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APN Science Bulletin

Asia-pacific Network for Global Change Research · Japan · Est. 2011

ISSN2522-7971

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.4

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.322

Total Worksi

205

Total Citationsi

881

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Global and Planetary Change; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 16 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications205

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Asia-pacific Network for Global Change Research

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2522-7971

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

181

2019

131

2020

2021

159

2022

104

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.

Energy Engineering and Power TechnologyQ3

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Global and Planetary ChangeQ3

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Global and Planetary ChangeRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEnergy Engineering and Power Technology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate change impacts on agricultureFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementDisaster Management and ResilienceClimate variability and modelsConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementCoastal and Marine ManagementAgricultural risk and resilienceClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationWater resources management and optimizationWater-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

Frequently asked questions about APN Science Bulletin

Is APN Science Bulletin a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for APN Science Bulletin: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 APN Science Bulletin?

APN Science Bulletin is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.4.

Is APN Science Bulletin indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

APN Science Bulletin is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of APN Science Bulletin?