Population and Environment


Population and Environment is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on the reciprocal links between population, natural resources, and the natural environment. The journal was established in 1978 as the Journal of Population, obtaining its current title in 1980. The editor-in-chief is Brian Thiede. Vaida Thompson was the founding editor-in-chief.
Former editors-in-chief of the journal include Elizabeth Fussell, Lori Hunter, and Landis MacKellar, Kevin MacDonald and Virginia Abernethy. Both Abernethy and MacDonald are prominent white supremacists.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 4.283.

Past editors

The following persons have been editor-in-chief:
  • 2007-2017 Lori Hunter
  • 2004-2007 Landis MacKellar
  • 1999-2004 Kevin MacDonald
  • 1988-1999 Virginia Abernethy
  • 1984-1988 Burton Mindick and Ralph Taylor
  • 1977-1984 Vaida D. Thompson