GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Aims & Scope

GAIA is a peer-reviewed inter- and transdisciplinary journal for scientists and other interested parties concerned with the causes and analyses of environmental and sustainability problems and their solutions.

GAIA has a proven record of high-quality articles, a well-established international reviewer network, and a reputation of academic excellence.

GAIA is published in colour print and provides an exceptional opportunity to illustrate scientific work in the form of pictures, charts, or maps.

GAIA is listed in the Social Science Citation Index and in Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Articles in GAIA are published in both English and German.

GAIA is a quarterly publication.

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GAIA is an ancient Greek word for the Earth.

GAIA: The word Gaîa touches on a myth that affected the beginning of philosophy and science. "Mother Earth" is a formula for bearing and conceiving, giving and taking, up and down.

A guarantor of the cycle of life, Gaîa represents the foundation of the law that is preliminary to human dispositions.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.9
2024	1.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.440

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	41

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	12852

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	205

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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.

• Sharing Economy: A Potential New Pathway to Sustainability

  Citation: 399

  Authors: Harald

• Nature-based Solutions: New Influence for Environmental Management and Research in Europe

  Citation: 371

  Authors: Hilde, Estelle, José Manuel N., Victor, Tomas, Joachim, Bruno, Martin, Hans, Penelope, Katrin, Matt, Chantal, Wolfgang W., Xavier

• Green Economy – the Next Oxymoron? No Lessons Learned from Failures of Implementing Sustainable Development

  Citation: 186

  Authors: Ulrich

• Linking Ecosystem Services with Cultural Landscape Research

  Citation: 162

  Authors: Harald, Claudia, Tobias

• Towards a Reflexive Turn in the Governance of Global Environmental Expertise. The Cases of the IPCC and the IPBES

  Citation: 155

  Authors: Silke, Maud, Jason, Alejandro, Katja, Mike, Rolf, Eva, Elisabeth, Clark, Tahani, Carsten, Josef, Esther, Eleftheria, Christoph

• Jointly Experimenting for Transformation? Shaping Real-World Laboratories by Comparing Them

  Citation: 151

  Authors: Niko, Franziska, Guido, Matthias, Matthias, Mandy, Derk, Per, Carolin, Daniel J.

• Alarm: Assessing Large-scale environmental Risks for biodiversity with tested Methods

  Citation: 149

  Authors: Josef, Volker, Phil, Ulrich, Stefan, Mladen, William, Glenn, Martin, Theodora, Kaja, Simon, Hap, Petr, Mark, Joachim, Ingolf, Martin, Marco, Martin, Ingolf

• Sustainable Consumption Corridors: Concept, Objections, and Responses

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Antonietta, Doris

• Concepts of Risk: An Interdisciplinary Review Part 1: Disciplinary Risk Concepts

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Ortwin

• Challenges of Transdisciplinary Research as Interactive Knowledge Generation – Experiences from Transdisciplinary Case Study Research

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Arnim

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