Skip to main content
Log in

Overview

The sole social science journal focused on interdisciplinary research on social demographic aspects of environmental issues.  The journal publishes cutting-edge research that contributes new insights on the complex, reciprocal links between human populations and the natural environment in all regions and countries of the world. Quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods contributions are welcome.

Disciplines commonly represented in the journal include demography, geography, sociology, human ecology, environmental economics, public health, anthropology and environmental studies. The journal publishes original research, research brief, and review articles.

Examples of relevant topics include:
- Fertility and land availability, tenure systems
- Mortality or morbidity and environmental, pollutant exposures
- Migration and natural resource decline
- Health, well-being and environmental implications of development
- Social stratification and natural hazards
- Quality of life and environmental amenities
- Population redistribution and land use change
- Population composition and energy consumption
- Urbanization’s impact on environment and human health
- Gender and environmental concern
- Disease patterns and climate change
- Demographic aspects of consumption-environment linkages

In addition, Population and Environment welcomes proposals for special issues focused on innovative topics in the field. Please contact the Editor-in-Chief to propose a special issue.

This is a transformative journal, you may have access to funding.

Editor-in-Chief
  • Elizabeth Fussell
Impact factor
3.3 (2022)
5 year impact factor
4.1 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
16 days
Downloads
195,049 (2023)

Latest articles

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1573-7810
Print ISSN
0199-0039
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. ANVUR
  2. Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
  3. Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List
  4. BFI List
  5. Baidu
  6. CAB Abstracts
  7. CLOCKSS
  8. CNKI
  9. CNPIEC
  10. Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
  11. Dimensions
  12. EBSCO
  13. EMBiology
  14. Engineering Village – GEOBASE
  15. Google Scholar
  16. JSTOR
  17. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  18. Naver
  19. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  20. Portico
  21. ProQuest
  22. SCImago
  23. SCOPUS
  24. Social Science Citation Index
  25. TD Net Discovery Service
  26. UGC-CARE List (India)
  27. Wanfang
Copyright information

Rights and permissions

Springer policies

© Springer Nature B.V.

Navigation