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Environmental Communication

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN1752-4040

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.54

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.552

Total Worksi

1,207

Total Citationsi

28,626

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Communication; Environmental Studies; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

FrequencyFour Issues Per Year, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,207

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1752-4040

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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

2.3k

2019

1.9k

2020

1.8k

2021

1.4k

2022

878

2023

156

801

2024

140

246

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

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

CommunicationEnvironmental Studies

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate Change Communication and PerceptionEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityRhetoric and Communication StudiesMedia Studies and CommunicationSocial Media and PoliticsGeographies of human-animal interactionsRisk Perception and ManagementPublic Relations and Crisis CommunicationMedia Influence and HealthSocial Acceptance of Renewable Energy

Frequently asked questions about Environmental Communication

Is Environmental Communication a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environmental Communication: 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 Communication?

Environmental Communication 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 2.40.

Is Environmental Communication indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environmental Communication is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Environmental Communication?