The Holocene

*The Holocene*
Discipline	Environmental studies
Language	English
Edited by	John A. Matthews
Publication details
History	1991-present
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Frequency	8/year
Impact factor	2.595 (2011)
Standard abbreviations ;
ISO 4	Holocene
Indexing ;
CODEN	HOLOE6
ISSN	0959-6836 (print) ; 1477-0911 (web) ;
LCCN	91640904
OCLC no.	300872570
Links
	Journal homepage ; Online access ; Online archive ;

The Holocene is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers research in the field of environmental studies , in particular environmental change over the last c. 11,500 years, particularly the interface between the long Quaternary record and the natural and human-induced environmental processes operating at the Earth's surface today. It is published eight times a year by SAGE Publications . The editor-in-chief is John A. Matthews ( University of Wales , Swansea ).

Scope [ edit ]

Included within the scope of The Holocene , according to the journal's website, are articles related to:

"Geological, biological and archaeological evidence of recent climate change ;
" Interdisciplinary studies of environmental history and prehistory;
"The development of natural and cultural landscapes and ecosystems ; and
"The prediction of future changes in the environment from the record of the past." ^[1]

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Academic Search Premier , Current Contents , the British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography , Scopus , and the Science Citation Index . According to the Journal Citation Reports , its 2011 impact factor is 2.595, ranking it 9th out of 44 journals in the category "Geography, Physical" ^[2] and 26th out of 170 journals in the category "Geosciences, Multidisciplinary". ^[3]

^ "About the Title," SagePub.com. Accessed: February 5, 2013.
^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: 'Geography' ". 2011 Journal Citation Reports . Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters . 2012.
^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Geosciences, Multidisciplinary". 2011 Journal Citation Reports . Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters . 2012.