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Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1992

ISSN1360-0559

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.08

H-Indexi

114

SNIPi

1.262

Total Worksi

2,836

Total Citationsi

80,496

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Development Studies; Regional & Urban Planning; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes; Geography, Planning and Development; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,836

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1360-0559

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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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

154

2019

114

2020

167

5.5k

2021

168

3.3k

2022

165

2.3k

2023

152

948

2024

158

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.

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Water Science and TechnologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Development StudiesRegional & Urban Planning

Scopus Categories

Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Water Science and TechnologyManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Economic and Environmental ValuationLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessEnergy, Environment, Economic GrowthSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental and Social Impact AssessmentsUrban Green Space and HealthClimate Change Policy and Economics

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Is Journal of Environmental Planning and Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Environmental Planning and Management: 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 Journal of Environmental Planning and Management?

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 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 3.11.

Is Journal of Environmental Planning and Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.