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Carbon Balance and Management

Acronym:cbam
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Abbreviation (ISO):CARBON BALANCE MANAGE
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Identifier (ISSN):1750-0680(Print)
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Publisher:Springer International Publishing
Clarivate IF (2026)
7↑ +1.2
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q1
WoS SCIETop Tier
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Carbon Balance and Management

WoS Q1
0369020184.3720194.072020320214.3620223.820233.920245.8202572026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):7
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
1.607
#2,132

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
56

56 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate5.1%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessGold OA
36articles/year
100% Gold OA•94.74% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Carbon Balance and Management is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of research aimed at developing a comprehensive policy relevant to the understanding of the global carbon cycle. The global carbon cycle involves important couplings between climate, atmospheric CO2 and the terrestrial and oceanic biospheres. The current transformation of the carbon cycle due to changes in climate and atmospheric composition is widely recognized as potentially dangerous for the biosphere and for the well-being of humankind, and therefore monitoring, understanding and predicting the evolution of the carbon cycle in the context of the whole biosphere (both terrestrial and marine) is a challenge to the scientific community. This demands interdisciplinary research and new approaches for studying geographical and temporal distributions of carbon pools and fluxes, control and feedback mechanisms of the carbon-climate system, points of intervention and windows of opportunity for managing the carbon-climate-human system. Carbon Balance and Management is a medium for researchers in the field to convey the results of their research across disciplinary boundaries. Through this dissemination of research, the journal aims to support the work of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) and to provide governmental and non-governmental organizations with instantaneous access to continually emerging knowledge, including paradigm shifts and consensual views.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Biology97.2%Ecology95.9%Environmental science95.6%Geology94.6%Geography86.8%Oceanography83.3%Physics61.2%Climate change58.7%Forestry51.7%Engineering51.1%Chemistry47.3%Greenhouse gas46.1%Organic chemistry43.8%Agroforestry43.5%Ecosystem43.2%History42.6%Archaeology41.3%Computer science39.7%Quantum mechanics38.5%Economics37.2%Agronomy35.6%Carbon dioxide35%Nitrogen33.4%Carbon sequestration33.1%Botany31.9%Mathematics27.1%Biomass (ecology)25.9%Materials science24%

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSCIE2026

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Q1
Rank72/395
IndexSCIE
JCISCIE2026

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Q1
Rank90/395
IndexSCIE

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF7
Articles / Year118
Total Citations85
2025
IF5.8
Articles / Year88
Total Citations363
2024
IF3.9
Articles / Year41
Total Citations479
2023
IF3.8
Articles / Year26
Total Citations676
2022
IF4.356
Articles / Year19
Total Citations392

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #2,132Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2006-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Earth and Planetary SciencesEnvironmental Science
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
1.607

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
6.66

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,489 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations534
3-Year Documents84
Citable Documents80

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)2

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate35.6%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1
Global and Planetary ChangeQ1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 5.1%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
1区 (Zone 1)Environmental Science & Ecology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2区ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Carbon Balance and Management (acronym: cbam, abbr: CARBON BALANCE MANAGE, ISSN: 1750-0680) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Environmental Science, published by Springer International Publishing in United Kingdom since 2006. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 7.00, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 1.607 (Q1), an H-index of 56.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 36 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Gold OA model with an estimated APC of $3,489 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Gold OA
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Founding Year
2006
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusDOAJPubMed
Editorial Address
CAMPUS, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON, ENGLAND, N1 9XW

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