Environmental changes of many kinds are accelerating worldwide, posing significant challenges for humanity. Solutions are needed at the regional level, where physical features of the landscape, biological systems, and human institutions interact.

The goal of Regional Environmental Change is to publish scientific research and opinion papers that improve our understanding of the extent of these changes, their causes, their impacts on people, and the options for society to respond. "Regional" refers to the full range of scales between local and global, including regions defined by natural criteria, such as watersheds and ecosystems, and those defined by human activities, such as urban areas and their hinterlands.

We encourage submissions on interdisciplinary research across the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, and on more focused studies that contribute towards the solutions to complex environmental problems. Topics addressed include (i) the regional manifestations of global change, especially the vulnerability of regions and sectors; (ii) the adaptation of social-ecological systems to environmental change in the context of sustainable development; and (iii) trans-boundary and cross-jurisdictional issues, legislative and governance frameworks, and the broad range of policy and management issues associated with building, maintaining and restoring robust social-ecological systems at regional scales.

The primary format of contributions are research articles, presenting new evidence from analyses of empirical data or else more theoretical investigations of regional environmental change. In addition to research articles, we also publish editorials, short communications, invited mini-reviews on topics of strong current interest, as well as special features that provide multifaceted discussion of complex topics or particular regions

《Regional Environmental Change》是一本由Springer Berlin Heidelberg出版商出版的專業(yè)環(huán)境科學與生態(tài)學期刊，該刊創(chuàng)刊于1999年，刊期Quarterly，該刊已被國際權威數(shù)據(jù)庫SCIE、SSCI收錄。在中科院最新升級版分區(qū)表中，該刊分區(qū)信息為大類學科：環(huán)境科學與生態(tài)學2區(qū)，小類學科：環(huán)境科學 3區(qū)；環(huán)境研究 3區(qū)；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分區(qū)等級為Q2。該刊發(fā)文范圍涵蓋ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES等領域，旨在及時、準確、全面地報道國內(nèi)外ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES工作者在該領域取得的最新研究成果、工作進展及學術動態(tài)、技術革新等，促進學術交流，鼓勵學術創(chuàng)新。2023年影響因子為3.4，平均審稿速度 約6.0個月 。