GAIA (journal)
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| Discipline | Environmental science, sustainability science |
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| Language | English, German |
| Edited by | Verena Winiwarter |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1992–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
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| License | Creative-Commons-licence 3.0 Attribution |
| 1.250 (2013) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Gaia |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0940-5550 |
| LCCN | 94640130 |
| OCLC no. | 57378075 |
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GAIA: Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society (Gaia: Ökologische Perspektiven für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft) is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1992. Its main focus is on background information, analyses, and solutions of environmental and sustainability problems. Since 2001 it is published by oekom verlag. Articles are in English and German. The editor-in-chief is Verena Winiwarter (Klagenfurt University).
Sections
The journal contains the following sections:
- Magazine: reporting on ongoing environmental and sustainability research, environmental policy, and research promotion
- Forum: original papers, including essays, expressions of opinion, and reactions to articles that have appeared in recent issues
- Research: original scientific articles about environmental and sustainability research
- Books: reviews of new publications
Masters Student Paper Award
In 2014 the GAIA Masters Student Paper Award was established. It recognizes outstanding results from young scientists in the field of environmental and sustainability research. The prize is awarded in cooperation with the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and the Selbach-Umwelt-Stiftung.[1]
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- CAB Abstracts[2]
- Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
- Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Science[3]
- Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences[3]
- EBSCO databases
- GeoRef
- ProQuest databases
- Science Citation Index Expanded[3]
- Scopus[4]
- Social Sciences Citation Index[3]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 1.250, ranking it 50th out of 96 journals in the category "Environmental Sciences".[5]
References
- ^ Selbach-Umwelt-Stiftung: GAIA Masters Student Paper Award, retrieved March 3, 2015.
- ^ "Serials cited". CAB Abstracts. CABI. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ a b c d "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "Content overview". Scopus. Elsevier. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Environmental Sciences". 2013 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2014.