Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics

Aims & Scope

ESEP covers all aspects of ethics, both philosophical/theoretical and applied. - the ethical questions arising in the relationships among sciences, environmental issues, law, political sciences and policy (e.g. issues of life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law and philosophy, ethics in science and technology, bioethics, medical ethics, ecoethics, development ethics, information ethics, social and economic ethics) - ethical issues related to academia and research (e.g., peer-review and other scientific evaluations at different levels, publishing behavior and fraud, academic freedom and tenure, gender inequities) - ethical and cultural considerations and implications in science and environmental politics - monitoring and weighing of interactions between environment and human activities - possibilities of different styles of human behavior in relation to environmental issues and ethics - political and economical developments and their implementation in relation to ethics in science and environmental politics - promoting environmental awareness and human responsibilities - presentation and discussion of related philosophical concepts and perspectives - discussion of cultural implications concerning scientific methods and discourse - environmental and science politics and consequences for political decision making.

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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
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Environmental Science and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

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• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
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• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities, Environmental Science and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• Google Scholar as a new source for citation analysis

  Citation: 404

  Authors: AWK, R

• Citation counts for research evaluation: standards of good practice for analyzing bibliometric data and presenting and interpreting results

  Citation: 259

  Authors: L, R, C, HD

• Plagiarism in the age of massive Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT-3)

  Citation: 195

  Authors: N

• Escape from the impact factor

  Citation: 100

  Authors: P

• Lost in publication: how measurement harms science

  Citation: 73

  Authors: PA

• Equivalence of results from two citation analyses: Thomson ISI’s Citation Index and Google’s Scholar service

  Citation: 61

  Authors: D, KI

• New managerialism, neoliberalism and ranking

  Citation: 61

  Authors: K

• Academic freedom and the commercialisation of universities: a critical ethical analysis

  Citation: 55

  Authors: K, M

• Validating research performance metrics against peer rankings

  Citation: 54

  Authors: S

• Carrying capacity: the tradition and policy implications of limits

  Citation: 53

  Authors: VD