GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society is published by Oekom Verlag 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 Economic and Social Issues, Environmental Science and Technology and Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies, together about 37.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

GAIA is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to inter- and transdisciplinary research on and for sustainability transformations. Environmental problems cannot be solved by one academic discipline. The complex natures of these problems require cooperation across disciplinary boundaries. Since 1991, GAIA has offered a well-balanced and practice-oriented forum for transdisciplinary research. GAIA offers first-hand information on state of the art environmental research and on current solutions to environmental problems. Well-known editors, advisors, and authors work to ensure the high quality of the contributions found in GAIA and a unique transdisciplinary dialogue – in a comprehensible style. GAIA is an ISI-journal, listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index and in Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences. All contributions undergo a double-blind peer review.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIESSCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Current ContentsPublisher website

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Impact

Impact factor

2.21LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

2.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.59LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.66LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

23LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

54OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

363OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.54OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

12.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

93.14%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

26LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Average review time (community reports)

over 12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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Publisher

Oekom Verlag

Country or region

GERMANY

Language

Multi-Language

ISSN

0940-5550

Electronic ISSN

2625-5413

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex