Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The journal welcomes research in the following areas, including but not limited to:

  • Environmental Governance & Policy: Environmental policy, politics, legislation, and regulatory frameworks, sustainable development planning and governance.
  • Environmental Assessment & Pollution Science: Environmental impact assessment, pollutant monitoring, modeling, transport and fate of pollutants in environmental media, spill prevention and management.
  • Resource & Ecosystem Management: Environmental management systems, economics of environmental management, natural resource quality, quantity, conservation, and long-term sustainability.
  • Pollution Remediation & Waste Management: Pollution prevention and control, process modification for pollution reduction, waste treatment, disposal, and contaminated site remediation.
  • Water-Energy Sustainability: Water and energy management, water-energy nexus challenges, improved energy efficiency.
  • Sustainable Development Research: Sustainable development approaches, practical methodologies, evidence-based solutions reconciling environmental protection, resource utilization, and sustainable socioeconomic development.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

The journal uses double-anonymized peer-reviewed system for peer-review. The manuscript will be peer-reviewed by at least two independent external reviewers with relevant expertise.


 

Publication Frequency

2023-2026 Semiannual, published in May and November
2018-2022 Quarterly, published in February, May, August and November
2012-2017 Semiannual, published in May and November

 

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Indexing & Archiving

CrossRef

EBSCOhost

ERA

Gale's Academic Databases

Google Scholar

J-Gate

JournalTOCs

LOCKSS

Mendeley

Open policy finder

PKP Open Archives Harvester

ProQuest

Toronto Public Library

WorldCat

 

Special Issue Proposals

To foster academic collaboration and advance scholarly research, we welcome special issue proposals from scholars, researchers, and academic or research institutions. Those interested in organizing a special issue are invited to submit their inquiries and proposals to the journal’s editorial office via email: emsd@macrothink.org