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Global Environmental Change

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0959-3780eISSN1872-9495

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

3.355

H-Index

294

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

2.997

Total Works

3,301

Total Citations

406,086

2yr Mean Citedness

7.11

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Retractions

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Global Environmental Change publishes research on the human and policy dimensions of global environmental change. It interprets environmental change as outcomes of processes manifest in specific localities, with consequences across multiple spatial, temporal, and socio-political scales. The journal aims to foster research in climate change, natural resource economics, sustainability, corporate governance, and politics, particularly articles with a significant social science component.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications3,301

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0959-3780 / 1872-9495

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

EcologyQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Global and Planetary ChangeQ1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesEnvironmental StudiesGeography

Scopus Categories

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and DevelopmentGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementClimate Change Policy and EconomicsClimate Change Communication and PerceptionClimate change impacts on agriculture