Journal profile
Alue ja ymparisto
ISSN 1235-4554 · eISSN 2242-3451 · Alue-ja ympäristötutkimuksen seura · Finland
Alue ja ymparisto: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 40 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Alue ja ymparisto is published by Alue-ja ympäristötutkimuksen seura. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Local Governance and Planning, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance and Urban Planning and Governance, together about 21.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Local Governance and PlanningSocial Sciences8.8%
- Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Science6.4%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences6.2%
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical StudiesEnvironmental Science5.5%
- Rural development and sustainabilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Place Attachment and Urban StudiesSocial Sciences5.3%
- Urban Development and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences4.9%
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 460 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 26 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 44 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | 41 |
| 2023 | 41 | 41 | 77 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 69 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 42 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Alue-ja ympäristötutkimuksen seura
- Country or region
- Finland
- Language
- English, Finnish
- ISSN
- 1235-4554
- Electronic ISSN
- 2242-3451
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Alue ja ymparisto
How long does peer review take at Alue ja ymparisto?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Alue ja ymparisto?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Alue ja ymparisto is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Alue ja ymparisto open access, and what is the APC?
Alue ja ymparisto is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .