Environment (magazine) explained

Environment
Editor:Susan Cutter, Ralph Hamann, Myanna Lahsen, Alan H. McGowan, Timothy O'Riordan, Linxiu Zhang
Editor Title:Executive Editors
Category:Environment, Environmental policy
Frequency:Bimonthly
Circulation:3,100[1]
Founder:Barry Commoner
Founded:1958
Company:Taylor & Francis
Based:Philadelphia
Issn:0013-9157
Oclc:476415628

Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, commonly referred to as Environment magazine, is published bi-monthly in Philadelphia by Taylor & Francis. Environment is a hybrid, peer-reviewed, popular environmental science publication and website, aimed at a broad, "smart, but uninitiated" population.[2] Its Executive Editors are Susan L. Cutter (University of South Carolina), Ralph Hamann, Myanna Lahsen, Alan H. McGowan (The New School), Tim O'Riordan (University of East Anglia), and Linxiu Zhang.

History

Environment was founded in the late 1950s as Nuclear Information, a mimeographed newsletter published by Barry Commoner at the Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, at Washington University, in St. Louis, Missouri.[3] It was renamed Scientist and Citizen from 1964-1968. From 1973 it was published by the Scientist's Institute for Public Information (SIPI) chaired by Margaret Mead, and later by a small commercial publisher.

[4] Its full title, Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development helps to distinguish it from other journals including Environments published by MDPI and The Environment published by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM).

Academic recognition

The journal has a Scopus citescore index of 0.89 in 2016,[5] giving it a ranking of 99th out of 183 journals listed in the category 'Water Science and Technology' and 76/128 in 'Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment'. These are relatively low because Scopus counts citations of articles in the journal in academic literature over the previous three years, and this journal is not a fully academic publication. Also, it is not available Open Access.

In the Web of Science, a more selective citation index also based on the previous three years citations, it has a score of 1.852 for 2016, placing it 46/105 in the category 'environmental studies' and 112/229 in 'Environmental Science'.[6]

Highly cited articles per year include:

Notes and References

  1. http://www.heldref.org/media-kits/pdfs/2013%20VENV%20Media%20Kit.pdf "Rates and Data 2013,"
  2. Environment (inside back cover), March/April 2013.
  3. McGowan. Alan H.. Remembering Barry Commoner. Environment. March–April 2013. 55. 2. 17. 10.1080/00139157.2013.765312.
  4. SIPI Takes Over as Publisher of Environment Magazine. John. Walsh. 9 March 1973. Science. 179. 4077. 978. 17 February 2019. science.sciencemag.org. 10.1126/science.179.4077.978. 17842158. 1973Sci...179..978W.
  5. Web site: Scopus preview - Scopus - Environment. www.scopus.com . Elsevier B.V.. 17 February 2019.
  6. https://www.webofknowledge.com/ Web of Knowledge