Journal profile · PHILOSOPHY
Ethics and the Environment
ISSN 1085-6633 · eISSN 1535-5306 · Indiana University Press
Ethics and the Environment: CAS Zone 4 · Philosophy (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 10 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ethics and the Environment is published by Indiana University Press and is in Zone 4 of Philosophy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Environmental Philosophy and Ethics, Religion, Ecology, and Ethics and Geographies of human-animal interactions, together about 46.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PHILOSOPHY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Environmental Philosophy and EthicsEnvironmental Science22.7%
- Religion, Ecology, and EthicsSocial Sciences14.8%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences9.2%
- Climate Change and GeoengineeringEnvironmental Science7.7%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.8%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Ecocriticism and Environmental LiteratureArts and Humanities4.2%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Philosophy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Philosophy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Philosophy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 154OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 600 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 2023 | 13 | 0 | 8 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 | 41 |
| 2021 | 23 | 2 | 17 |
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Indiana University Press
- ISSN
- 1085-6633
- Electronic ISSN
- 1535-5306
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Ethics and the Environment
What CAS zone is Ethics and the Environment in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Ethics and the Environment is in Zone 4 of Philosophy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Philosophy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Philosophy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Ethics and the Environment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Ethics and the Environment is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Ethics and the Environment open access, and what is the APC?
Ethics and the Environment is a subscription 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .