Climatic Change
Impact Factor Trend (2018–2026)
Clarivate IF trend for Climatic Change
SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting
240 papers with at least that number of citations each
Aims & Scope
Climatic Change is dedicated to the totality of the problem of climatic variability and change - its descriptions, causes, implications and interactions among these. The purpose of the journal is to provide a means of exchange among those working in different disciplines on problems related to climatic variations. This means that authors have an opportunity to communicate the essence of their studies to people in other climate-related disciplines and to interested non-disciplinarians, as well as to report on research in which the originality is in the combinations of (not necessarily original) work from several disciplines. The journal also includes vigorous editorial and book review sections.
Special Issues
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WoS Categories & Quartiles
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Annual Historical Statistics & Publications
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SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence
Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact
Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.
Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.
Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.
Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window
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Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)
Citations in government and international policy documents
Percentage of female authors published in the journal
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Scopus Subject Categories
Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations
Total Cites vs Self-Cites
Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach
Citations per Document
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Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification
Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history
Academic Intelligence Overview & Context
ImpaQ AnalysisClimatic Change (acronym: clim, abbr: CLIM. CHANGE, ISSN: 0165-0009) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Environmental Science, published by Springer Netherlands in Netherlands since 1977. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 5.20, ranking in quartile Q2 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 1.396 (Q1), an H-index of 240.
The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of Monthly, an annual output of approximately 274 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,547 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.
Publishing & Editorial Information
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