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Southern African Journal of Environmental Education

EEASA, Environmental Learning Research Centre, Department of Education, Rhodes University · South Africa

ISSN2411-5959

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 ↗

📊 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

0.168

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.437

Total Worksi

103

Total Citationsi

423

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Education.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Africa

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 24 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications103

Publisher OrgAfrican Journals OnLine

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

EEASA, Environmental Learning Research Centre, Department of Education, Rhodes University

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2411-5959

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2017

129

2019

153

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q4

EducationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Environmental Education and SustainabilitySustainability in Higher EducationAfrican cultural and philosophical studiesClimate Change Communication and PerceptionAdult and Continuing Education TopicsInnovative Education and Learning PracticesEducation Systems and PolicyClimate change impacts on agricultureEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentInnovation and Socioeconomic Development

Frequently asked questions about Southern African Journal of Environmental Education

Is Southern African Journal of Environmental Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Southern African Journal of Environmental Education: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Southern African Journal of Environmental Education?

Southern African Journal of Environmental Education is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.168.

Is Southern African Journal of Environmental Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Southern African Journal of Environmental Education is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Southern African Journal of Environmental Education?