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Environmental Education Research
ISSN 1350-4622 · eISSN 1469-5871 · Taylor & Francis
Environmental Education Research: CAS Zone 3 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.61; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 197 days to acceptance (107 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 14% (journal website); 183 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Education Research is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Environmental Education and Sustainability, Sustainability in Higher Education and Climate Change Communication and Perception, together about 50.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The mission of Environmental Education Research is to advance research-based and scholarly understandings of environmental and sustainability education. The journal achieves this by publishing peer reviewed research and scholarship on all aspects of environmental education, sourced from around the world and diverse schools of thought and practice in inquiry. The editorial board welcomes submission of original, high quality and innovative papers derived from empirical, philosophical, practice-or policy-related investigations of environmental and sustainability education. The journal’s primary audiences are those working in or with the broad fields of education and educational research, and environmental studies, and relevant interdisciplinary or subdisciplinary aspects. Manuscripts should be scholarly, analytical and critical. Ideas discussed and advanced should be transferable to other educational systems and cultures (where possible), and papers should be accessible to an international readership. Advice, guidelines and templates for preparing manuscripts of a range of types are available in the Instructions for Authors and Environmental Education Research general guidelines, including on authorship and contributorship, special issues and guest editing, and other facets of publishing ethics. The most cited and most read papers in the journal tend to be literature reviews, innovative empirical and theoretical studies, and analyses of key concepts in and approaches to environmental and sustainability education. In supporting the mission and aims of the journal, and to contribute to scholarly conversation and debate in this field, the editorial board strongly encourages authors to consult the scholarly literature in this and cognate fields when positioning and advancing arguments. In addition to empirical and theoretical research articles (typically argued in 5,000-7,000 words, excluding references and other support material, such as figures, tables and boxes), Environmental Education Research also accepts the following manuscript types: Scholarly reviews: Extended essays and surveys, e.g., a literature review (typically 10,000-15,000 words); Review essays: on key questions, breakthroughs, developments, events, publications and trends (typically 3,000-5,000 words) Review symposia: a group of review essays; Research degree synopses (350 max words); Visual essays (a primarily visual format combining images and text in a coherent form). Submissions might also o
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Environmental Education and SustainabilityEnvironmental Science33.9%
- Sustainability in Higher EducationSocial Sciences9%
- Climate Change Communication and PerceptionSocial Sciences7.8%
- Animal and Plant Science EducationPsychology4.9%
- Indigenous and Place-Based EducationSocial Sciences4.9%
- Outdoor and Experiential EducationPsychology4.3%
- Diverse Educational Innovations StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
- Urban Green Space and HealthEnvironmental Science3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOERICPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Academic Search, Australian Education Index (AEI), Australian Research Council (ARC) Ranked Journal List, British Education Index, Contents Pages in Education, EBSCO Online, EBSCO CD Rom Database, Educational Administration Abstracts, Educational Research Abstracts online (ERA), Environment Abstracts, Oxmill Environment, Research into Higher Education Abstracts
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
- 3.61LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.24LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.24Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.22LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 2.22Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 141OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,369OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.62%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 171LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 736,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 736,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,276 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 137 | 81 | 42 |
| 2025 | 183 | 97 | 515 |
| 2024 | 154 | 93 | 1,364 |
| 2023 | 98 | 55 | 1,406 |
| 2022 | 149 | 51 | 3,202 |
| 2021 | 91 | 35 | 2,510 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
197 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 135 days – 308 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (107 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 211 days
- Sample
- 107 articles with submission and acceptance dates (362 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 65 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 65 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 accepted12, with length limits
- book reviewsThe journal also offers a review section for books, reports and publications in other media which advance research-based and scholarly understandings of environ…Length not stated
- conference reviewsConference reviewsLength not stated
- critical commentaries on policy or practice issuesCritical commentaries on policy or practice issuesLength not stated
- literature reviews: Extended essays and surveys, e.g., a literature review (typically 10,000-15,000 words); Review essays: on key questions, breakthroughs, developmemain text ≤ 15,000 words
- research articlen addition to empirical and theoretical research articles (typically argued in 5,000-7,000 words, excluding references and other support material, such as fmain text ≤ 7,000 words
- research articlesIn addition to empirical and theoretical research articles (typically argued in 5,000-7,000 words, excluding references and other support material, such as figu…Length not stated
- research degree synopsesResearch degree synopses (350 max words)Length not stated
- retrospective analyses of activities in a fieldRetrospective analyses of activities in a fieldLength not stated
- review essaysReview essays: on key questions, breakthroughs, developments, events, publications and trends (typically 3,000-5,000 words)Length not stated
- review symposiaReview symposia: a group of review essaysLength not stated
- scholarly reviewsScholarly reviews: Extended essays and surveys, e.g., a literature review (typically 10,000-15,000 words)Length not stated
- visual essaysVisual essays (a primarily visual format combining images and text in a coherent form)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Environmental Education Research is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverab…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review with at least two anonymous referees, based on initial editor screening. Model summary
All original articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous double-anonymized peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymised refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1350-4622
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-5871
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 32, Issue 9 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Education Research
What CAS zone is Environmental Education Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmental Education Research is in Zone 3 of Education, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Environmental Studies / Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Environmental Education Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.61; CiteScore 7.1, h-index 141.
How long does peer review take at Environmental Education Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 107 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 197 days (interquartile range 135–308 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 14% (2025). 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.
What JCR quartile is Environmental Education Research in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Education.
Which databases index Environmental Education Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Education Research is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO and ERIC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Environmental Education Research open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Education Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .