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Case Studies in the Environment
ISSN 2473-9510 · University of California Press
Case Studies in the Environment: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 33 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Case Studies in the Environment is published by University of California Press and is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Environmental Justice and Health Disparities and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, together about 20.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science8.7%
- Environmental Justice and Health DisparitiesSocial Sciences6.9%
- Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science4.5%
- Social Acceptance of Renewable EnergySocial Sciences4.5%
- Water resources management and optimizationEngineering4.2%
- Energy and Environment ImpactsEnvironmental Science4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.81OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 340 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025 | 33 | 2 | 35 |
| 2024 | 13 | 4 | 36 |
| 2023 | 20 | 3 | 61 |
| 2022 | 29 | 3 | 83 |
| 2021 | 43 | 12 | 268 |
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.
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
- University of California Press
- ISSN
- 2473-9510
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Case Studies in the Environment
What CAS zone is Case Studies in the Environment in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Case Studies in the Environment is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research / Environmental Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Case Studies in the Environment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Case Studies in the Environment is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Case Studies in the Environment open access, and what is the APC?
Case Studies in the Environment 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; 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: .