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Annual Review of Environment and Resources (annual-review-of-environment-and-resources)
Journal positioning
The Annual Review of Environment and Resources (AREAR) is the Annual Reviews venue for authoritative, largely invited review articles that synthesize fields across environment and natural resources — climate, energy, water, land, biodiversity, ecosystems, pollution, and the human and institutional dimensions of resource use. Its defining expectation is a definitive, field-defining synthesis by recognized experts: a critical, balanced account that consolidates a body of literature, frames the state of knowledge, and sets the agenda — not primary research and not a routine literature review. Because most articles are commissioned, an uninvited primary-research submission is the single largest misfit. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current author guidelines or its editorial/commissioning process. Before submitting or proposing, re-check the live AREAR guidance.