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Environmental Law Review

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1999

ISSN1740-5564

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total72

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ 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 50% in field

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.412

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

871

Total Citationsi

2,354

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geography, Planning and Development; Law; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications871

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1740-5564

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

2019

116

2020

133

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

LawQ2

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

LawManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Environmental law and policyInternational Environmental Law and PoliciesLegal Cases and CommentaryInternational Maritime Law IssuesEnvironmental Conservation and ManagementDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLegal case studies and regulationsWildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesEuropean and International Law StudiesLegal principles and applications

Frequently asked questions about Environmental Law Review

Is Environmental Law Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environmental Law Review: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 72/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Environmental Law Review?

Environmental Law Review is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.412.

Is Environmental Law Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environmental Law Review is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Environmental Law Review?