About this journal

Aims and 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.

Peer Review Policy:
All articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.

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Journal metrics

Usage

  • 103K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.5 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 1.4 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 2.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.894 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.457 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 19 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 10 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 42% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editors:
Benjamin Hale - Philosophy and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Andrew Light (On Leave) - Philosophy and Public Policy, George Mason University, USA

Managing Editor:
Paul N. Ickert - Philosophy, George Mason University, USA

Book Review Editor:
Dayton Martindale -
Environmental Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Founding Co-Editor:
Jonathan M. Smith - Geography, Texas A&M University, USA

Editorial Board:
Chrisoula Andreou – Philosophy, University of Utah, USA
Albert Borgmann - Philosophy, University of Montana, USA
Emily Brady – Geography, University of Edinburgh, UK
Allen Carlson - Philosophy, University of Alberta, Canada
Avner de-Shalit - Politics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Robyn Eckersely - Politics, University of Melbourne, Australia
Kevin Elliott – Philosophy, University of South Carolina, USA
Stephan Gardiner - Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle
Lori Gruen – Philosophy, Wesleyan University, USA
Arto Haapala - Aesthetics, University of Helsinki, Finland
Tim Hayward – Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK
David Kaplan – Philosophy and Religion, University of North Texas, USA
Eric Katz - Philosophy, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Jason Kawall – Philosophy, Colgate University, USA
Norva Y. S. Lo – Philosophy, La Trobe University, Australia
J. E. Malpas - Philosophy, University of Tasmania, Australia
Jonathan Maskit – Philosophy, Denison University, USA
Katie McShane – Philosophy, Colorado State University, USA
Steven Moore - Architecture and Planning, University of Texas, USA
Bryan Norton – Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Jay Odenbaugh – Philosophy, Lewis and Clark College, USA
John O'Neill - Philosophy, University of Manchester, UK
Clare Palmer - Philosophy, Texas A&M University, USA
Carole Pateman - Politics, UCLA, USA
Christopher Preston – Philosophy, University of Montana, USA
Ronald SandlerPhilosophy, Northeastern University, USA
Allen Thompson – Philosophy, Clemson University, USA
Ken Shockley – Philosophy, Buffalo University, USA
Peter Singer - Philosophy, Princeton University, USA
Alison Wylie - Philosophy, University of Washington, USA

Updated 13-02-2024

Abstracting and indexing

Ethics, Policy & Environment is currently noted in:

C S A Human Population & Natural Resource Management; Current Abstracts; Educational Research Abstracts Online; Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index; GEOBASE; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences; International Philosophical Bibliography/Repertoire Bibliographique de la Philosophie; Multicultural Education Abstracts; OCLC; Philosopher's Index; Philosophy Research Index; SCOPUS; Social Services Abstracts; Sociological Abstracts; Special Educational Needs Abstracts; Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts; Urban Studies Abstracts.

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