strategy and Management2015Q1
Strategy and Management2016Q1
Strategy and Management2017Q1
Strategy and Management2018Q1
Strategy and Management2019Q1
Strategy and Management2020Q1
Strategy and Management2021Q1
Strategy and Management2022Q1
Strategy and Management2023Q1
Strategy and Management2024Q1
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.

YearSJR
19990.265
20000.658
20010.418
20020.523
20030.503
20040.766
20050.547
20060.840
20070.921
20080.810
20090.961
20101.409
20111.454
20121.672
20131.618
20141.665
20151.635
20161.659
20171.467
20181.620
20191.886
20201.937
20211.921
20221.981
20232.058
20242.174
Total Documents

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

YearDocuments
199943
200043
200147
200261
200391
2004100
2005129
2006173
2007191
2008231
2009211
2010228
2011231
2012346
2013619
2014816
20151187
20162061
20172774
20183758
20194059
20204928
20215327
20224768
20234407
20244538
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 documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19990.369
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20000.724
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20010.709
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20020.822
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20030.990
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20041.339
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20051.512
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20061.617
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20071.838
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20082.143
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20092.952
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20103.491
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20113.899
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20124.929
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20135.459
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20145.383
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20156.425
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20166.877
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20177.022
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20187.561
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20198.592
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20209.887
Cites / Doc. (4 years)202111.224
Cites / Doc. (4 years)202212.162
Cites / Doc. (4 years)202311.980
Cites / Doc. (4 years)202413.192
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.369
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20000.731
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20010.598
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20020.872
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20031.046
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20041.367
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20051.444
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20061.513
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20071.741
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20082.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20092.776
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20103.464
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20113.810
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20124.885
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20135.183
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20145.196
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20156.247
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20166.751
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20176.597
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20187.375
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20198.487
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20209.808
Cites / Doc. (3 years)202111.193
Cites / Doc. (3 years)202212.057
Cites / Doc. (3 years)202311.727
Cites / Doc. (3 years)202412.622
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.385
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20000.696
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.488
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20020.811
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20030.944
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20041.224
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20051.314
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20061.406
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20071.487
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20081.635
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20092.649
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20103.330
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20113.579
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20124.473
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20134.615
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20144.916
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20156.015
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20166.133
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20176.170
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20187.073
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20198.288
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20209.592
Cites / Doc. (2 years)202110.934
Cites / Doc. (2 years)202211.732
Cites / Doc. (2 years)202310.845
Cites / Doc. (2 years)202411.553
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.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites19997
Self Cites20006
Self Cites200118
Self Cites200220
Self Cites200310
Self Cites200434
Self Cites200522
Self Cites200650
Self Cites2007104
Self Cites2008150
Self Cites2009225
Self Cites2010395
Self Cites2011494
Self Cites2012837
Self Cites20131243
Self Cites20141769
Self Cites20153397
Self Cites20165675
Self Cites20177250
Self Cites201811039
Self Cites201914512
Self Cites202017334
Self Cites202116949
Self Cites202213030
Self Cites202310675
Self Cites202410028
Total Cites199931
Total Cites200079
Total Cites200173
Total Cites2002116
Total Cites2003158
Total Cites2004272
Total Cites2005364
Total Cites2006484
Total Cites2007700
Total Cites2008986
Total Cites20091652
Total Cites20102193
Total Cites20112553
Total Cites20123273
Total Cites20134172
Total Cites20146215
Total Cites201511126
Total Cites201617701
Total Cites201726812
Total Cites201844411
Total Cites201972929
Total Cites2020103877
Total Cites2021142656
Total Cites2022172584
Total Cites2023176174
Total Cites2024183039
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.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19990.286
External Cites per document20000.676
External Cites per document20010.451
External Cites per document20020.722
External Cites per document20030.980
External Cites per document20041.196
External Cites per document20051.357
External Cites per document20061.356
External Cites per document20071.483
External Cites per document20081.696
External Cites per document20092.398
External Cites per document20102.840
External Cites per document20113.073
External Cites per document20123.636
External Cites per document20133.639
External Cites per document20143.717
External Cites per document20154.340
External Cites per document20164.587
External Cites per document20174.813
External Cites per document20185.542
External Cites per document20196.798
External Cites per document20208.171
External Cites per document20219.863
External Cites per document202211.147
External Cites per document202311.016
External Cites per document202411.930
Cites per document19990.369
Cites per document20000.731
Cites per document20010.598
Cites per document20020.872
Cites per document20031.046
Cites per document20041.367
Cites per document20051.444
Cites per document20061.513
Cites per document20071.741
Cites per document20082.000
Cites per document20092.776
Cites per document20103.464
Cites per document20113.810
Cites per document20124.885
Cites per document20135.183
Cites per document20145.196
Cites per document20156.247
Cites per document20166.751
Cites per document20176.597
Cites per document20187.375
Cites per document20198.487
Cites per document20209.808
Cites per document202111.193
Cites per document202212.057
Cites per document202311.727
Cites per document202412.622
% 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.

YearInternational Collaboration
199916.28
200018.60
20018.51
200213.11
200316.48
200417.00
200523.26
200617.34
200718.85
200814.72
200918.48
201029.82
201116.45
201225.72
201327.30
201430.88
201530.58
201632.17
201732.55
201835.90
201935.87
202035.11
202134.41
202232.30
202331.20
202429.84
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.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents19992
Non-citable documents20001
Non-citable documents20010
Non-citable documents20021
Non-citable documents20038
Non-citable documents200416
Non-citable documents200518
Non-citable documents200614
Non-citable documents200720
Non-citable documents200827
Non-citable documents200930
Non-citable documents201020
Non-citable documents201112
Non-citable documents20126
Non-citable documents20134
Non-citable documents20146
Non-citable documents201516
Non-citable documents201621
Non-citable documents201725
Non-citable documents201828
Non-citable documents201925
Non-citable documents202026
Non-citable documents202121
Non-citable documents202237
Non-citable documents202348
Non-citable documents202451
Citable documents199982
Citable documents2000107
Citable documents2001122
Citable documents2002132
Citable documents2003143
Citable documents2004183
Citable documents2005234
Citable documents2006306
Citable documents2007382
Citable documents2008466
Citable documents2009565
Citable documents2010613
Citable documents2011658
Citable documents2012664
Citable documents2013801
Citable documents20141190
Citable documents20151765
Citable documents20162601
Citable documents20174039
Citable documents20185994
Citable documents20198568
Citable documents202010565
Citable documents202112724
Citable documents202214277
Citable documents202314975
Citable documents202414451
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.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents199961
Uncited documents200069
Uncited documents200188
Uncited documents200270
Uncited documents200378
Uncited documents200486
Uncited documents200598
Uncited documents2006123
Uncited documents2007160
Uncited documents2008156
Uncited documents2009127
Uncited documents2010107
Uncited documents201178
Uncited documents201277
Uncited documents201366
Uncited documents2014122
Uncited documents2015126
Uncited documents2016150
Uncited documents2017256
Uncited documents2018288
Uncited documents2019284
Uncited documents2020308
Uncited documents2021303
Uncited documents2022347
Uncited documents2023384
Uncited documents2024344
Cited documents199923
Cited documents200039
Cited documents200134
Cited documents200263
Cited documents200373
Cited documents2004113
Cited documents2005154
Cited documents2006197
Cited documents2007242
Cited documents2008337
Cited documents2009468
Cited documents2010526
Cited documents2011592
Cited documents2012593
Cited documents2013739
Cited documents20141074
Cited documents20151655
Cited documents20162472
Cited documents20173808
Cited documents20185734
Cited documents20198309
Cited documents202010283
Cited documents202112442
Cited documents202213967
Cited documents202314639
Cited documents202414158
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
199928.92
200033.33
200127.38
200220.88
200331.33
200424.28
200528.83
200638.05
200728.98
200832.95
200932.23
201028.16
201133.02
201232.50
201335.01
201433.19
201533.40
201633.68
201734.32
201834.65
201934.42
202034.79
202134.53
202235.31
202335.19
202435.52
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

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

DocumentsYearValue
Overton19996
Overton20000
Overton20010
Overton20020
Overton20030
Overton200418
Overton200564
Overton200690
Overton200797
Overton2008127
Overton2009120
Overton2010103
Overton2011121
Overton2012148
Overton2013299
Overton2014317
Overton2015406
Overton2016606
Overton2017683
Overton2018809
Overton2019731
Overton2020662
Overton2021600
Overton2022306
Overton2023131
Overton202435
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evolution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG20183143
SDG20193410
SDG20204073
SDG20214452
SDG20223821
SDG20233631
SDG20243797
Estimated APC

It estimates the article processing charges (APCs) a journal might charge, based on its visibility, prestige, and impact as measured by the SJR. It does not reflect the actual APC, but rather a calculated approximation based on journal quality.

YearEst. APC (USD)
19992606
20002887
20012870
20022892
20032900
20043005
20052983
20063062
20073130
20083178
20093207
20103322
20113394
20123475
20133553
20143615
20153634
20163651
20173634
20183634
20193653
20203677
20213697
20223736
20233768
20243788
Estimated financial value

It represents the potential financial worth of a journal. It is obtained by multiplying the journal's Estimated APC by the total number of citable documents published over the past five years. This value reflects the hypothetical revenue a journal could generate based on its estimated publication costs and scholarly output.

YearEst. value (USD)
1999112061
2000248263
2001381688
2002561038
2003826603
20041027670
20051276763
20061696610
20072140794
20082618425
20092998110
20103434866
20113706741
20124333022
20135808946
20148098129
201511626075
201618361825
201727100856
201838510639
201950549107
202064639949
202177075575
202285333732
202388502878
202490792129
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