Environmental Science and Policy

Top Research Topics at Environmental Science & Policy?

The objective of Environmental Science & Policy is to combine knowledge in the areas of Environmental resource management, Climate change, Environmental planning, Corporate governance and Sustainability. Topics in Environmental resource management explored in Environmental Science & Policy were investigated in conjunction with research in Land use, Ecosystem services, Agriculture, Natural resource economics and Process (engineering). While it focused on Climate change, it was also able to explore topics like Greenhouse gas and Adaptation (computer science).

The main emphasis of Environmental Science & Policy is the research on Greenhouse gas, emphasizing the topic of Kyoto Protocol. The journal features Sustainability research that overlaps with concepts in Sustainable development.

• Environmental resource management (32.80%)
• Climate change (16.10%)
• Environmental planning (15.27%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• How science makes environmental controversies worse (850 citations)
• Reconciling the supply of scientific information with user demands: an analysis of the problem and review of the literature (693 citations)
• Adaptation to climate change in Ethiopia and South Africa: options and constraints. (690 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Environmental Science & Policy:

The journal papers mainly tackle studies in Environmental resource management, Climate change, Sustainability, Corporate governance and Natural resource economics. The journal papers hold forums on Environmental resource management that merge themes from other disciplines such as Land use, Ecosystem services, Environmental planning, Agriculture and Process (engineering). The journal articles facilitate discussions on Climate change that incorporate concepts from other fields like Vulnerability, Climatology and Adaptation (computer science).

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• World War II
• Law
• Ecology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily tackles Environmental planning, Climate change, Sustainability, Government and Sustainable development. Some problems in Environmental planning that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Ecosystem services, Stakeholder, Flood myth, Vulnerability and Adaptation (computer science). Most of the Climate change studies addressed also intersect with Greenhouse gas.

In addition to Sustainability research, Environmental Science & Policy aims to explore topics under Natural resource economics and Corporate governance. The Natural resource economics study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Agriculture. Sustainable development research discussed connects with the study of Livelihood.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• The effects of environmental innovations on CO2 emissions: Empirical evidence from Europe (14 citations)
• Adaptation pathways: A review of approaches and a learning framework (12 citations)
• Incentivising bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) responsibly : Comparing stakeholder policy preferences in the United Kingdom and Sweden (10 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Environmental Science & Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

• Claudia Pahl-Wostl (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Lindsay C. Stringer (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Graciela Metternicht (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michel G.J. den Elzen (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Nadja Kabisch (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Environmental Science & Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

• Wageningen University and Research Centre (135 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (61 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• Utrecht University (54 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Leeds (52 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of East Anglia (44 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 8.24% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.09% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.39% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 53.85% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.