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Global Environmental Politics

MIT PRESS · United States · Est. 2001

ISSN1526-3800eISSN1536-0091

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

1.646

H-Indexi

106

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.738

Total Worksi

1,465

Total Citationsi

44,312

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Studies; International Relations; Political Science; Global and Planetary Change; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Political Science and International Relations; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,465

Publisher OrgThe MIT Press

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

MIT PRESS

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1526-3800 / 1536-0091

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.4k

2019

1.8k

2020

1.1k

2021

810

2022

301

2023

211

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.

Global and Planetary ChangeQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesInternational RelationsPolitical Science

Scopus Categories

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawPolitical Science and International RelationsGlobal and Planetary ChangeRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceClimate Change Policy and EconomicsTransboundary Water Resource ManagementInternational Development and AidClimate Change and GeoengineeringEnvironmental law and policyGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impactConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementMining and Resource ManagementWater Governance and Infrastructure

Frequently asked questions about Global Environmental Politics

Is Global Environmental Politics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Environmental Politics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Global Environmental Politics?

Global Environmental Politics 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 2.07.

Is Global Environmental Politics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Environmental Politics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.