About this journal
Aims and scope
The Journal of Environmental Education ( JEE) is a bimonthly, international forum for critical and constructive debate on all aspects of research, theory and praxis in environmental and sustainability education and related areas. The journal publishes refereed research papers that include quantitative, qualitative, mixed, and post-qualitative, as well as philosophical and theoretical analyses. JEE also invites work that employs alternative research approaches, such as posthuman and transhuman research, transgressive inquiry, diffractive analysis, social cartography, and other innovative lines of inquiry.
Manuscripts that address the educational challenges of the third decade of the twenty-first century are encouraged, including to existing theoretical discourses and connections of theory and practice. They may be disciplinary or interdisciplinary, and while many will come from within the discipline of environmental and sustainability education, others will come from related fields, such as, for example, environmental sciences, food production, health sciences, ecological economics, sustainable transportation, and ecological architecture. However, it is necessary that manuscripts have an educational or pedagogical focus, and situate the work historically within the extant literature of environment/sustainability and education.
JEE covers all levels of education, from early childhood to higher and vocational education, formal, informal and non-formal education.
In making a submission, please include a 150-word abstract and 3 to 6 keywords (excluding "environmental" or "education"). In addition, delete any information that identifies you as author or co-author; this includes bibliographical references, project identifiers, funding sources, and thank you and appreciation notes.
Contributors are invited to submit manuscripts in the following categories:
Empirical research
Research articles will include a clear statement of the research context (including the geographical, social, and environmental place of the research), and a statement of the research problem addressed in relation to relevant and contemporary international environmental and sustainability education literature. Authors are advised to set out the background in formulating their research questions and include a description and justification of the research methodology and data collection methods. Data findings are to be presented clearly for an international audience. Critical analysis and discussion of results in light of contemporary research should be articulated. Recommendations or implications for policy and/or practice are encouraged as relevant to the research context. To be published, submissions must advance the contemporary theory and/or practice of environmental or sustainability education. Papers are judged on their merit as demonstrations of sound scholarship across diverse methodological and representational approaches for broad audiences of primarily scholars and policymakers.
Critical essays
Substantial, critical essays related to contemporary or historical matters in environmental and sustainability-related education research will be considered by the journal. Essays may include critical and coherent analyses and discussions of philosophies, theories, perspectives, and educational research directions that serve to enhance international understanding of the field.
Policy analyses
Policy analyses that articulate the representational approach taken and clearly describe and analyse the context and place of environmental and sustainability education policy development, implementation and enactment will be considered by the journal. Critical analysis, discussion and synthesis of results in light of contemporary policy research is encouraged.
Literature reviews
Formal literature reviews are a useful addition to the research literature in the field. Original reviews that enhance knowledge in and of an identified area of research will be considered by the journal. Literature reviews must be of a recognised methodological type and include a comprehensive and contemporary analysis of published research on a well-defined topic. The review can enumerate, describe, summarize, evaluate, and clarify a chosen body of previous research in light of a research stance or purposeful research questions.
Program evaluations
Program evaluations of innovative advances are welcome. Educational evaluations must follow a recognised set of procedures: They should describe the place, purpose, and intent of the educational program; document and analyse the context(s), processes, and outcomes; and include a discussion of how insights may be transferable to other educational and cultural contexts as relevant.
Book and media reviews
Book and media reviews may address educational materials such as books, films, videos, software, and games. The journal welcomes review submissions in the form of either a critical review or a scholarly review. Either will discuss the material's strengths, gaps, and weaknesses, in addition to specifics pertaining to each type of review.
Critical reviews (up to 1500 words) will adopt a critical and analytical approach to reflect on the ideas and themes of a book or other educational material. This may include a critical analysis of the author's intent, ideas and writing technique, as well as the book's thematic elements, methodology, interpretations, and conclusions. The review will make connections to broader scholarship of relevance to the topic.
Scholarly reviews (up to 6000 words) are research-based pieces written by scholars for scholars. Reviews will adopt a theoretical research-based, critical, and analytical approach to analyse, interpret, and evaluate the published ideas and themes. They can be wide ranging in scope and will relate the work under discussion to other published literature and educational materials and ideas, as well as analyse in depth the methodology, interpretations and conclusions of the works under review.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 138K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.7 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.7 (2023) 5 year IF
- 6.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.424 (2023) SNIP
- 0.824 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 25 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 137 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 70 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 11% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Alberto (Tico) Arenas
The University of Arizona, USA
EDITORS
Sally E. Birdsall
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Beth A. Covitt
University of Montana, USA
Cae Rodrigues (Special Issues)
Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil
Hilary Whitehouse
James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
MANAGING EDITOR
Kelly J. Smith
The University of Arizona, USA
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Sanjukta Sarkar
The University of Arizona, USA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Neus (Snowy) Evans (Book Reviews)
James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW BOARD
Nicole M. Ardoin, Stanford University, USA
Yodida Bhutia, North Eastern Hill University, India
Robert D. Bixler, Clemson University, USA
Judith Chen-Hsuan Cheng, National Ilan University, Taiwan
Amy Cutter-Mackenzie, Southern Cross University, Australia
Justin Dillon, University College London, United Kingdom
Sue Elliot, University of New England, Australia
Julie Ernst, University of Minnesota, USA
Jo-Anne Ferreira, La Trobe University, Australia
Daphne Goldman, Beit Berl Academic College, Israel
George Harrison, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, USA
Catherine Hart, University of Regina, Canada
Paul Hart, University of Regina, Canada
Regula Kyburz-Graber, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Teresa Lloro Bidart, California State Polytechnic University, USA
Gregory Lowan-Trudeau, University of Calgary, Canada
Tom Marcinkowski, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Marcellus Mbah, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
David Meek, University of Oregon, USA
Hannah Miller, Northern Vermont University, USA
Martha Monroe, University of Florida, USA
Franz Rauch, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Sarah Riggs Stapleton, University of Oregon, USA
Constance Russell, Lakehead University, Canada
Bonnie Shapiro, University of Calgary, Canada
Kathryn Stevenson, North Carolina State University, USA
Robert B. Stevenson, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
Dilafruz Williams, Portland State University, USA
Aravella Zachariou, Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, Cyprus
Michaela T. Zint, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA
Abstracting and indexing
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° Dietrich's Index Philosophicus
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° Environment Index
° GeoRef
° GreenFILE
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° Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
° PsycINFO
° Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies
° SocINDEX
° SocINDEX with Full Text
° Teacher Reference Center
° TOC Premier (Table of Contents)
• Elsevier BV
° Scopus
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
• Gale
° General Reference Centre International
• National Library of Medicine
° PubMed
• OCLC
° Education Index (Online)
• Ovid
° GeoRef
° PsycINFO
• ProQuest
° Agricultural & Environmental Science Database
° AIDS and Cancer Research Abstracts, Selective
° Algology Mycology and Protozoology Abstracts (Microbiology C), Selective
° ASFA Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts(Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts)
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° Industrial and Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A)
° Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts (Online)
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Open access
The Journal of Environmental Education is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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6 issues per year
Currently known as:
- The Journal of Environmental Education (1971 - current)
Formerly known as
- Environmental Education (1969 - 1971)
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