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Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Wiley-Blackwell · United States

ISSN0886-6236eISSN1944-9224

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

2.941

H-Indexi

285

SNIPi

1.521

Total Worksi

3,956

Total Citationsi

406,471

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Atmospheric Science; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Global and Planetary Change.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications3,956

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0886-6236 / 1944-9224

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

121

7.3k

2019

159

6.5k

2020

155

5.4k

2021

161

4.2k

2022

147

2.6k

2023

113

1.4k

2024

192

537

2025

116

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Atmospheric ScienceQ1

Environmental ChemistryQ1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Global and Planetary ChangeQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesGeosciences, MultidisciplinaryMeteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Scopus Categories

Atmospheric ScienceEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Global and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Marine and coastal ecosystemsAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Frequently asked questions about Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Is Global Biogeochemical Cycles a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Biogeochemical Cycles: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Global Biogeochemical Cycles?

Global Biogeochemical Cycles is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 3.76.

Is Global Biogeochemical Cycles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Biogeochemical Cycles is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.