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Earth System Governance

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2012

ISSN2589-8116eISSN2589-8116

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.371

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.522

Total Worksi

293

Total Citationsi

4,878

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Studies; International Relations; Political Science; Public Administration; Geography, Planning and Development; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Political Science and International Relations; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Global and Planetary Change.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications293

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2589-8116 / 2589-8116

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

1.1k

2019

1.8k

2020

836

2021

714

2022

552

2023

210

2024

233

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.

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Political Science and International RelationsQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Global and Planetary ChangeQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental StudiesInternational RelationsPolitical SciencePublic Administration

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and DevelopmentPolitical Science and International RelationsGlobal and Planetary Change

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceClimate Change and GeoengineeringClimate Change Policy and EconomicsInternational Development and AidConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental law and policyCoastal and Marine ManagementTransboundary Water Resource ManagementClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationHuman Rights and Development

Frequently asked questions about Earth System Governance

Is Earth System Governance a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Earth System Governance: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Earth System Governance?

Earth System 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 2.19.

Is Earth System Governance indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Earth System Governance is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.