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Climatic Change

Springer Science and Business Media B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1953

ISSN1573-1480

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

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

1.57

H-Index

278

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.601

Total Works

7,276

Total Citations

500,357

2yr Mean Citedness

3.66

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Aims & Scope

Climatic Change is an international English-language journal which offers an interdisciplinary forum for the scientific exchange on problems related to climatic variations. The journal is dedicated to the totality of the problem of climatic variability and change. Clima tic Change offers contributors the opportunity to communicate the essence of their studies to people in other climate-related disciplines.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1953

Annual Volume~ 203 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,276

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer-review

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Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1573-1480

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer-review

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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.

Atmospheric ScienceQ1

Global and Planetary ChangeQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesMeteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Scopus Categories

Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary Change

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate variability and modelsClimate Change Policy and EconomicsClimate change impacts on agricultureAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsClimate Change Communication and PerceptionHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesTree-ring climate responsesMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsHydrology and Drought Analysis