Journal profile · Environmental Sciences
Environmetrics
ISSN 1180-4009 · eISSN 1099-095X · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1990
Environmetrics: CAS Zone 3 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.64; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,780; median 247 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 90 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmetrics is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd and is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Spatial and Panel Data Analysis and Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference, together about 25.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Environmetrics, the official journal of The International Environmetrics Society (TIES), an Association of the International Statistical Institute, is devoted to disseminating high-quality quantitative research in the environmental sciences. The journal welcomes pertinent and innovative submissions from quantitative disciplines developing new statistical models, methods, and theories that solve modern environmental problems. Articles must proffer substantive statistical advances to answer important scientific questions in the environmental sciences, or must develop novel or enhanced statistical methodology with clear applications to environmental science. New methods should be illustrated with recent environmental data.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Sciences
Editor-in-chief Alessandro FassòPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 31, Italy 13, Canada 10, United Kingdom 9, Taiwan, China 3 (85 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soil Geostatistics and MappingEnvironmental Science10.8%
- Spatial and Panel Data AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.5%
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceMathematics7.2%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science7%
- Hydrology and Drought AnalysisEnvironmental Science7%
- Climate variability and modelsEnvironmental Science6.2%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Statistical Methods and InferenceMathematics5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 3 |
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 | Statistics & Probability | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceINSPECCASCAB AbstractsMathSciNetzbMATHGeoRefCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Astrophysics Data System
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
- 1.64LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50LetPub ·
- h-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 938OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 59.86%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 55LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 67Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 89,409Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,514 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 95 | 66 | 13 |
| 2025 | 90 | 60 | 76 |
| 2024 | 62 | 44 | 188 |
| 2023 | 61 | 43 | 198 |
| 2022 | 78 | 39 | 604 |
| 2021 | 57 | 29 | 347 |
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
247 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 188 days – 383 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (88 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 273 days
- Sample
- 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (178 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 18–36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 246 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 19 daysPublisher 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 4,780 / EUR 4,040 / GBP 3,190 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted1
- research articlesEnvironmetrics publishes research articles. No letters to the editors or book reviews are considered.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Data availability
Data policy: data used in published articles should be archived in an appropriate public repository; code/simulations should also be publicly archived where possible. Model summary
It is current journal policy that any data employed in a published article to motivate, examine, and otherwise illustrate new statistical methods and theories should be made accessible to interested readers. As a result, Environmetrics expects that data supporting the results reported in the article will be archived in an appropriate public repository.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and Permissions
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper. For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement If the Open Access option is not selec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open Access is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With Open Access, the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upon pub…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening: manuscripts may be screened against previously published works. Model summary
IMPORTANT: The journal employs a plagiarism detection system. By submitting your manuscript to this journal you accept that your manuscript may be screened for plagiarism against previously published works.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprint policy: preprints accepted for review; authors may post submitted version to a preprint server at any time. Model summary
Environmetrics will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
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
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1990
- ISSN
- 1180-4009
- Electronic ISSN
- 1099-095X
- Society / sponsor
- International Environmetrics Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 6 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmetrics
What CAS zone is Environmetrics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmetrics is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Environmental Sciences / Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications / Statistics & Probability. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Environmetrics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.64; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 87.
How long does peer review take at Environmetrics?
Based on the dates recorded on 88 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 247 days (interquartile range 188–383 days); authors report an average review time of 18–36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25% (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 are the manuscript requirements of Environmetrics?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: 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 Environmetrics based?
Of the 85 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (31), Italy (13) and Canada (10). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Environmetrics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmetrics is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, INSPEC, CAS, CAB Abstracts, MathSciNet, zbMATH, GeoRef and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Environmetrics open access, and what is the APC?
Environmetrics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,780.
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: .