《环境整合科学杂志》（JIES）为关于重大环境问题的知识性、透彻性论坛提供了激励和启发。该杂志汇集了来自社会科学和自然科学领域的多学科和多方法论视角，致力于发展有关环境变化过程的整合性知识。该杂志特别关注科学、社会和政策之间的关系，其中一个主要目标是推进可持续发展理论和实践的理解。

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences (JIES) provides a stimulating, informative and critical forum for intellectual debate on significant environmental issues. It brings together perspectives from a wide range of disciplines and methodologies in both the social and natural sciences in an effort to develop integrative knowledge about the processes responsible for environmental change. The Journal is especially concerned with the relationships between science, society and policy and one of its key aims is to advance understanding of the theory and practice of sustainable development.