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Climate and Development

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1990

ISSN1756-5529eISSN1756-5537

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.258

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.219

Total Worksi

1,103

Total Citationsi

32,161

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Climate and Development focuses on the intersection of climate change and sustainable development, emphasizing the need for integrated approaches that address environmental, social, and economic challenges. It welcomes research exploring innovative solutions and the vulnerability of communities in developing countries to climate-related risks. The journal also examines links between development and building capacity to respond to climate change, and the integration of climate policy.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,103

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1756-5529 / 1756-5537

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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

3.9k

2019

2.3k

2020

2.3k

2021

1.5k

2022

1.1k

2023

478

2024

205

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.

DevelopmentQ1

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1

Global and Planetary ChangeQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Development StudiesEnvironmental Studies

Scopus Categories

DevelopmentGeography, Planning and DevelopmentGlobal and Planetary Change

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate change impacts on agricultureClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationAgricultural risk and resilienceSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceDisaster Management and ResilienceClimate Change Policy and EconomicsAgricultural Innovations and PracticesEnergy and Environment ImpactsFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

Frequently asked questions about Climate and Development

Is Climate and Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Climate and Development: 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 and Development?

Climate and Development 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 2.10.

Is Climate and Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Climate and Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.