International Journal of the Commons
Last updated ISSN 1875-0281
International Journal of the Commons is published by Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services) in environmental science. It is open access. The article processing charge is $938.
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What it publishes
Recent work in International Journal of the Commons concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Forest Management and Policy
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Water resources management and optimization
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services) |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1875-0281 |
| Subject area | Environmental Science |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $938 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 876 |
| Publishing since | 2007 |
| Journal website | www.thecommonsjournal.org |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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