Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Aims & Scope

As the official journal of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies and the official journal of the Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics, it provides an international forum for debates among diverse disciplines such as environmental economics, environmental policy studies, and related fields.

The main purpose of the journal is twofold: to encourage (1) integration of theoretical studies and policy studies on environmental issues and (2) interdisciplinary works of environmental economics, environmental policy studies, and related fields on environmental issues.

The journal also welcomes contributions from any discipline as long as they are consistent with the above stated aims and purposes, and encourages interaction beyond the traditional schools of thought.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.1
2024	2.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.592

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	37

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9810

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	220

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Environmental Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Green inventions and greenhouse gas emission dynamics: a close examination of provincial Italian data

  Citation: 179

  Authors: Ding, Marianna, Massimiliano, Francesco

• Effectiveness, earmarking and labeling: testing the acceptability of carbon taxes with survey data

  Citation: 168

  Authors: Andrea, Stefano

• Decomposition of the environmental Kuznets curve: scale, technique, and composition effects

  Citation: 142

  Authors: Tetsuya, Shunsuke

• The effects of reducing food losses and food waste on global food insecurity, natural resources, and greenhouse gas emissions

  Citation: 127

  Authors: Yosuke, Toshihiko, Takesato

• Clean technological change in developing-country industrial clusters: Mexican leather tanning

  Citation: 127

  Authors: Allen, Arne

• Greenhouse gas emissions and the role of the Kyoto Protocol

  Citation: 102

  Authors: Hiroki, Keisuke

• The effect of climate change on economic growth: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Paul, George, Prince Boakye

• The environmental impact of eco-innovations: the case of EU residential electricity use

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Sibylle, Rainer, Wolfgang

• Assessing China’s carbon intensity pledge for 2020: stringency and credibility issues and their implications

  Citation: 73

  Authors: ZhongXiang

• Connect the dots: managing the fragmentation of global climate governance

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Harro, Fariborz

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