- Focus and Scope
- Section Policies
- Peer Review Process
- Publication Frequency
- Open Access Policy
- Archiving
- Index/List/Archive
- Journal Metrics
Focus and Scope
Encourage and publish research papers in the fields of environmental and ecological sciences, including environmental physics, environmental chemistry, environmental economics, environmental management, environmental engineering & technology, environmental health, ecological and environmental protection and some hot related issues such as air and water pollution, solid waste, noise, recycling, natural resources, climate change, biodiversity and so on.
Section Policies
Articles
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Peer Review Process
We use a double-blind system for peer review; both reviewers’ and authors’ identities remain anonymous. The paper will be reviewed by at least two experts: one editorial staff member and at least one external reviewer. The review process may take 4-10 weeks.
Publication Frequency
Semiannual, published in June and December
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
CNKI Scholar
Crossref
Google Scholar
JournalTOCs
Mendeley
PKP Open Archives Harvester
Qualis Index: B5
Sherpa/Romeo
RePEc
Sherpa/Romeo
Worldcat
Journal Metrics
1. Impact Factor
The impact factor (IF) or Journal impact factor (JIF) normally referred to is the proprietary journal impact factor from Thomson Reuters calculated based on the Web of Science (WOS) and published in the Journal Citation Reports® (JCR). Currently, this journal hasn’t been indexed in Thomson Reuters JCR. Therefore, its official JCR®JIF is not yet available.
2. h-index (December 2021): 13
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
3. i10-index (December 2021): 14
i10-index is the number of publications with at least 10 citations.
The data was calculated based on Google Scholar Citations
4. h5-index (December 2021): 12
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
5. h5-median (December 2021): 17
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