- Journal Details
- Open Access
- Format
- Journal
- eISSN
- 2354-0079
- First Published
- 15 Apr 2013
- Publication timeframe
- 4 times per year
- Languages
- English
- Journal Subjects
- Geosciences, Geography, Atmospheric Science and Climatology, Life Sciences, Plant Science, Ecology
- Journal Metrics
- Impact Factor
- 1.1
- Five Year Impact Factor
- 1
- Cite Score
- 1.7
- SJR
- 0.278
- SNIP
- 0.451
- JCI
- 0.18
- MEiN
- 70
Environmental & Socio-economic Studies is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing original research papers, review articles and scientific communications concerning the interactions between human activity and the environment in urban and industrial areas, and the functioning of society and nature, both in periods of urban growth and economic development, and in periods of the restructuring of the economy and the development of post-industrial space. The research attention is focused on cities, metropolitan areas and their associated suburban and rural areas, industrial and mining districts, and other areas under human impact. The journal also presents research results across the fields of physical geography, economic and human geography, the biology of organisms, ecology and nature conservation, environmental protection and natural resource management, geology, environmental engineering, environmental law and social sciences.
The journal is indexed in Scopus and Web of Science - Clarivate Analytics Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Environmental & Socio-economic Studies publishes the results of research across a wide variety of interests in the following fields:
- Human impact on the environment
- Biomarkers used in monitoring the environment
- Urban ecology
- Landscape and urban planning
- Environmental protection and restoring nature
- Environmental management
- Reclamation of post-industrial and post-mining areas
- Economic development
- Urban growth, living conditions and social conflicts
- Conflicts around the use of natural resources
- Legal aspects of environmental protection and spatial planning
- Sustainable development
- Environmental education
- Physical geography and geology
Archiving
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Plagiarism Policy
The editorial board is participating in a growing community of Similarity Check System's users in order to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. Similarity Check is a medium that allows for comprehensive manuscripts screening, aimed to eliminate plagiarism and provide a high standard and quality peer-review process.
Charges
The journal does not have article processing charges (APCs) nor article submission charges.
Editor-in-Chief
Renata Dulias, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Deputy Editor-in-Chief & Managing Editor
Adam Hibszer, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Editorial Advisory Board
Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Susana Arad, University of Petrosani, Romania
Ataç Başçetin, Istanbul University, Turkey
Claudio O. Delang, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
Stefan Harnischmacher, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
Veena Joshi, University of Pune, India
Timea Kiss, University of Szeged, Hungary
Dénes Lóczy, University of Pécs, Hungary
Ewa Łupikasza, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Ireneusz Malik, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Leszek Marynowski, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Wahid Murad, University of South Australia, Australia
Øyvind Nordli, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Norway
Tibor J. Novák, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Adam Rostański, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Myroslav Shevera, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
Zděnek Szczyrba, Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia
John P. Tiefenbacher, Texas State University, United States of America
Ian C. Trueman, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Matija Zorn, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Slovenia
Editors
Section Editor - Physical Geography
Maria Fajer, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Section Editor - Climatology and Hydrology
Grażyna Knozova, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute in Brno, Czechia
Section Editor - Environmental Sciences
Teresa Nowak, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Section Editor - Life Sciences
Barbara Tokarska-Guzik, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Section Editor - Geology, Mining and Energy
Ireneusz Grzybek, State Mining Authority, Poland
Section Editor - Economic Geography and Spatial Management and Planning
Robert Krzysztofik, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Section Editor - Economics and Sustainable Development
Tetyana Pimonenko, Sumy State University, Ukraine
Section Editor - Social Sciences
Mariola Tracz, College of Europe in Cracow, Poland
Section Editor - Education
Barbara Baarova, University of Ostrava, Czechia
Language Editor
Lynn Besenyei, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Statistical Editor
Sławomir Sitek, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Technical Editor
Tomasz Spórna, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Contact
environ.em@us.edu.pl
Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
Bogumiła Zuga 32A Str.
01-811 Warsaw, Poland
T: +48 22 701 50 15
Environmental & Socio-economic Studies is covered by the following services:
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- CABI (over 50 subsections)
- CEEAS (Central & Eastern European Academic Source)
- CEJSH (The Central European Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities)
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- Engineering Village
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- QOAM (Quality Open Access Market)
- ReadCube
- Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)
- SCILIT
- SCImago (SJR)
- Scite_
- SCOPUS
- Semantic Scholar
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- WanFang Data
- Web of Science - Emerging Sources Citation Index
- WorldCat (OCLC)
- X-MOL
Please submit your manuscripts to "Environmental & Socio-economic Studies” via Editorial Manager.
Peer review process
Article submitted to the Editor for first internal review for compliance with the profile of the journal and the formal requirements for proposed manuscripts.
All manuscripts are subjected to evaluation by two independent reviewers according to the “double-blind review process. For more information please visit Guide for Authors.
Please read the Guide for Authors and fill in the Open Acces License and Authorship Statement (using CRediT – Contribution Roles Taxonomy) before making a submission.
Open Access Statement
The journal is an Open Access journal that allows a free unlimited access to all its contents without any restrictions upon publication to all users. The content is distributed under CC BY 4.0 license.