''Population and Environment'' is a quarterly

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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 (Penn State University). Vaida Thompson was the founding editor-in-chief (1977-1984). Former editors-in-chief of the journal include Elizabeth Fussell (

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), Lori Hunter (

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), and Landis MacKellar ( Vienna Institute of Demography). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 4.283.

Past editors

The following persons have been editor-in-chief: *2007-2017 Lori Hunter (

) *2004-2007 Landis MacKellar ( Vienna Institute of Demography) *1999-2004 Kevin MacDonald (

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) *1988-1999 Virginia Abernethy (

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) *1984-1988 Burton Mindick (

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) and Ralph Taylor (

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) *1977-1984 Vaida D. Thompson (

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)

References

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