Environmental Policy and Law

Aims & Scope

Environmental Policy and Law (EPL) is an international, interdisciplinary journal that facilitates an understanding of environmental policy and law issues not only by drawing upon and contributing to the environmental social sciences, but also linking the health, natural, and computer sciences.

The aim of the journal is to promote communication among academia, government, business and industry, and non-governmental organizations who are instrumental in the solving of environmental problems.

The journal’s scope encompasses a wide range of environmental and natural resource issues, including biodiversity loss, climate change, desertification, environmental pollution and wastes, forest conservation, ozone depletion, renewable and non-renewable natural resources, sustainability, transboundary pollutant flows, and the management of marine and fresh-water resources, and the interaction among these issues.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.286

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	17

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	17077

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	98

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Environmental Science and Social Sciences, 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.

• World Commission on environment and development

  Citation: 145

  Authors: G

• Role of Climate Change in Exacerbating Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Women: A New Challenge for International Law

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Bharat H., Moumita

• Climate Change and Global Environmental Politics: North-South Divide

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Md.

• Convention on Biological Diversity: A Review of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Working Group Negotiations

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Elsa

• Achieving Sustainable Development Goals Through Effective Domestic Laws and Policies on Environment and Climate Change

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Muhammed Tawfiq

• Environmental law handbookBy J. Gordon Arbuckle, et al. 3d ed. Government Institutes, Inc.: Washington, D. C. Pp. xii, 308. $ 29.50

  Citation: 17

  Authors:

• Strengthening National Compliance with International Environmental Agreements

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Edith

• The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture: a Call to Action?

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Elsa

• Exploring the Analytical, Normative and Transformative Dimensions of Earth System Law

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Louis J., Rakhyun E.

• The Baia Mare and Baia Borsa Accidents: Cases of Severe Transboundary Water Pollution

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Cédric

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