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Global Change Biology

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1958

ISSN1365-2486

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

4.581

H-Indexi

395

SNIPi

3.139

Total Worksi

9,686

Total Citationsi

1,003,787

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biodiversity Conservation; Ecology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Global and Planetary Change.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1958

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,686

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1365-2486

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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

422

50k

2019

536

45k

2020

593

39k

2021

541

28k

2022

564

19k

2023

544

11k

2024

681

5.9k

2025

415

371

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.

EcologyQ1

Environmental ChemistryQ1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Global and Planetary ChangeQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biodiversity ConservationEcologyEnvironmental Sciences

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyEnvironmental Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangePlant responses to elevated CO2Peatlands and Wetlands EcologyAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsTree-ring climate responsesFire effects on ecosystemsClimate variability and models

Frequently asked questions about Global Change Biology

Is Global Change Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Global Change Biology: 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 Change Biology?

Global Change Biology 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 8.19.

Is Global Change Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Global Change Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Global Change Biology?