Journal profile · ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environmental Justice
ISSN 1939-4071 · eISSN 1937-5174 · Mary Ann Liebert
Environmental Justice: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 68 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Justice is published by Mary Ann Liebert and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Environmental Justice and Health Disparities, Environmental law and policy and Environmental and Social Impact Assessments, together about 54.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Environmental Justice and Health DisparitiesSocial Sciences41.6%
- Environmental law and policySocial Sciences7.9%
- Environmental and Social Impact AssessmentsEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Public Health and Environmental IssuesEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Community Health and DevelopmentHealth Professions3.7%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science3.4%
- Disaster Management and ResilienceSocial Sciences3.2%
- Water Governance and InfrastructureSocial Sciences2.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | 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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography, Planning and Development | Q2 | 246/876 | 71st |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | Q2 | 175/432 | 59th |
| Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis | Q3 | 81/151 | 46th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
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
- 4.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 224OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.84%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 62LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 854 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 11 | 952 |
| 2025 | 68 | 20 | 1,365 |
| 2024 | 69 | 26 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 54 | 19 | 1,196 |
| 2022 | 51 | 22 | 1,072 |
| 2021 | 87 | 22 | 1,011 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert
- ISSN
- 1939-4071
- Electronic ISSN
- 1937-5174
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Justice
What CAS zone is Environmental Justice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmental Justice is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Environmental Justice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Justice is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Environmental Justice open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Justice is a hybrid 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: .