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Best Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law journals

420 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 108 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Sustainability 44.1 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
2 Advances in Applied Energy 26.6 99th Q1 ESCI – Yes
3 Reviews in Aquaculture 25.5 99th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Business Strategy and the Environment 23.8 99th Q1 SSCI A No
5 Journal of Tourism Futures 23.1 98th Q1 ESCI B Yes
6 Applied Energy 22.1 98th Q1 SCIE A No
7 Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 21.7 98th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Resources Policy 20.3 98th Q1 – B No
9 Landscape and Urban Planning 19.6 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
10 Environmental Impact Assessment Review 19.6 97th Q1 SSCI – No
11 Energy Policy 19.3 97th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
12 Global Environmental Change 19.2 97th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A* No
13 Energy 17.1 97th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Asian Economic Policy Review 16.7 96th Q1 SSCI C No
15 Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring and Management 16.7 96th Q1 – – No
16 International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 16.7 96th Q1 SCIE – No
17 npj Clean Water 16.6 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
18 Current Environmental Health Reports 16.5 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
19 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 15.5 95th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Energy Reports 15.3 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
21 Current Pollution Reports 15.2 95th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain 14.6 95th Q1 ESCI B Yes
23 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 14.6 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
24 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 14.5 94th Q1 SSCI C No
25 Land Use Policy 14 94th Q1 SSCI A No
26 Journal of Environmental Management 13.9 94th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Ecosystem Services 13.7 93rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
28 Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture 13.5 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
29 Fish and Fisheries 12.7 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
30 Telecommunications Policy 12.7 93rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
31 Climate Policy 12.6 92nd Q1 SSCI C No
32 Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 12.6 92nd Q1 SSCI A No
33 Weather and Climate Extremes 12.6 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
34 Resources, Environment and Sustainability 12.5 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
35 Sustainability Science 12.4 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
36 Management of Environmental Quality 11.8 91st Q1 ESCI C No
37 Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 11.6 91st Q1 SSCI B No
38 Environment, Development and Sustainability 11.6 91st Q1 SCIE – No
39 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy 11.6 91st Q1 SCIE – No
40 Environmental Evidence 11.4 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
41 Tourism Recreation Research 11.3 90th Q1 ESCI A No
42 International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 11.2 90th Q1 SCIE – No
43 Environmental Science and Policy 11.1 90th Q1 SCIE – No
44 Food Policy 11 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
45 Water Security 11 89th Q1 ESCI – No
46 Environmental Challenges 10.8 89th Q1 – – Yes
47 Climate Risk Management 10.4 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
48 Ocean and Coastal Management 10.3 89th Q1 SCIE – No
49 Maritime Policy and Management 10.3 88th Q1 SSCI B No
50 Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 10.1 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
51 Smart Energy 10 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
52 Policy Studies Journal 9.9 88th Q1 SSCI B No
53 Energy for Sustainable Development 9.9 87th Q1 SCIE – No
54 Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 9.8 87th Q1 SSCI A* No
55 HydroResearch 9.8 87th Q1 – – Yes
56 International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology 9.7 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
57 Science in One Health 9.4 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
58 Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility 9.1 86th Q1 SSCI – No
59 Clean Energy 9.1 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
60 Ecological Engineering 9.1 86th Q1 SCIE – No
61 Advances in Climate Change Research 9 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
62 Sustainability (Switzerland) 8.9 85th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
63 Marine Policy 8.7 85th Q1 SSCI A No
64 Global Sustainability 8.7 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
65 Economic Policy 8.6 84th Q1 SSCI A No
66 International Journal of Tourism Cities 8.6 84th Q1 ESCI B No
67 Environmental Toxicology 8.6 84th Q1 SCIE – No
68 Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 8.5 84th Q1 SSCI – No
69 Environmental Development 8.5 84th Q1 SCIE – No
70 Journal of Air Transport Management 8.4 83rd Q1 SSCI B No
71 Cleaner and Responsible Consumption 8.4 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
72 International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 8.4 83rd Q1 SSCI – Yes
73 International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 8.4 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
74 Environmental Processes 8.2 82nd Q1 ESCI – No
75 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 8 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
76 Extractive Industries and Society 8 82nd Q1 SSCI – No
77 International Journal of Health Policy and Management 8 82nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
78 Journal of Remanufacturing 8 82nd Q1 – – No
79 Environmental Communication 7.8 81st Q1 SSCI – No
80 Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts 7.7 81st Q1 SCIE – No
81 Frontiers in Climate 7.7 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
82 Review of Policy Research 7.7 81st Q1 SSCI – No
83 Forest Policy and Economics 7.6 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
84 Environmental Policy and Governance 7.6 80th Q1 SSCI – No
85 Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 7.5 80th Q1 SSCI – No
86 Recycling 7.5 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
87 Forest Ecology and Management 7.5 79th Q1 SCIE – No
88 Internet Policy Review 7.5 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
89 Earth System Governance 7.4 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
90 Cleaner Environmental Systems 7.3 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
91 Journal of Land Use Science 7.3 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
92 Housing Policy Debate 7.3 78th Q1 SSCI B No
93 GeoHealth 7.3 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
94 Resources 7.3 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
95 Geoenvironmental Disasters 7.2 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
96 Journal of Social Policy 7 77th Q1 SSCI A No
97 Rangelands 6.9 77th Q1 – – No
98 Transnational Environmental Law 6.9 77th Q1 SSCI – No
99 Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 6.8 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
100 Policy Sciences 6.8 76th Q1 SSCI B No
101 Bestuur 6.8 76th Q1 – – Yes
102 Journal of European Social Policy 6.8 76th Q1 SSCI – No
103 Journal of Water and Climate Change 6.8 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
104 European Policy Analysis 6.7 76th Q1 ESCI – No
105 Environmental and Resource Economics 6.6 75th Q1 SSCI A No
106 Carbon Balance and Management 6.6 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
107 Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning 6.6 75th Q1 SSCI – No
108 Journal of Human Rights and the Environment 6.6 75th Q1 ESCI – No
109 Ecosystems and People 6.5 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
110 Environmental Health Insights 6.5 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
111 International Journal of Housing Policy 6.5 74th Q2 SSCI – No
112 City and Environment Interactions 6.3 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
113 Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 6.3 73rd Q2 SSCI – No
114 Frontiers in Sustainability 6.3 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
115 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 6.2 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
116 Journal of Hydro-Environment Research 6.2 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
117 Water Alternatives 6.1 73rd Q2 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
118 WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs 6.1 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
119 British Journal of Politics and International Relations 6 72nd Q2 SSCI – No
120 Conservation and Society 6 72nd Q2 SSCI – Yes
121 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
122 Social Enterprise Journal 5.9 71st Q2 ESCI C No
123 Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 5.9 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
124 Journal of Arid Land 5.9 71st Q2 SCIE – No
125 Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management - ASCE 5.9 71st Q2 SCIE – No
126 Climate Change Economics 5.8 70th Q2 SSCI B No
127 Information Economics and Policy 5.8 70th Q2 SSCI A No
128 Policy and Politics 5.8 70th Q2 SSCI A No
129 Environmental Sociology 5.8 70th Q2 ESCI – No
130 Local Environment 5.8 70th Q2 SSCI – No
131 Journal of Public Policy 5.7 69th Q2 SSCI B Yes
132 Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health 5.6 69th Q2 SCIE – No
133 Aqua Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society 5.6 69th Q2 SCIE – No
134 Regional Science Policy and Practice 5.6 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
135 Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 5.5 68th Q2 ESCI C No
136 Globalizations 5.5 68th Q2 SSCI – No
137 Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management 5.5 68th Q2 – – No
138 Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability 5.5 68th Q2 ESCI – No
139 International Journal of Public Sector Management 5.4 67th Q2 ESCI B No
140 Applied Vegetation Science 5.4 67th Q2 SCIE – No
141 International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education 5.4 67th Q2 ESCI – No
142 Spatial Statistics 5.4 67th Q2 SCIE – No
143 Trees, Forests and People 5.4 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
144 International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development 5.3 66th Q2 ESCI – Yes
145 Science and Public Policy 5.2 66th Q2 SSCI C No
146 Buildings and Cities 5.2 66th Q2 ESCI – Yes
147 Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 5.2 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
148 Journal of Environmental Law 5.1 65th Q2 SSCI B No
149 Ecotoxicology 5.1 65th Q2 SCIE – No
150 Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association 5.1 65th Q2 SCIE – No
151 Grass and Forage Science 5 65th Q2 SCIE – No
152 Environmental Pollution and Management 5 64th Q2 – – Yes
153 Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy 5 64th Q2 ESCI – No
154 Noise Mapping 4.9 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
155 Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 4.8 64th Q2 ESCI B No
156 IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation 4.8 64th Q2 ESCI – No
157 Oxford Review of Economic Policy 4.8 63rd Q2 SSCI A No
158 Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law 4.8 63rd Q2 SSCI – No
159 Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 4.7 63rd Q2 SSCI A* No
160 Blue-Green Systems 4.7 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
161 Environmental Conservation 4.7 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
162 Water and Environment Journal 4.6 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
163 Development Policy Review 4.5 62nd Q2 SSCI B No
164 Journal of Environmental Quality 4.5 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
165 H2Open Journal 4.5 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
166 Aquaculture Environment Interactions 4.4 61st Q2 SCIE – Yes
167 Environmental Economics 4.4 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
168 Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management 4.4 61st Q2 SSCI – No
169 Population Research and Policy Review 4.3 60th Q2 SSCI A No
170 Global Public Policy and Governance 4.3 60th Q2 ESCI – No
171 Journal of Integrated Pest Management 4.3 60th Q2 SCIE – Yes
172 Journal of Law, Environmental and Justice 4.3 60th Q2 – – No
173 Urban Informatics 4.3 60th Q2 – – Yes
174 Agricultural and Environmental Letters 4.2 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
175 Environmental Justice 4.2 59th Q2 ESCI – No
176 Nusantara: Journal of Law Studies 4.2 59th Q2 – – No
177 Rangeland Ecology and Management 4.2 59th Q2 SCIE – No
178 Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management 4.2 58th Q2 – B No
179 Conservation Physiology 4.2 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
180 Journal of Sustainable Forestry 4.2 58th Q2 SCIE – No
181 Evergreen 4.1 58th Q2 – – No
182 Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 4.1 57th Q2 SSCI C No
183 Ecological Solutions and Evidence 4.1 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
184 Environmental Forensics 4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
185 Global Policy 4 57th Q2 SSCI – No
186 Maritime Studies 4 57th Q2 ESCI – No
187 Landscape and Ecological Engineering 4 56th Q2 SCIE – No
188 Marine Resource Economics 3.9 56th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
189 Ecological Management and Restoration 3.9 56th Q2 SCIE – No
190 Human Dimensions of Wildlife 3.9 56th Q2 SCIE – No
191 Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 3.9 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
192 Water Policy 3.9 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
193 Journal of Environment and Development 3.8 55th Q2 SSCI B No
194 Environmental Quality Management 3.8 55th Q2 ESCI – No
195 Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection 3.8 54th Q2 – – No
196 All Earth 3.8 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
197 Challenges in Sustainability 3.7 54th Q2 ESCI – No
198 Coastal Research Library 3.7 54th Q2 – – No
199 Ethics, Policy and Environment 3.7 54th Q2 ESCI – No
200 International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 3.7 53rd Q2 SSCI – No
201 Journal of International Maritime Safety, Environmental Affairs, and Shipping 3.7 53rd Q2 – – Yes
202 Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs 3.6 53rd Q2 – – No
203 Journal of Air Transportation 3.6 53rd Q2 – – No
204 Problemy Ekorozwoju 3.6 52nd Q2 SSCI – Yes
205 Forest Science and Technology 3.5 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
206 Journal of Dermatologic Science and Cosmetic Technology 3.5 52nd Q2 – – Yes
207 Landscape Research 3.5 52nd Q2 SSCI – No
208 Wetlands Ecology and Management 3.5 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
209 Water International 3.5 51st Q2 SCIE – No
210 Frontiers in Human Dynamics 3.4 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
211 International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development 3.4 51st Q2 ESCI – No
212 Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment 3.4 51st Q2 ESCI – No
213 Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 3.4 50th Q2 SSCI – No
214 International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 3.4 50th Q2 – – No
215 TeMA Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment 3.4 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
216 Wildlife Research 3.4 50th Q2 SCIE – No
217 Journal of Landscape Ecology (Czech Republic) 3.3 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
218 Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin 3.3 49th Q3 – – No
219 Springer Climate 3.3 49th Q3 – – No
220 Journal of Marine Sciences 3.2 49th Q3 – – No
221 Management of Biological Invasions 3.2 48th Q3 SCIE – Yes
222 Sustainable Development of Mountain Territories 3.2 48th Q3 – – No
223 Journal of Sustainable Real Estate 3.1 48th Q3 – C Yes
224 Journal of Geophysics and Engineering 3.1 48th Q3 SCIE – Yes
225 npj Sustainable Agriculture 3.1 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
226 Journal of Energy Systems 3 47th Q3 – – No
227 Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 3 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
228 State Crime Journal 3 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
229 Polityka Energetyczna 2.9 47th Q3 ESCI – No
230 Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy 2.9 46th Q3 ESCI C No
231 Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy 2.9 46th Q3 SSCI – No
232 Ocean Development and International Law 2.9 46th Q3 SSCI – No
233 Agris On-line Papers in Economics and Informatics 2.8 45th Q3 ESCI – No
234 Capitalism, Nature, Socialism 2.8 45th Q3 – – No
235 Environmental and Socio-Economic Studies 2.8 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
236 Journal of World Energy Law and Business 2.8 45th Q3 SSCI – No
237 Yustisia 2.8 45th Q3 – – Yes
238 Wildlife Biology 2.8 44th Q3 SCIE – Yes
239 European Energy and Environmental Law Review 2.7 44th Q3 – – No
240 Geo: Geography and Environment 2.7 44th Q3 ESCI – Yes
241 North American Journal of Fisheries Management 2.7 44th Q3 SCIE – No
242 International Journal of Rural Management 2.7 43rd Q3 – – No
243 Journal of Tourism Theory and Research 2.7 43rd Q3 – – No
244 Global Social Policy 2.6 43rd Q3 ESCI C No
245 Water Economics and Policy 2.6 43rd Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
246 Advances in Global Change Research 2.6 42nd Q3 – – No
247 Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies 2.6 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
248 Climate Law 2.6 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
249 Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics 2.6 42nd Q3 – – Yes
250 Health Security 2.5 42nd Q3 SSCI – No
251 Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research 2.5 41st Q3 – – No
252 European Journal of Sustainable Development Research 2.5 41st Q3 – – No
253 Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy 2.5 41st Q3 ESCI – No
254 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management 2.5 41st Q3 SCIE – Yes
255 Cleaner Chemical Engineering 2.5 40th Q3 – – Yes
256 Lex Portus 2.5 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
257 European Countryside 2.4 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
258 Water SA 2.4 40th Q3 SCIE – Yes
259 Emission Control Science and Technology 2.4 39th Q3 ESCI – No
260 Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes 2.4 39th Q3 – – No
261 International Journal of Global Warming 2.4 39th Q3 SCIE – No
262 International Journal of Refugee Law 2.4 39th Q3 ESCI – No
263 Journal of Smart Tourism 2.4 39th Q3 – – No
264 Environmental Research, Engineering and Management 2.4 38th Q3 – – No
265 Aestimum 2.3 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
266 International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development 2.2 38th Q3 ESCI – No
267 Ribarstvo, Croatian Journal of Fisheries 2.2 38th Q3 – – Yes
268 Environmental Policy and Law 2.2 37th Q3 – – No
269 Nakhara: Journal of Environmental Design and Planning 2.2 37th Q3 – – No
270 International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development 2.1 37th Q3 – – No
271 World Water Policy 2.1 37th Q3 – – No
272 Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy 2.1 36th Q3 SSCI B No
273 Community Science 2.1 36th Q3 – – Yes
274 Conservation Evidence 2.1 36th Q3 – – No
275 Environmental Law Review 2.1 36th Q3 – – No
276 Applied Biosafety 2.1 35th Q3 ESCI – No
277 Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 2.1 35th Q3 SCIE – No
278 International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 2 35th Q3 ESCI B No
279 Asia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism 2 35th Q3 – – No
280 Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management 2 35th Q3 – – No
281 Cahiers Agricultures 1.9 34th Q3 SCIE – Yes
282 Indonesian Journal of Environmental Law and Sustainable Development 1.9 34th Q3 – – Yes
283 Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management 1.9 34th Q3 – – Yes
284 European Journal of Environmental Sciences 1.8 34th Q3 ESCI – No
285 Eco.mont 1.8 33rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
286 International Journal of Evidence and Proof 1.8 33rd Q3 SSCI – No
287 Journal of Green Building 1.8 33rd Q3 AHCI – No
288 Transport and Sustainability 1.8 33rd Q3 – – No
289 Harvard Environmental Law Review 1.8 32nd Q3 SSCI A No
290 GMSARN International Journal 1.8 32nd Q3 – – No
291 International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management 1.8 32nd Q3 – – Yes
292 Journal of Fisheries of China 1.8 32nd Q3 – – Yes
293 Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science 1.8 32nd Q3 – – Yes
294 Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 1.8 31st Q3 SSCI B No
295 Climate Change Management 1.7 31st Q3 – – No
296 Journal of Agro-Environment Science 1.7 31st Q3 – – No
297 Journal of Sustainability Science and Management 1.7 31st Q3 – – No
298 International Journal of Environment and Pollution 1.7 30th Q3 SCIE C No
299 Contemporary Management Research 1.7 30th Q3 – – No
300 Law. Human. Environment 1.7 30th Q3 – – No

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