Research Guides: Political Science 228: US Environmental Politics & Policy: Find Articles

Example Journals

Popular magazines are written for a general audience, tend not to be peer-reviewed, and often contain only a few references.

Below are a few examples of popular magazines that report on environmental issues.

Conservation Magazine
an independent science magazine dedicated to changing the conversation about what it means to be “green.”
National Geographic
Official magazine of the National Geographic Society.
Sierra
a national print and digital magazine publishing award-winning journalism and cutting-edge photography, art, and video dedicated to protecting the natural world
Journal Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development
Environment is a hybrid, peer-reviewed, popular environmental science publication and website, aimed at a broad, "smart, but uninitiated" population

Academic journals contain peer-reviewed articles that involve original research and analysis and have lenghty references.

Below are a few examples of highly cited journals in environmental studies and policy research.

Annual Review of Environment and Resources
provides authoritative reviews of significant topics within environmental science and engineering, including ecology and conservation science, water and energy resources, atmosphere, oceans, climate change, agriculture and living resources, and human dimensions of resource use and global change
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
a peer-reviewed scientific journal issued 10 times per year, and consists of peer-reviewed, synthetic review articles on all aspects of ecology, the environment, and related disciplines
Climate Policy
a leading international peer-reviewed academic journal, publishing high quality research and analysis on all aspects of climate change policy, including adaptation and mitigation, governance and negotiations, policy design, implementation and impact, and the full range of economic, social and political issues at stake in responding to climate change.
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering issues and practices in policy analysis and public management