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Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. · Australia · Est. 1996

ISSN1875-8258

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.196

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.035

Total Worksi

227

Total Citationsi

566

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.71

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law provides in-depth and critical insights on environmental law, addressing dynamic developments in environmental law and policy in the Asia Pacific region. It publishes scholarly and current analysis of all aspects of environmental law and policy relevant to legal responses to environmental and developmental challenges in the Asia Pacific region.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

Annual Volume~ 11 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications227

Publisher OrgEdward Elgar Publishing

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1875-8258

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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

2019

103

2020

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.

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesLaw

Scopus Categories

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Environmental law and policyInternational Maritime Law IssuesInternational Environmental Law and PoliciesConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationClimate Change Policy and EconomicsTransboundary Water Resource ManagementHydropower, Displacement, Environmental ImpactWater Governance and InfrastructureArctic and Russian Policy Studies

Frequently asked questions about Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law

Is Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law: 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 Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law?

Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 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 0.71.

Is Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.