Journal profile · Environmental Sciences
Annual Review of Environment and Resources
ISSN 1543-5938 · eISSN 1545-2050 · Annual Reviews Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 2003
Annual Review of Environment and Resources: CAS Zone 1 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 16.21; subscription journal; review over 24 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: mostly invited papers; 29 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Review of Environment and Resources is published by Annual Reviews Inc. and is in Zone 1 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Climate Change Policy and Economics and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, together about 22.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL: The Annual Review of Environment and Resources provides authoritative reviews of significant topics within environmental science and engineering, including ecology and conservation science, water and energy resources, atmosphere, oceans, climate change, agriculture and living resources, and human dimensions of resource use and global change.  
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science8.4%
- Climate Change Policy and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.9%
- Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Science6.7%
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science6.5%
- Energy and Environment ImpactsEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Environmental Impact and SustainabilityEnvironmental Science5%
- Environmental Education and SustainabilityEnvironmental Science4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 16.21LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 31.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 6.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 5.86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 101LetPub ·
- h-index
- 179OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 449OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 13.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 573 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 29 | 27 | 343 |
| 2024 | 28 | 26 | 815 |
| 2023 | 33 | 32 | 1,819 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 3,345 |
| 2021 | 27 | 26 | 4,162 |
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)
- over 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Mostly invited papersLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Annual Reviews Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 2003
- ISSN
- 1543-5938
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-2050
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Review of Environment and Resources
What CAS zone is Annual Review of Environment and Resources in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annual Review of Environment and Resources is in Zone 1 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Environmental Sciences / Environmental Studies; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annual Review of Environment and Resources?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 16.21; CiteScore 31.2, h-index 179.
How long does peer review take at Annual Review of Environment and Resources?
Authors report an average review time of over 24 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Mostly invited papers”. 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 Annual Review of Environment and Resources?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Review of Environment and Resources is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Annual Review of Environment and Resources open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Review of Environment and Resources is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .