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Environmental Science and Policy

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1998

ISSN1873-6416

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ 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

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 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.72

H-Indexi

201

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.616

Total Worksi

4,528

Total Citationsi

219,260

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyFour Issues Yearly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,528

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-6416

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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

229

13k

2019

277

13k

2020

297

11k

2021

310

8.6k

2022

255

4.8k

2023

303

3.2k

2024

296

1.1k

2025

130

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 Sciences

Scopus Categories

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesClimate Change Policy and EconomicsEconomic and Environmental ValuationForest Management and PolicyWater resources management and optimizationFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Environmental Science and Policy

Is Environmental Science and Policy a predatory journal?

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

Environmental Science and Policy 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 4.85.

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

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

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