Environmental/conservation psychology community

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1	Journals for Environmental Psychology papers	N = 79 Please add additional columns or useful info!
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4	Anthrozoös	Taylor & Francis	no	yes	€3,840	yes	no	no	yes	yes	5000	interactions between people and other animals
5	Appetite	Elsevier	yes	no	$3,380	yes	no	no	no	yes		the main work on diet change / meat reduction is published here
6	Behavioural Public Policy	Cambridge University Press	no	no	$3,450	yes	no	no	only book reviews	yes	8000	extremely slow
7	BMC Environmental Health	Biomed Central	no	yes	€2,790		no	no	yes	no
8	Cell Reports Sustainability	Elsevier	no	yes	€4,880	yes	no	no	yes	no		not yet listed in major indices 2.2024
9	Climate Action	Springer Nature	no	yes	€1,060		no	no	yes	no		broad scope, focus on mitigation
10	Climatic Change	Springer Nature	no	yes	€3,490	yes	no	no	yes	yes	10000
11	Collabra: Psychology	University of California Press	yes	no	$975		yes		yes	yes		transparency and methods-oriented. null results ok. Fee can be waived
12	Communications Earth & Environment	Springer Nature	no	yes	€2,990			no	yes		5000	mostly not behavioral. word count doesn't include Methods
13	Communications: Psychology	Springer Nature	yes	no	€1,690			no
14	Current Opinion in Psychology	Elsevier	yes	no	$4,010	yes	no	no	yes (2000)	no		and literature overviews only
15	Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology	Elsevier	yes	yes	$2,500	yes	no	no	yes	yes
16	Dialogues on Climate Change	Sage	no	yes	€0							new Journal 2024, Original research (8000 words, commentaries (2000 words), Responses (2000 words)l Interdisciplinary largely social sciences
17	Discover Sustainability	Springer Nature	no	yes	€1,040		yes		yes	yes		free for UvA authors. not psychology focused.
18	Ecology and Society	The Resilience Alliance	no	yes	$1,100		no	no	yes	yes	5000	Especially inter- and trans-disciplinary and collaborative work across social sci, natural sci, and/or humanities
19	Ecopsychology	Mary Ann Liebert	yes	yes	$3,600		no	no	yes	yes	5000	psychology and mental health in an ecological context to recognize the links between human health, culture, and the health of the planet. more qualitative and restorative research
20	Energy and Buildings	Elsevier	no	yes	$4,180	yes	no	no	yes	no
21	Energy and Climate Change	Elsevier	no	yes	$2,800	yes	no	no	yes
22	Energy Efficiency	Springer Nature	no	yes	€2,490	yes	no	no	yes	yes	12000
23	Energy Policy	Elsevier	no	yes	$3,650	yes	no	no	invitation only	no
24	Energy Research and Social Science	Elsevier	no	yes	$3,300	yes	no	no	yes	yes	10000
25	Environment & Behavior	SAGE	yes	yes	$3,700	yes	no	no	no	no
26	Environment International	Elsevier	no	yes	$3,980		yes	no
27	Environment, Development and Sustainability	Springer Nature	no	yes	€2,490	yes	no	no	yes	yes	7000	more development- than psych-oriented
28	Environmental Politics	Taylor & Francis	no	yes	€3,840	yes	no	no	yes	yes	8000	aspects and methods of contemporary environmental political scholarship, including movements and parties; policy-making; and political thought
29	Environmental Psychology Open	SLUB	yes	yes	$0		yes		yes	yes		diamond-open access
30	Environmental Psychology Research	The British Psychological Society	yes	yes	2400		yes		yes	yes	contact them	new 2025
31	Environmental Research	Elsevier	no	yes	$3,590	yes	no	no	yes	no		more technical
32	Environmental Research Communications	IOP Publishing	no	yes	€1,590		no	no	yes (topical)	yes		mostly environmental studies, but open to psych papers
33	Environmental Research Letters	IOP Publishing	no	yes
34	Environmental Research: Health	IOP Publishing	no	yes								new 2025. health focus, includes social science
35	European Psychologist	European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations	yes	no					yes			reviews only
36	Fashion and Textiles	Springer Nature	no	no			no		yes
37	Frontiers in Psychology: Environmental Psychology (section)	Frontiers	yes	yes	$3,295	covered by Uni Vienna	yes		yes	yes		semi-predatory; do not recommend. https://paolocrosetto.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/is-mdpi-a-predatory-publisher/
38	Futures	Elsevier	no	yes	$2,550	yes	no	no	yes	yes	10000
39	Global Challenges	Wiley-Blackwell	no	yes	€2,750	yes	no	no	yes	no
40	Global Environmental Change	Elsevier	no	yes	$5,530	yes	no	no	no (exceptions)	yes	8000
41	Global Environmental Psychology	PsychOpen	yes	yes	$0		yes		yes	yes	5750	open science, diverse membership; free for authors and readers. no impact factor yet
42	Global Sustainability	Cambridge University Press	no	yes	$3,450	yes	no	no	yes	no
43	Humanities and Social Sciences Communications	Springer Nature	yes	no	€1,340		no	no	yes	yes	8000	Very broad humanities & sciences focus. Renamed from Palgrave Communications.
44	International Journal of Social Research Methodology	Taylor & Francis	no	no								e.g., citizen science
45	International Journal of Sustainable Fashion and Textiles	Intellect Books	no	yes			no
46	International Review of Social Psychology	ADRIPS	yes	no	€500		yes	yes	no	yes		The International Review of Social Psychology publishes empirical research and theoretical notes in all areas of social psychology. The IRSP emphasizes the scientific quality of its publications in every areas of social psychology.
47	Journal of Applied Social Psychology	Wiley-Blackwell	yes	no	€2,860	yes	no	no	open format?	no		relatively high expectation of theory
48	Journal of Cleaner Production	Elsevier	no	yes	$4,260	yes	no	no	yes
49	Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology	Wiley-Blackwell	yes	no	€2,860	yes	no	no	9/15/2025	yes	10000
50	Journal of Consumer Policy	Springer Nature	no	yes	€2,590		no	no	yes	no		focus on individual behavior (consumption), but include interdisciplinary structural perspectives and request authors to do so
51	Journal of Environmental Psychology	Elsevier	yes	yes	$4,060	yes	yes		yes	no
52	Journal of Experimental Social Psychology	Elsevier	yes	no	$2,900	yes	yes		no	yes	5000
53	Journal of Policy Analysis and Management	Wiley-Blackwell	no	no	€3,000	yes	no	no	only book reviews	no
54	Journal of Social and Political Psychology	PsychOpen	yes	no	$0		no	no	yes	yes
55	Journal of Social Issues	Wiley-Blackwell	no	no
56	Journal of Social Psychology	Taylor & Francis	yes	no	€3,170	yes	no	no	no			basic and applied social psychology, including behavior, attitudes, identity, interpersonal relationships
57	Journal of Urban Health	Springer Nature	no	yes	€3,590	yes	no	no	yes	yes	4000
58	Nature Climate Change	Springer Nature	no	yes	€10,290		yes	no	yes	no
59	Nature Communications	Springer Nature	no	no	€10,290			no				no impact factor yet
60	Nature Energy	Springer Nature	no	yes	€10,290		no	no	yes	no
61	Nature Human Behaviour	Springer Nature	yes	no	€10,290		yes	no	yes	no
62	Nature Sustainability	Springer Nature	no	yes	€10,290		no	no	yes	no
63	One Earth	Elsevier	no	yes	€4,100		no	no	yes	yes
64	Oxford Open Climate Change	Oxford University Press	no	yes	$1,809	yes	no	no	yes	yes		not yet listed in major indices 3.2022
65	People & Nature	Wiley-Blackwell	no	yes	$2,180	yes	no	no	yes	yes	8000
66	PLOS Climate	PLOS	no	yes	$2,400		no	no	yes	yes	no limit
67	PLOS ONE	PLOS	no	no	$1,006		yes		yes	yes	no limit
68	PLOS Sustainability and Transformation	PLOS	no	yes	$3,000		no	no	yes	yes	no limit
69	Political Psychology	Wiley-Blackwell	yes	no	€3,350	yes	yes		yes	yes		Articles must focus on the relationship(s) between psychological and political processes, and authors should clearly articulate the political psychological dimensions of the concepts,
70	PsyEcology	SAGE	yes	yes	€2,730	yes	no	no	yes	no		empirical and theoretical research that focuses on the interaction between people and their environment. low impact 2022
71	Public Understanding of Science	SAGE	no	no								e.g., citizen science
72	Resources, Conservation & Recycling	Elsevier	no	yes	$4,520	yes	no	no	yes	yes	5000	not very interested in individual behavior. manuscripts that consider only laboratory experiments, without a discussion of the practical, environmental and economic implications of the presented research, are excluded from publication in the journal.
73	Royal Society Open Science	Royal Society	no	no	€1,680		yes		yes	no
74	Self & Identity	Taylor & Francis	yes	no	€3,170		no	no	no	yes	no limit
75	Social Movement Studies	Taylor & Francis	no	no	€3,505	yes	no	no	yes	yes	8000	extremely slow review
76	Society & Natural Resources	Taylor & Francis	no	yes	€4,215	yes	no	no	yes	yes	8500	extremely slow review
77	Sustainability	MDPI	no	yes	€2,556	partial	no	no	yes			semi-predatory; do not recommend. https://paolocrosetto.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/is-mdpi-a-predatory-publisher/
78	Sustainability Science	Springer Nature	no	yes	€2,790	yes	no	no	yes	yes	8000
79	Sustainable Production and Consumption	Elsevier	no	yes		yes	no	no	yes	no
80	The Energy Journal	SAGE	no	no	$3,000	yes	no	no	only book reviews	no		economics-focused
81	Thinking and Reasoning	Taylor & Francis	yes	no								decision-making
82	WIREs Climate Change	Wiley-Blackwell	no	yes					yes			generally far from psychology. invitation only (can propose).
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