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Environmental Science Journal Rankings

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What are the best Environmental Science journals?

The are many ways of evaluating what the top Environmental Science journals are including Impact Factor, SJR, SNIP, CiteScore, Citation Percentage, H Index, Self-Citation Percentage, Acceptance Rates, and Number of Submissions. Our interactive table below provides an intuitive and user-friendly way to explore and compare each journal's performance across these key metrics.

Importantly, the PJIP does not advocate for any particular way of ranking nor does the project assume to have any particular authority on the matter. The information presented here is solely to help researchers make informed decisions when assessing which journals are appropriate venues for their manuscripts.

For more information about each metric, see our comprehensive guide to ranking metrics or check out our FAQ section for answers to common questions and additional support.

Guide Directory

Sub-Fields

General Environmental Science Journals General Ecology Journals Marine and Aquatic Ecology Journals Plant Ecology Journals Landscape Ecology Journals Conservation Ecology Journals Water Science and Management Journals Waste Management Journals Pollution Journals Conservation Journals Environmental Management Journals Climate and Climate Change Journals Sustainability Journals

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Rank	Journal	Area	APPY	Location	Open Access	Book Reviews	Discussions	SJR	SNIP	IPP	CiSc	Hdex	CTE%	SC%	Acpt	Subs

Rankings Key

Area Column:
GNRL = General Environmental Science
GNEC = General Ecology
MaAE = Marine and Aquatic Ecology
PNTE = Plant Ecology
LNDE = Landscape Ecology
CNVE = Conservation Ecology
WSaM = Water Science and Management
WSTM = Waste Management
PLTN = Pollution
CNSV = Conservation
ENVM = Environmental Management
CaCC = Climate and Climate Change
STBL = Sustainability

Ranking Metrics:
APPY: the average number of papers published by the journal per year 
SJR: SCImago Journal Rank Indicator
SNIP:  Source normalized impact per paper
IPP: Impact per publication (impact factor)
CiSc: Elsevier's CiteScore
Hdex: Journal H-index
​CTE%: Percentage of journal publications that have received at least one citation
SC%: Percentage of citations from the same journal
Acpt: Journal acceptance rate calculated as total submissions / number accepted.
Subs: Total number of manuscripts submitted to the journal (in previous year)

Colour Codes (relative to journals in the same subject):

Top 5%

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Q3

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For Filters (if applicable):
Location: country where the journal is based/published.

Open Access: open access status.
DAO = diamond open access (no fees for authors or readers)
POA = paid open access (APC fee required for publication)
HYBD = hybrid (optional open access by paying APC)
​NOA = not open access (no option to publish open access)

Book Reviews: if the journal publishes book reviews.
YBRK = publishes book reviews
NBKR = does not publish book reviews
Inv. = book reviews by invitation only

Discussions: if the journal publishes discussion pieces.
YDIS = publishes discussions
NDIS = does not publish discussions
RTJA =  replies to journal articles only

The Sub-Fields selector above the directory can be applied to isolate particular subject subdisciplines. If the PJIP also possesses directory information for this subject, Filters below the index can be applied to show journals of a certain type such as only Generalist journals, or only Open Access Journals, or only journals published in a particular country, etc. Crtl click multiple filters for further refinement such as showing only Open Access Generalist journals. ​
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Sources
The PJIP combines data from multiple sources to provide a comprehensive directory of academic journals. The data presented is collected from:

• Journal and publisher websites
• Submissions to our platform by journals and publishers
• SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR). Retrieved from http://www.scimagojr.com
• Leiden University’s Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) SNIP Journal Indicators. Retrieved from https://www.journalindicators.com/downloads
• Scopus metadata via Elsevier Research Products APIs. Retrieved from https://api.elsevier.com/content/search/scopus. Access to these APIs is governed by Elsevier's policies, with free access for non-commercial users.
• Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers (Kanalregisteret). Retrieved from https://kanalregister.hkdir.no/en/informasjonsartikler/download-current-list
• Publication Forum (JUFO) from the julkaisufoorumi.fi website. Licenced under CC BY 4.0 (https://vastuullinentiede.fi/fi/sivuston-materiaalin-lisensointi)

For more information about PJIP data see our Sources, Licencing, and Attribution​ page.