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GAIA is an inter- and transdisciplinary journal for scientists and other interested parties concerned with the causes and analyses of environmental and sustainability problems and their solutions. GAIA provides first-hand information on state of the art environmental research and on current solutions to environmental and sustainability problems. High-quality articles cover subjects such as transdisciplinary environmental research, sustainable energy systems, sustainability science, ecosystem services, socio-ecological systems, environmental governance, resources, biodiversity, global change, to name just a few.

Based on the initiative of scientists of the Zentrum Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie, University of Konstanz, the Institute for Economy and Environment, University of St. Gallen and the Department of Environmental Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, GAIA has offered a well-balanced and practice-oriented forum for transdisciplinary research since 1992. Since 2001 GAIA is published by oekom verlag on behalf of Gaia Society in conjunction with several scientific institutions.

Published in colour print and with an appealing design, GAIA is known for its academic excellence. GAIA is indexed/abstracted amongst others in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and in Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Science. For 2012 GAIA’s Journal Impact Factor is 1.197. GAIA supports the green road to open access; additionally, GAIA offers hybrid open access.

Content and Sections

 * Magazine: This section reports on ongoing environmental and sustainability research, environmental policy and research promotion.
 * Forum: In the Forum section, original papers are published including essays, expressions of opinion and reactions to articles that have appeared in recent GAIA issues. As such, the Forum aims to challenge current understanding by providing a “forum” to articulate substantiated opinions, to debate controversial issues, to identify emergent problems, and to establish actual contexts. Generally, articles are double-blind peer reviewed.
 * Research: Original scientific articles of environmental and sustainability research are published in the Research section. Additionally, Research contains review articles that place environmental problems and development in a broader context. Articles are subjected to a double-blind peer review and cross-read by at least one person with a scientific background different from the author(s) of the manuscript.
 * Books: The Books section is dedicated to the presentation, discussion and review of new publications relevant to GAIA’s subject matter.
 * Communications: Scientific institutions associated to GAIA use the Communications to present their research as well as to link their activities to other institutions.

Peer Review
Articles published in GAIA are chosen for their scientific content as well as their ease of comprehension and significance to readers of various scientific disciplines. Well-known editors, scientific advisors and authors as well as a well-established international reviewer network guarantee high-quality articles. Papers submitted to GAIA are subjected to double-blind expert peer review and are cross-read by at least one person foreign to the subject. Currently, the rejection rate is about 50 to 60 percent. All articles are subject to meticulous scientific editing before publication.

Indexing/Abstracting
GAIA is indexed/abstracted in: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, EBSCO, Scopus, GeoRef, CAB Abstracts, BIOSIS, CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts), ULIDAT, Environment Index, SCImago, ProQuest, OCLC, Academic OneFile.

Target Group
Focusing on sustainability and environmental issues, GAIA is a transdisciplinary journal for scientists of all disciplines, for those interested in the sciences in business and administration, in politics, society and the media as well as for students.

Weblinks

 * Wegpage GAIA
 * IngentaConnect (full text version)
 * oekom verlag