Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Environmental Management and Sustainable Development (EMSD) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal, published by Macrothink Institute. It publishes original articles in all areas of environment and development. Concerned with the complex interactions between development and environment, its purpose is to seek ways to achieve sustainability in all human activities.

Authors are encouraged to submit complete unpublished and original works, which are not under review in any other journals. Contributions are drawn from biology, botany, climatology, ecology, ecological economics, environmental engineering, fisheries, environmental law, forest sciences, geology, information science, public affairs, zoology and more.

The journal is published in online version which is free access and download.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

The journal uses double-blind system for peer-review; both reviewers and authors' identities remain anonymous. The paper will be peer-reviewed by three experts; two reviewers from outside and one editor from the journal typically involve in reviewing a submission. The review process may take four to ten weeks.

 

Publication Frequency

2023 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...

 

Index/List/Archive

CrossRef

EBSCOhost

ERA

Gale's Academic Databases

Google Scholar

J-Gate

JournalTOCs

LOCKSS

Mendeley

PKP Open Archives Harvester

ProQuest

Sherpa/Romeo

Standard Periodical Directory

Toronto Public Library

WorldCat

 

Journal Metrics

1. h-index (December 2021): 21

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar.

h-index is the largest number h such that h publications have at least h citations.

The data was calculated based on Google Scholar Citations

2. i10-index (December 2021): 51

i10-index is the number of publications with at least 10 citations.

The data was calculated based on Google Scholar Citations

3. h5-index (December 2021): N/A   

h5-index is the h-index for articles published in the last 5 complete years. It is the largest number h such that h articles published in 2016-2020 have at least h citations each.

The data was calculated based on Google Scholar Metrics

4. h5-median (December 2021): N/A

h5-median for a publication is the median number of citations for the articles that make up its h5-index.

The data was calculated based on Google Scholar Metrics

 

Publish a Special Issue

In order to better serve the needs of the academic community, we welcome collaborations with other institutions to publish special issues. If you are interested in publishing a special issue with our journal, please send your inquiry and proposal to emsd@macrothink.org.

Before embarking on a special issue with our journal, please take note of the following points:

  • Special issues should be focused on a specific research topic, conference, or closely related area of research.
  • Articles accepted for publication in special issues will undergo the same rigorous review process as regular issues.
  • You are welcome to recommend appropriate researchers to act as guest editors and reviewers.
  • To ensure timely publication, please discuss your proposal with us at least five months in advance.
  • An article processing charge (APC) will be charged for each article.
  • We offer a free e-journal in PDF format if required.

We are committed to facilitating the dissemination of high-quality research and knowledge through special issues. We look forward to working with you to bring your research to a wider audience. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries or concerns.