Journal profile · Multiple
Global Environmental Politics
ISSN 1526-3800 · eISSN 1536-0091 · MIT Press
Global Environmental Politics: CAS Zone 2 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.06; hybrid open access; 77 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Global Environmental Politics is published by MIT Press and is in Zone 2 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Climate Change Policy and Economics and Transboundary Water Resource Management, together about 33.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
examines relationships between global political forces and environmental change, with particular attention given to the implications of local-global interactions for environmental management, as well as to the implications of environmental change and environmental governance for world politics. Each issue contains several full-length research articles, and may also contain shorter forum articles and/or a research note. The journal seeks to publish on a broad range of issues, from water to waste management to climate change.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Science13.2%
- Climate Change Policy and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.2%
- Transboundary Water Resource ManagementSocial Sciences8%
- International Development and AidSocial Sciences7.4%
- Climate Change and GeoengineeringEnvironmental Science6.4%
- Environmental law and policySocial Sciences6.2%
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impactBusiness, Management and Accounting4%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | International Relations | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Political Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 5.06LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.65LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 110OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 605OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,484 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | 15 | 11 |
| 2025 | 77 | 21 | 115 |
| 2024 | 25 | 17 | 246 |
| 2023 | 40 | 26 | 347 |
| 2022 | 68 | 31 | 896 |
| 2021 | 50 | 22 | 1,162 |
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
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use
- AI use
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Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- ISSN
- 1526-3800
- Electronic ISSN
- 1536-0091
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 26, Issue 3 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Global Environmental Politics
What CAS zone is Global Environmental Politics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Global Environmental Politics is in Zone 2 of Sociology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Environmental Studies / International Relations / Political Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Global Environmental Politics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.06; CiteScore 8.6, h-index 110.
Which databases index Global Environmental Politics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Global Environmental Politics is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Global Environmental Politics open access, and what is the APC?
Global Environmental Politics 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: .