Journal profile · Social Sciences-Public Administration
Environmental Economics
ISSN 1998-6041 · eISSN 1998-605X · LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives" · Ukraine
Environmental Economics: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Economics is published by LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives" and is classed under Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Climate Change Policy and Economics and Environmental Sustainability in Business, together about 37.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal Environmental Economics was created taking into account the fact that it is becoming increasingly difficult for experts to navigate the avalanche-like information flow. Based on careful expert selection, the journal aims to provide the reader with an opportunity to learn about innovative theoretical and empirical economic research on the use of natural resources and environmental protection. In addressing these issues, the journal focuses on the concept of sustainability development, considering it as a triad of environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, and social sustainability. The main topics on which editors work together with authors and reviewers: Contradictions between social development, economic goals and the need to preserve the environment; Goals, objectives, mechanisms, tools and indicators of environmental economics; Anthropogenic impact on the environment and its consideration in the system of indicators of environmental economics; International regulation, international assistance and trade agreements in the field of sustainability development; Public administration and regulation of sustainability development; Economics of natural and man-made disasters; Environmental statistics and reporting; Environmental taxes and subsidies; Environmental risks and insurance; Economic problems of global warming and climate change; Economic issues of environmental behavior and environmental education; Forecasting and modeling, economic and statistical methods, econometric modeling in the field of sustainability development and environmental economics; Legal aspects of implementing insurance environmental and environmentally oriented activities at different levels of management; Quantitative (scientometric) and qualitative research in the field of environmental economics; Specialized education in the field of environmental protection and environmental economics, lifelong education. Subject Area (Subject Category): Environmental Science – Environmental Science (miscellaneous);Economics, Econometrics and Finance – Economics and Econometrics;Environmental Science – Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law;Energy – Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment;Social Sciences – Law;Social Sciences – Public Administration.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Public Administration
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance16.1%
- Climate Change Policy and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.9%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting8.1%
- Sustainable Development and Environmental PolicyEnvironmental Science7.4%
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesEnergy7%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting5.1%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.6%
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)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
| 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
OCLCPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.53Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 0.29Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 78OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.94%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 44LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 1,959Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 487 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 46 | 31 |
| 2025 | 46 | 46 | 212 |
| 2024 | 65 | 65 | 255 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 238 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 246 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 121 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 11 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,395 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 295 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 295 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 1,395 / EUR 1,095 / EUR 995 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- editorialElvio Accinelli Dr., Professor of Economics, the Economics School, University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Member of the National System of Researchers, Level 3,…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- Publication ethics Editorial Policies and Publication Ethics
All manuscripts submitted to the "Environmental Economics" Journal are double-blind peer reviewed. Limited Liability Company “Consulting Publishing Company “Business Perspectives” is the publisher of the Journal. The Company is a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and follows Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. The Journal is a memb…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
LLC “CPC "Business Perspectives” protects your rights as an author and guarantees that any juridical information and questions regarding author’s right will be regulated. Open-access articlesAuthors whose articles are published in open-access retain copyright to the content of the articles. The publisher is granted the right to make the first publication of the article. Open access articles can be…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
Journal is committed to full open access for scholarly publications. All articles are available to all users immediately upon publication (without registration on the site and embargo period). By "open access" to this [research] literature, we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Statement
All manuscripts that are being sent for an external peer review, are screened for originality. By submitting their manuscripts to the journal authors are agreeing to any necessary originality checks the manuscript may have to undergo during the publication process. The Publishing Company "Business Perspectives" advocates adherence to the principles of ethics and integrity of science, which is why …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving Policy
The Journals self-archiving policy is presented on the SHERPA/RoMEO site. The author may deposit pre-print version of the paper (manuscript by the author, submitted to the journal, before peer-review and without any editorial amendments) to any platform anytime with acknowledgement to the Publisher and the Journal (acknowledgement should be made as follows: "This is a pre-peer-reviewed version of …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"
- Country or region
- Ukraine
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1998-6041
- Electronic ISSN
- 1998-605X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Economics
What CAS zone is Environmental Economics in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Environmental Economics?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 23.
How long does peer review take at Environmental Economics?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Environmental Economics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Economics is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Environmental Economics open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Economics is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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: .