Ethics, Policy and Environment

Aims & Scope

Ethics, Policy & Environment offers scholarly articles, reviews, critical exchanges, and short reflections on all aspects of environmental ethics, environmental philosophy, and the normative dimensions of environmental policy.

While Ethics, Policy & Environment centers on environmental ethics and policy, its substantive coverage is wider.

Authors have been concerned with a range of subjects, such as applied environmental ethics, animal welfare, environmental justice, development ethics, sustainability, and cultural values relevant to environmental concerns.

The journal also welcomes analyses of practical applications of environmental, energy technology, regional, and urban policies, as well as theoretically robust discussions of common arguments that appear throughout debates on environment and energy policy, either in the scholarly literature or in the broader civic sphere.

Ethics, Policy & Environment is of particular relevance to a number of disciplines, including Philosophy, Environmental Studies, Public Policy, Political Science, Law, Ecology, Economics, Architecture, Geography, and Urban Planning.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.544

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	26

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10689

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	150

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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 Arts and Humanities, 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.

• How Harmful Are the Average American's Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

  Citation: 112

  Authors: John

• Climate Change and Individual Duties to Reduce GHG Emissions

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Christian

• Human Engineering and Climate Change

  Citation: 64

  Authors: S. Matthew, Anders, Rebecca

• Responsibility for the Past? Some Thoughts on Compensating Those Vulnerable to Climate Change in Developing Countries

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Christian

• A Care-Based Approach to Transformative Change: Ethically-Informed Practices, Relational Response-Ability & Emotional Awareness

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Angela, Katriina, Alex, Dirk

• Agricultural Technologies as Living Machines: Toward a Biomimetic Conceptualization of Smart Farming Technologies

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Vincent, Bart

• Decolonial Model of Environmental Management and Conservation: Insights from Indigenous-led Grizzly Bear Stewardship in the Great Bear Rainforest

  Citation: 48

  Authors: K. A., M. S., H. M., C. T., J. (‘Cúagilákv), W. G. (Dúqváísḷa), J. E., M. F., D. (Muq’vas Glaw), C. N., J.

• Challenges and Opportunities for Understanding Non-economic Loss and Damage

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Christopher J.

• Towards Integrated Ethical and Scientific Analysis of Geoengineering: A Research Agenda

  Citation: 41

  Authors: Nancy, Ryan L., Toby, Roman, Peter J., Jacob, Klaus

• Cultural Ecosystem Services: A Critical Assessment

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Simon P.

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