Environment and Development Economics

Environment and Development Economics is published by Cambridge University Press and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Climate Change Policy and Economics, Economic and Environmental Valuation and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 27.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Environment and Development Economics is positioned at the intersection of environmental, resource and development economics. The Co-Editors and Associate Editors, supported by a distinguished panel of advisors from around the world, aim to encourage submissions from researchers in the field in both developed and developing countries. The Journal is divided into two main sections, Theory and Applications, which includes regular academic papers and Perspectives, which includes, among others, papers that relate to policy issues, offer a broader view of a particular or current topic, point to gaps in research, or are think pieces on methodological or other issues. Papers submitted to Perspectives do not need to present new evidence, nor do they need to conduct a formal review of the evidence. They should offer a substantiated argument, based on evidence, but this can be complemented by experience and expertise. While papers may make claims that are compelling to some and unconvincing to others, the primary goal should be to provoke new thoughts. As such, a good Perspectives paper is inherently going to be a bit bold, and it's therefore natural for other experts in the same field to express skepticism. Papers submitted to the Perspectives section will undergo the regular review process.Environment and Development Economics publishes special issues on topics of interest. Open Calls for Papers appear below. The Journal welcomes proposals for special issues, which can be submitted directly to the Co-Editors or to edejournal@gmail.com. Recent special issues include the “Special Issue on Climate Change: Emerging Issues and New Challenges for Economic Development” guest edited by Simone Borghesi, as well as the two-part “Special Issue on Weather and Climate Impacts in Developing Countries” guest edited by Anna Creti, Philippe Delacote and Antoine Leblois.Environment and Development Economics also publishes occasional Policy Fora (discussions based on a focal paper). This journal accepts electronic submissions using the ScholarOne system. Click HERE to go to the submission website. Guidance on how to upload your manuscript is available on the site by clicking "Instructions and Forms" and then "Author Instructions".

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Multiple

Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 13%); most named United States 15, Mainland China 5, Sweden 3, United Kingdom 2, Germany 2 (39 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SSCIScopusLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

2.93LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

6LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.76LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.93LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

102OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

695OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.27OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

3.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

43.43%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

56LetPub · 2026-09-13

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A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISSN

1355-770X

Electronic ISSN

1469-4395

Society / sponsor

Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website