Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental
ISSN 2014-038X · Generalitat de Catalunya; Universitat Rovira i Virgili · Spain
Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 108 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental is published by Generalitat de Catalunya; Universitat Rovira i Virgili. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Environmental law and policy, Administrative Law and Governance and Legal Cases and Commentary, together about 70.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Political Science and International Relations and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
És una publicació científica semestral, d'accés obert i gratuït, amb una política lingüística oberta que vol ser un punt de referència per a una comunitat científica i professional creixent, dinàmica i viva al voltant del dret ambiental.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Argentina 2, Mexico 1, Chile 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Environmental law and policySocial Sciences32.8%
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences25.6%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine11.8%
- International Environmental Law and PoliciesEnvironmental Science8.7%
- Local Governance and PlanningSocial Sciences5.1%
- Environmental Sustainability and EducationEnvironmental Science2.1%
- European and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences1.7%
- Comparative International Legal StudiesSocial Sciences1.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q4 | 928/1162 | 20th |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | Q4 | 410/432 | 5th |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | Q4 | 293/307 | 4th |
| Ecology | Q4 | 481/491 | 2nd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CARHUS Plus+ 2025 (Classificació A), CARHUS Plus+2018 (Classificació A), ERIH-Plus, SUCUPIRA, RESH, Latindex-Catálogo, ISOC - Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Segell de Qualitat per Revistes Científiques del FECYT, RACO (Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert), V/Lex, Dialnet, LATINDEX, CARHUS+ 2018, CARHUS+ 2025, Sucupira (Brasil), ROAD (Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources), SUDOC, CIRC (Clasificación Integrada de Revistas Científicas), DULCINEA, ÍnDICEs (CSIC)Publisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.12OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,656 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 54 | 109 |
| 2025 | 108 | 108 | 132 |
| 2024 | 104 | 104 | 158 |
| 2023 | 100 | 100 | 99 |
| 2022 | 105 | 105 | 101 |
| 2021 | 95 | 95 | 60 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Not considered
- preprint
Article types accepted9
- crònicaCRÒNICALength not stated
- cròniquescròniques (repassos generals de l'actualitat en matèria de dret ambiental en diversos àmbits normatius)Length not stated
- documentaciói documentacióLength not stated
- editorial / introducció al monogràficEDITORIAL / INTRODUCCIÓ AL MONOGRÀFICLength not stated
- estudisESTUDISLength not stated
- monogràficMONOGRÀFICLength not stated
- notesnotes (articles curts dedicats a qüestions concretes d'actualitat)Length not stated
- recensionsRECENSIONSLength not stated
- ressenyes bibliogràfiquesressenyes bibliogràfiquesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use
Policy on the use of AI; a specific declaration of AI tool usage must be included in the text if applicable. Model summary
Es respecta la política sobre ús de la IA, i s'ha inclós al text una Declaració específica sobre els usos realitzats d'eines d'IA, si s'escau.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication under a CC BY NC ND license. Model summary
Els autors conserven els drets d’autoria i atorguen a la Revista el dret de primera publicació, amb l’obra disponible simultàniament sota una Llicència d’Atribució, No comercial i sense derivades CC BY NC ND de CreativeCommons
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Continuous publication Model summary
La RCDA manté un flux continu de recepció originals.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
The RCDA editorial team uses anti-plagiarism software in all processes. Model summary
L'equip editorial de la RCDA utilitza programes antiplagi en tots els processos
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Submissions must not have been previously published or submitted to another journal. Model summary
L'enviament no ha estat publicat anteriorment ni s'ha presentat abans a cap revista (o s'ha remès un comentari a "Comentaris per a l'editor").
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
- Generalitat de Catalunya; Universitat Rovira i Virgili
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish, English, French, Catalan, Portuguese, German
- ISSN
- 2014-038X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental
How long does peer review take at Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Argentina (2), Mexico (1) and Chile (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .