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Environmental Policy and Governance

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2006

ISSN1756-9338
SJR Q1WOS SSCIScopus / 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
1.394
H-Indexi
68
SNIPi
1.383
Total Worksi
883
Total Citationsi
22,410
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.54
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2006
FrequencyBimonthly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications883
Publisher OrgWiley
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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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1756-9338
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
46
1.1k
2019
55
1.1k
2020
55
1.1k
2021
74
1.5k
2022
56
657
2023
62
409
2024
74
235
2025
99
25
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 LawQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental Studies

Scopus Categories

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementPolicy Transfer and LearningClimate Change Policy and EconomicsForest Management and PolicyPublic Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Acceptance of Renewable EnergyEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessWater resources management and optimizationEnvironmental Education and Sustainability

Frequently asked questions about Environmental Policy and Governance

Is Environmental Policy and Governance a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Environmental Policy and Governance: 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 Policy and Governance?

Environmental Policy and Governance 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 2.54.

Is Environmental Policy and Governance indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Environmental Policy and Governance is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Environmental Policy and Governance?

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

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref