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Environmental Ethics

Environmental Philosophy Inc · United States

ISSN0163-4275eISSN2153-7895

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.312

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.054

Total Worksi

2,248

Total Citationsi

26,947

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Studies; Ethics; Philosophy; Environmental Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications2,248

Publisher OrgPhilosophy Documentation Center

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Environmental Philosophy Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0163-4275 / 2153-7895

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

181

2019

144

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

PhilosophyQ1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesEthics

Scopus Categories

PhilosophyEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Religion, Ecology, and EthicsEnvironmental Philosophy and EthicsClimate Change and GeoengineeringDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Environmental Ethics

Is Environmental Ethics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environmental Ethics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Environmental Ethics?

Environmental Ethics is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.31.

Is Environmental Ethics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environmental Ethics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Environmental Ethics?