Environmental Science and Policy

Environmental Science & Policy advances research in the intersections between environmental science, policy and society. The journal invites scholarship within this broad thematic that fits with one or more of the following four focal areas: 1) Studies of the relationship between the production and use of knowledge in decision making; 2) Studies of the relation between science and other forms of environmental knowledge, including practical, local and indigenous knowledge; 3) Analyses of decision making practices in government, civil society, and businesses and the ways that they engage environmental knowledge; or 4) Studies that present actionable environmental research with a clear description of how it responds to specific policy directives and the pathways by which this research is informing (or could inform) decision-making. Research can address a wide number of environmental issues, such as climate change, food systems, biodiversity loss, human and ecological well-being, resource use- and extraction, land use change, and sustainability more generally. The journal aspires to achieve an appropriate balance between perspectives from the global North as well as the global South and welcomes discussions of (environmental) justice, equity and inclusion. The journal is particularly interested in cutting edge developments in inter- and transdisciplinary work on co-production; arts-based research; integrated nexus and landscape approaches; the trade-offs and synergies between environmental issues and policies; innovations in integrated assessment, monitoring and evaluation; and transitions and transformative change.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Geography, Planning and Development	1999	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2000	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2001	Q2
Geography, Planning and Development	2002	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2003	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2004	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2005	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2006	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2007	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2008	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2009	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2010	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2011	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2012	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2013	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2014	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2015	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2016	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2017	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2018	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2019	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2020	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2021	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2022	Q1
Geography, Planning and Development	2023	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	1999	Q3
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2000	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2001	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2002	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2003	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2004	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2005	Q2
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2006	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2007	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2008	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2009	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2010	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2011	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2012	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2013	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2014	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2015	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2016	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2017	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2018	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2019	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2020	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2021	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2022	Q1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.199
2000	0.441
2001	0.327
2002	0.471
2003	0.392
2004	0.599
2005	0.606
2006	0.692
2007	0.951
2008	0.998
2009	1.165
2010	1.283
2011	1.300
2012	1.505
2013	1.687
2014	1.812
2015	1.613
2016	1.677
2017	1.661
2018	1.919
2019	1.823
2020	1.716
2021	1.683
2022	1.678
2023	1.602

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	38
2000	85
2001	30
2002	41
2003	50
2004	44
2005	64
2006	62
2007	61
2008	64
2009	101
2010	77
2011	112
2012	102
2013	176
2014	155
2015	218
2016	251
2017	174
2018	224
2019	236
2020	261
2021	255
2022	321
2023	236

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.345
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.776
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.395
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.797
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.887
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.981
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.333
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.930
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	2.445
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	2.610
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	3.167
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	3.441
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	4.017
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	4.387
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	5.107
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	4.936
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	4.736
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	4.972
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	4.633
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	5.831
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	5.915
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	6.236
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	7.236
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	7.119
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	6.570
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.345
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.776
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.395
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.869
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.705
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.174
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.311
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.968
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	2.371
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	2.332
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	3.273
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	3.540
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	3.702
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	4.310
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	4.808
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	4.731
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	4.339
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	4.574
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	4.678
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	5.785
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	5.750
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	5.957
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	7.060
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	6.960
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	6.281
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.345
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.776
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.374
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.739
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	1.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.956
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.170
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.528
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.802
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	2.610
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	3.400
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	3.109
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	3.640
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	3.889
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	4.519
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	3.921
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	3.816
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	4.469
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	4.422
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	5.344
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	5.249
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	5.663
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	6.642
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	6.440
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	5.642

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	2
Self Cites	2000	9
Self Cites	2001	5
Self Cites	2002	12
Self Cites	2003	14
Self Cites	2004	11
Self Cites	2005	18
Self Cites	2006	22
Self Cites	2007	33
Self Cites	2008	27
Self Cites	2009	33
Self Cites	2010	34
Self Cites	2011	48
Self Cites	2012	70
Self Cites	2013	75
Self Cites	2014	102
Self Cites	2015	161
Self Cites	2016	189
Self Cites	2017	189
Self Cites	2018	210
Self Cites	2019	182
Self Cites	2020	237
Self Cites	2021	266
Self Cites	2022	344
Self Cites	2023	222
Total Cites	1999	10
Total Cites	2000	52
Total Cites	2001	60
Total Cites	2002	133
Total Cites	2003	110
Total Cites	2004	142
Total Cites	2005	177
Total Cites	2006	311
Total Cites	2007	403
Total Cites	2008	436
Total Cites	2009	612
Total Cites	2010	800
Total Cites	2011	896
Total Cites	2012	1250
Total Cites	2013	1399
Total Cites	2014	1845
Total Cites	2015	1879
Total Cites	2016	2511
Total Cites	2017	2919
Total Cites	2018	3720
Total Cites	2019	3732
Total Cites	2020	3777
Total Cites	2021	5090
Total Cites	2022	5234
Total Cites	2023	5257

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.276
External Cites per document	2000	0.642
External Cites per document	2001	0.362
External Cites per document	2002	0.791
External Cites per document	2003	0.615
External Cites per document	2004	1.083
External Cites per document	2005	1.178
External Cites per document	2006	1.829
External Cites per document	2007	2.176
External Cites per document	2008	2.187
External Cites per document	2009	3.096
External Cites per document	2010	3.389
External Cites per document	2011	3.504
External Cites per document	2012	4.069
External Cites per document	2013	4.550
External Cites per document	2014	4.469
External Cites per document	2015	3.968
External Cites per document	2016	4.230
External Cites per document	2017	4.375
External Cites per document	2018	5.459
External Cites per document	2019	5.470
External Cites per document	2020	5.584
External Cites per document	2021	6.691
External Cites per document	2022	6.503
External Cites per document	2023	6.016
Cites per document	1999	0.345
Cites per document	2000	0.776
Cites per document	2001	0.395
Cites per document	2002	0.869
Cites per document	2003	0.705
Cites per document	2004	1.174
Cites per document	2005	1.311
Cites per document	2006	1.968
Cites per document	2007	2.371
Cites per document	2008	2.332
Cites per document	2009	3.273
Cites per document	2010	3.540
Cites per document	2011	3.702
Cites per document	2012	4.310
Cites per document	2013	4.808
Cites per document	2014	4.731
Cites per document	2015	4.339
Cites per document	2016	4.574
Cites per document	2017	4.678
Cites per document	2018	5.785
Cites per document	2019	5.750
Cites per document	2020	5.957
Cites per document	2021	7.060
Cites per document	2022	6.960
Cites per document	2023	6.281

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	28.95
2000	4.71
2001	26.67
2002	26.83
2003	12.00
2004	15.91
2005	26.56
2006	40.32
2007	39.34
2008	23.44
2009	36.63
2010	46.75
2011	43.75
2012	44.12
2013	36.93
2014	35.48
2015	35.78
2016	39.04
2017	41.38
2018	46.43
2019	36.86
2020	42.15
2021	49.02
2022	45.48
2023	40.68

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	3
Non-citable documents	2002	4
Non-citable documents	2003	7
Non-citable documents	2004	8
Non-citable documents	2005	10
Non-citable documents	2006	14
Non-citable documents	2007	10
Non-citable documents	2008	9
Non-citable documents	2009	2
Non-citable documents	2010	10
Non-citable documents	2011	11
Non-citable documents	2012	12
Non-citable documents	2013	5
Non-citable documents	2014	7
Non-citable documents	2015	8
Non-citable documents	2016	11
Non-citable documents	2017	10
Non-citable documents	2018	11
Non-citable documents	2019	9
Non-citable documents	2020	11
Non-citable documents	2021	16
Non-citable documents	2022	20
Non-citable documents	2023	16
Citable documents	1999	29
Citable documents	2000	67
Citable documents	2001	149
Citable documents	2002	149
Citable documents	2003	149
Citable documents	2004	113
Citable documents	2005	125
Citable documents	2006	144
Citable documents	2007	160
Citable documents	2008	178
Citable documents	2009	185
Citable documents	2010	216
Citable documents	2011	231
Citable documents	2012	278
Citable documents	2013	286
Citable documents	2014	383
Citable documents	2015	425
Citable documents	2016	538
Citable documents	2017	614
Citable documents	2018	632
Citable documents	2019	640
Citable documents	2020	623
Citable documents	2021	705
Citable documents	2022	732
Citable documents	2023	821

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	22
Uncited documents	2000	37
Uncited documents	2001	114
Uncited documents	2002	80
Uncited documents	2003	101
Uncited documents	2004	52
Uncited documents	2005	45
Uncited documents	2006	50
Uncited documents	2007	47
Uncited documents	2008	52
Uncited documents	2009	38
Uncited documents	2010	50
Uncited documents	2011	44
Uncited documents	2012	44
Uncited documents	2013	35
Uncited documents	2014	56
Uncited documents	2015	40
Uncited documents	2016	67
Uncited documents	2017	65
Uncited documents	2018	64
Uncited documents	2019	56
Uncited documents	2020	46
Uncited documents	2021	51
Uncited documents	2022	57
Uncited documents	2023	71
Cited documents	1999	7
Cited documents	2000	30
Cited documents	2001	38
Cited documents	2002	73
Cited documents	2003	55
Cited documents	2004	69
Cited documents	2005	90
Cited documents	2006	108
Cited documents	2007	123
Cited documents	2008	135
Cited documents	2009	149
Cited documents	2010	176
Cited documents	2011	198
Cited documents	2012	246
Cited documents	2013	256
Cited documents	2014	334
Cited documents	2015	393
Cited documents	2016	482
Cited documents	2017	559
Cited documents	2018	579
Cited documents	2019	593
Cited documents	2020	588
Cited documents	2021	670
Cited documents	2022	695
Cited documents	2023	766