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ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS
ISSN 0924-6460 · eISSN 1573-1502 · Springer Nature · 12 issues per year
ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.41; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,390; median 325 days to acceptance (53 articles, last 24 months); 106 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 3 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 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, together about 46.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The primary concern of Environmental & Resource Economics (ERE) is the application of economic theory and methods to environmental issues and problems that require detailed analysis in order to improve management strategies. The contemporary environmental debate is in a constant state of flux and new or relatively unexplored topics are continually emerging. The Journal provides a forum for the further exploration of the causes, consequences and policy responses linked to these topics, across a range of spatial and temporal scales up to the global dimension. Contributions to the Journal should directly or indirectly be relevant to the policy formulation and application process. Areas of particular interest include: evaluation and development of instruments of environmental policy;cost-benefit and cost effectiveness analysis;sectoral environmental policy impact analysis;modelling and simulation;institutional arrangements;resource pricing and the valuation of environmental goods;environmental quality indicators. The editors wish to encourage a pluralistic approach to both theoretical and applied contributions. The publication of empirically based, policy-oriented research is given a high priority in the Journal in order to further critical discussion. Environmental & Resource Economics will also accept papers with an interdisciplinary approach, where this helps to improve knowledge of the real world complexities present, provided that the analysis retains links to or components of economic thinking. The Journal is required reading for economists, economic geographers and other academics, professionals and officials with a working interest in environmental matters.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Ian J. BatemanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 23, United Kingdom 14, Netherlands 6, Italy 5, Germany 4 (80 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Climate Change Policy and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance18.1%
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesEnergy8.1%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.9%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.4%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
- Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsDecision Sciences3.6%
- Sustainable Development and Environmental PolicyEnvironmental Science3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexSCIECAB AbstractsEconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, RePEc
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
- 3.41LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 163OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,129OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 58.87%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 102LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 933,200Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,089 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 67 | 41 | 29 |
| 2025 | 106 | 74 | 312 |
| 2024 | 111 | 81 | 868 |
| 2023 | 80 | 54 | 975 |
| 2022 | 112 | 67 | 2,274 |
| 2021 | 106 | 68 | 2,698 |
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
325 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 244 days – 369 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 348 days
- Sample
- 53 articles with submission and acceptance dates (200 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
- Submission to first decision
- 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,390 / EUR 3,290 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Environmental and Resource Economics, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 12 issues per year
- ISSN
- 0924-6460
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-1502
- Society / sponsor
- European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS
What CAS zone is ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS is in Zone 3 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Economics / Environmental Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.41; CiteScore 6.6, h-index 163.
How long does peer review take at ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS?
Based on the dates recorded on 53 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 325 days (interquartile range 244–369 days). 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 are the manuscript requirements of ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Author–date; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS based?
Of the 80 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (23), United Kingdom (14) and Netherlands (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, SCIE, CAB Abstracts, EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS open access, and what is the APC?
ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,390.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .