Journal profile · ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Environmental Reviews
ISSN 1208-6053 · National Research Council of Canada · CANADA · Founded 1993
Environmental Reviews: CAS Zone 2 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.06; hybrid open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 60 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Reviews is published by National Research Council of Canada and is in Zone 2 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Heavy metals in environment and Fire effects on ecosystems, together about 22.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editor-in-Chief: John P. Smol, Ph.D.Published since 1993, this journal features literature reviews that are authoritative and critical syntheses of topics in environmental science. Read More
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Editor-in-chief John P. SmolPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 5 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science7.6%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science7.5%
- Fire effects on ecosystemsEnvironmental Science7.4%
- Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactEnvironmental Science5.9%
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesEnvironmental Science5.4%
- Mercury impact and mitigation studiesEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Forest Management and PolicyEnvironmental Science4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 6.06LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 7.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 9.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.04LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 116OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 623OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 28.68%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 68LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 962 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 67 | 20 | 56 |
| 2025 | 60 | 30 | 306 |
| 2024 | 50 | 21 | 456 |
| 2023 | 39 | 29 | 806 |
| 2022 | 42 | 27 | 999 |
| 2021 | 32 | 22 | 1,078 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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.
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteExcerpts 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
- National Research Council of Canada
- Country or region
- CANADA
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 1993
- ISSN
- 1208-6053
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 3420 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Reviews
What CAS zone is Environmental Reviews in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmental Reviews is in Zone 2 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Environmental Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Environmental Reviews?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.06; CiteScore 9.8, h-index 116.
How long does peer review take at Environmental Reviews?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Environmental Reviews based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Environmental Reviews?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Reviews is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Environmental Reviews open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Reviews 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, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .