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Climate Research

Inter-Research · Germany · Est. 1990

ISSN1616-1572

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.535

H-Indexi

141

SNIPi

0.468

Total Worksi

1,828

Total Citationsi

110,656

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Atmospheric Science; Environmental Chemistry.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

FrequencySix No. A Year, 2005-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,828

Publisher OrgInter-Research Science Center

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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?

Inter-Research

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1616-1572

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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

409

2019

415

2020

483

2021

113

2022

174

2023

2024

2025

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.

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Atmospheric ScienceQ3

Environmental ChemistryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesMeteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Scopus Categories

Atmospheric ScienceEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Environmental Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate variability and modelsMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsClimate change impacts on agriculturePlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsHydrology and Drought AnalysisCryospheric studies and observationsTree-ring climate responsesSpecies Distribution and Climate ChangeTropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchHydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Frequently asked questions about Climate Research

Is Climate Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Climate Research: 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 Climate Research?

Climate Research 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 0.77.

Is Climate Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Climate Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Climate Research?