Journal rankings · indicator year 2021
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Subfield ranking · 2021
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law journal rankings 2021
52 ranked journals · Subfield in Environmental Science
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law has 52 ranked journals in 2021. The median journal has an OJR of 0.53, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2020; Q1 starts at OJR 1.27. The top three are Landslides, The Journal of Environmental Education, and Engineering Geology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2021. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2018–2020, the window the 2021 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Environmental Science (11)
52 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2020. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2018–2020, the window the 2021 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2018–2020 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2012 to 2021. | Compare |
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1LandslidesSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 5.58Q1 | 7.35 1.16 up from 2020 | 612 | 34% | $4,590 | ||
2The Journal of Environmental EducationTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.39Q1 | 4.80 2.27 up from 2020 | 90 | 20% | — | ||
3Engineering GeologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.35Q1 | 7.06 0.79 up from 2020 | 1,062 | 24% | $4,210 | ||
4Environmental Education ResearchTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.98Q1 | 3.72 0.41 up from 2020 | 256 | 38% | — | ||
5MAST. Maritime studies/Maritime studiesSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.19Q1 | 3.72 1.19 up from 2020 | 114 | 83% | $3,390 | ||
6Geoenvironmental DisastersOASpringer Nature · Germany | 2.18Q1 | 4.98 1.14 up from 2020 | 78 | 100% | $1,390 | ||
7Geomatics Natural Hazards and RiskOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.94Q1 | 4.64 0.90 up from 2020 | 314 | 100% | $1,790 | ||
8Marine PolicyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.84Q1 | 4.68 0.45 up from 2020 | 1,185 | 46% | $4,260 | ||
9Ocean & Coastal ManagementElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.67Q1 | 4.90 1.22 up from 2020 | 939 | 38% | $4,350 | ||
10Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science EducationUnited Kingdom | 1.54Q1 | 1.92 0.67 up from 2020 | 36 | 100% | — | ||
11Impact Assessment and Project AppraisalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.50Q1 | 2.16 0.11 down from 2020 | 140 | 42% | — | ||
12Journal of Education for Sustainable DevelopmentSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.34Q1 | 1.81 0.39 up from 2020 | 46 | 45% | $3,400 | ||
13Coastal ManagementTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.27Q1 | 2.84 1.21 up from 2020 | 100 | 39% | — | ||
14Australasian Journal of Environmental ManagementTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.20Q2 | 2.82 0.48 up from 2020 | 79 | 33% | — | ||
15Ocean Development & International LawTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.18Q2 | 1.73 0.18 up from 2020 | 53 | 40% | — | ||
16International Journal for Quality ResearchOACenter for Quality, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Serbia · Montenegro | 1.17Q2 | 2.21 0.75 up from 2020 | 145 | 100% | — | ||
17Applied Environmental Education & CommunicationTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.17Q2 | 1.38 0.50 down from 2020 | 85 | 9% | — | ||
18Journal of Mountain ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 1.03Q2 | 2.77 0.45 up from 2020 | 611 | 10% | $3,190 | ||
19Nomadic PeoplesOABerghahn Books · United Kingdom | 0.82Q2 | 0.95 0.45 up from 2020 | 64 | 3% | — | ||
20Revista de Economia e Sociologia RuralOABrazilian Society of Economy, Administration and Rural Sociology · Brazil | 0.76Q2 | 1.06 0.13 down from 2020 | 179 | 100% | $114 | ||
21Journal of Sustainability ResearchOAUnited Kingdom | 0.67Q2 | 1.61 0.30 down from 2020 | 67 | 100% | — | ||
22Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and HydrogeologyGeological Society of London · United Kingdom | 0.67Q2 | 1.87 0.47 up from 2020 | 192 | 15% | — | ||
23Australian Journal of Environmental EducationOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.63Q2 | 1.11 0.28 up from 2020 | 111 | 47% | $3,550 | ||
24PsyEcology Bilingual Journal of Environmental PsychologyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.62Q2 | 1.10 0.35 down from 2020 | 46 | 17% | $3,650 | ||
25AestimumOAFirenze University Press · Italy | 0.56Q2 | 1.22 0.53 up from 2020 | 42 | 100% | — | ||
26Environmental HistoryOxford University Press · United States | 0.53Q2 | 0.53 0.24 down from 2020 | 122 | 10% | — | ||
27International Journal of Global Environmental IssuesInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.52Q3 | 0.49 0.03 up from 2020 | 113 | 5% | — | ||
28Problemy EkorozwojuOAPoland | 0.51Q3 | 1.21 0.59 up from 2020 | 56 | 100% | — | ||
29Cuadernos de Desarrollo RuralOAColombia | 0.49Q3 | 0.90 0.61 up from 2020 | 35 | 100% | — | ||
30Desenvolvimento e Meio AmbienteOAUniversidade Federal do Paraná · Brazil | 0.46Q3 | 0.45 0.08 down from 2020 | 284 | 100% | — | ||
31Environmental PracticeCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.43Q3 | 1.09 0.61 up from 2020 | 35 | — | — | ||
32Parks Stewardship ForumOAeScholarship Publishing, University of California · United States | 0.41Q3 | 0.71no 2020 value | 68 | 100% | $100 | — | |
| 0.40Q3 | 0.38 0.01 up from 2020 | 125 | 100% | — | |||
34Journal of Environmental Accounting and ManagementUnited States | 0.38Q3 | 0.92 0.25 down from 2020 | 104 | 0% | — | ||
| 0.36Q3 | 0.73 0.09 down from 2020 | 259 | 0% | — | |||
36Limnology and Oceanography BulletinWiley · United States | 0.35Q3 | 0.92 0.43 up from 2020 | 162 | 28% | $3,200 | ||
37Revista de Gestão Costeira IntegradaOAPortugal | 0.34Q3 | 1.25 0.67 up from 2020 | 44 | 100% | — | ||
38Environmental and Engineering GeoscienceGeological Society of America · United States | 0.34Q3 | 0.83 0.12 down from 2020 | 96 | 9% | — | ||
39Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Arborização UrbanaOAUniversidade Federal do Paraná · Brazil | 0.33Q3 | 0.49 0.05 up from 2020 | 319 | 100% | — | ||
40Journal of Ocean and Coastal EconomicsOAUnited States | 0.31Q4 | 0.69 0.06 up from 2020 | 32 | 100% | — | ||
41Marine Technology Society JournalMarine Technology Society · United States | 0.31Q4 | 0.86 0.29 up from 2020 | 211 | 41% | — | ||
42Journal on Innovation and Sustainability RISUSOAPontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo · Brazil | 0.23Q4 | 0.41 0.28 down from 2020 | 110 | 100% | — | ||
43Interdisciplinary Environmental ReviewInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.17Q4 | 0.24 0.04 up from 2020 | 74 | 12% | — | ||
44Focus on GeographyWiley · United States | 0.17Q4 | 0.13 0.17 down from 2020 | 30 | 0% | — | ||
45GeosaberesOAUniversidade Federal do Ceará · Brazil | 0.17Q4 | 0.36 0.18 up from 2020 | 118 | 100% | — | ||
46International Journal of Environmental ImpactsOAWIT Press · United Kingdom | 0.16Q4 | 0.67 0.20 up from 2020 | 102 | 100% | $950 | ||
47International Journal of Marine ScienceOACanada | 0.15Q4 | 0.08 0.12 down from 2020 | 36 | 100% | — | ||
48Great Plains researchUnited States | 0.15Q4 | 0.21 0.11 up from 2020 | 112 | 0% | — | ||
49Journal of Laboratory Chemical EducationOAPublisher not listed | 0.12Q4 | 0.15 0.02 down from 2020 | 37 | 100% | — | ||
50Current The Journal of Marine EducationOAUbiquity Press · United States | 0.07Q4 | 0.20 0.14 up from 2020 | 52 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Environmental Science, with Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law highlighted.
- Ecology279
- Global and Planetary Change221
- Water Science and Technology101
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis93
- Pollution58
- Nature and Landscape Conservation57
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law52
- Environmental Engineering47
- Waste Management and Disposal22
- Environmental Chemistry8
- Ecological Modeling7
Journals
Citations made in 2021. Corpus-wide, 87.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
14 additional Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2018–2020, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2021. Publication window: 2018–2020. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 52
- Window papers (baseline)
- 96,369 +18.7% from indicator year 2018
- Median OJR
- 0.525 -24.2% from indicator year 2018
- Rising journals (2025)
- 5
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2018–2020 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 21 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 37 | 39 | 38 | 40 | 43 | 45 | 47 | 48 | 46 | 48 | 52 | 50 | 49 | 45 | 51 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 20,898 | 23,584 | 24,910 | 26,482 | 27,162 | 29,381 | 31,175 | 33,271 | 36,179 | 39,779 | 44,244 | 48,227 | 53,183 | 58,012 | 62,749 | 70,521 | 76,396 | 80,810 | 81,185 | 84,297 | 88,938 | 96,369 | 100,675 | 101,264 | 100,899 | 103,822 | |
| Median OJR | 0.77 | 0.716 | 0.874 | 0.67 | 0.66 | 0.76 | 0.82 | 0.729 | 0.85 | 0.875 | 0.84 | 0.727 | 0.808 | 0.685 | 0.75 | 0.809 | 0.78 | 0.720 | 0.693 | 0.687 | 0.526 | 0.525 | 0.613 | 0.62 | 0.74 | 0.612 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.