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Local Environment

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1469-6711

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.91

H-Indexi

104

SNIPi

1.031

Total Worksi

2,149

Total Citationsi

58,970

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability publishes research on environmental studies, geography, green and sustainable science and technology, regional and urban planning, and urban studies. It also covers management, monitoring, policy, and law related to these fields. The journal focuses on justice and sustainability.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyBimonthly, 2003-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,149

Publisher OrgRoutledge

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

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?

1469-6711

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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

2.1k

2019

1.7k

2020

116

2.1k

2021

1.4k

2022

939

2023

117

667

2024

157

289

2025

120

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesGeographyGreen & Sustainable Science & TechnologyRegional & Urban PlanningUrban Studies

Scopus Categories

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Justice and Health DisparitiesUrban Agriculture and SustainabilityUrban Green Space and HealthOrganic Food and AgricultureClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationSocial Acceptance of Renewable EnergyEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityUrban Planning and GovernanceWater Governance and Infrastructure

Frequently asked questions about Local Environment

Is Local Environment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Local Environment: 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 Local Environment?

Local Environment 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 1.97.

Is Local Environment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Local Environment is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.