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Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
ISSN 2190-6483 · eISSN 2190-6491 · Springer Nature · 4 issues per year
Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.4 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,390; median 256 days to acceptance (60 articles, last 24 months); 78 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Environmental Education and Sustainability, Climate Change Communication and Perception and Legal and Regulatory Analysis, together about 28.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences is the official publication for the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS). AESS is an independent faculty-and-student-based professional association in higher education, designed to serve the needs of environmental scholars and scientists who value interdisciplinary approaches to research, teaching, and problem-solving. AESS and the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences (JESS) provide fora for the advancement of interdisciplinary approaches to the study and teaching of social-ecological systems. A major goal of JESS is to further the professional interests of interdisciplinary environmental researchers and practitioners by promoting scholarship that facilitates communication across disciplinary boundaries—for example, between and among the physical, biological, social sciences, the humanities, and environmental professions. JESS welcomes high quality submissions from environmental scholars and practitioners from across the globe. These contributions must explicitly involve interdisciplinary methods, content, and/or pedagogy, and clearly identify how the work contributes to environmental research, policy-making, advocacy, education, theory, or related activities. The editors encourage clear writing and straightforward organization and discourage the overuse of disciplinary jargon. Since the readership of JESS is interdisciplinary, the main ideas of articles should be comprehensible to nonspecialists. While we are open to a variety of types of work, JESS is not the right fit for everything. We receive a large number of submissions each year and only publish a small number that align with our aims and scope and meet the journal’s standards of quality. We do not publish the following article types: technical reports; literature reviews that lack a specific method or systematic approach; articles with a single, disciplinary focus; master’s or doctoral theses; and engineering, modeling, and other highly technical articles that do not substantially engage with interdisciplinary research methods, theories, or topics. In your cover letter, please describe the specific ways in which the work engages with interdisciplinary environmental research or pedagogy. Manuscripts submitted to the journal should not be under simultaneous consideration by any other journal or have been published elsewhere in any form. The journal provides several submission categories, described below. Word count speci
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Laurence DelinaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 41, United Kingdom 9, India 6, Canada 4, Hong Kong, China 2 (72 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Environmental Education and SustainabilityEnvironmental Science11.8%
- Climate Change Communication and PerceptionSocial Sciences10.1%
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences6.7%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences6.7%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering6.7%
- Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceEnvironmental Science6.7%
- Environmental Justice and Health DisparitiesSocial Sciences3.8%
- Interdisciplinary Research and CollaborationDecision Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar, RePEc
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 (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 386OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 31.58%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 58LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 298,200Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,271 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68 | 27 | 8 |
| 2025 | 78 | 23 | 87 |
| 2024 | 117 | 42 | 608 |
| 2023 | 70 | 20 | 501 |
| 2022 | 76 | 24 | 726 |
| 2021 | 93 | 37 | 1,101 |
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
256 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 209 days – 287 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 280 days
- Sample
- 60 articles with submission and acceptance dates (161 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
- Submission to first decision
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 3,390 / EUR 2,790 / GBP 2,490 | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted11, with length limits
- book reviews and events, and encourage discussion. Book Reviews (<3000 words): Concise reviews of newly published books or extended essamain text ≤ 3,000 words
- book reviewsBook Reviews (<3000 words): Concise reviews of newly published books or extended essays combining a review of several books with a discussion of issues raised b…Length not stated
- letterCommunications relating to significant issues for readers, which can concern previously published journal material.main text ≤ 1,000 words
- lettersLetters (<1000 words): Communications relating to significant issues for readers, which can concern previously published journal material.Length not stated
- opinioned to the Research and Theory category. Opinion/Editorial Articles (<3000 words): op/ed essays concerning issues and events related to envimain text ≤ 3,000 words
- practitioner voicesPractitioner Voices (3000-5000 words): A contribution relating to any aspect of practice, including but not limited to reports on interdisciplinary courses or p…Length not stated
- research and theoryResearch and Theory (5000-8000 words): An article reporting the results of rigorous study to create new knowledge about or enhanced understanding of environment…Length not stated
- research briefResearch Brief (< 5000 words): A shorter, concise description of current research or related activities relevant to the environment, including policy analysis,Length not stated
- review articleonnect to the journal’s aims and scope. Review Articles (<6000 words): Methodologically rigorous reviews of extant literature admain text ≤ 6,000 words
- review articlesReview Articles (<6000 words): Methodologically rigorous reviews of extant literature addressing topics germane to the interdisciplinary environmental studies a…Length not stated
- special issues and symposiaSpecial Issues and Symposia: A collection of related articles, or other materials relevant to environmental issues, edited by one or more authors who provide co…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing Interests
Competing interests disclosure Model summary
Authors are requested to disclose interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. Interests within the last 3 years of beginning the work (conducting the research and preparing the work for submission) should be reported. Interests outside the 3-year time frame must be disclosed if they could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work. Disclo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data transparency Model summary
All authors are requested to make sure that all data and materials as well as software application or custom code support their published claims and comply with field standards. Please note that journals may have individual policies on (sharing) research data in concordance with disciplinary norms and expectations.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
COPE membership and publication ethics Model summary
This journal is committed to upholding the integrity of the scientific record. As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) the journal will follow the COPE guidelines on how to deal with potential acts of misconduct.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- ISSN
- 2190-6483
- Electronic ISSN
- 2190-6491
- Society / sponsor
- Association of Environmental Sciences and Studies
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 16, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
What CAS zone is Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental Sciences / Environmental Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.9, h-index 53.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences?
Based on the dates recorded on 60 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 256 days (interquartile range 209–287 days). 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 Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Author–date; Suggested reviewers: 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 Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences based?
Of the 72 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (41), United Kingdom (9) and India (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,390.
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: .