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Frontiers in Climate

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland

ISSN2624-9553eISSN2624-9553

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.331

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.094

Total Worksi

1,106

Total Citationsi

16,086

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.74

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Climate is a high-impact open-access journal publishing rigorous and timely research on all aspects of climate change, its impacts, and potential solutions. We welcome original research, reviews, and perspective articles that advance our understanding of the climate system, climate variability and change, climate impacts on natural and human systems, and strategies for mitigation and adaptation.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,106

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2018

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2624-9553 / 2624-9553

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

2.3k

2019

1.1k

2020

183

2021

261

5.7k

2022

149

1.7k

2023

180

1.7k

2024

220

889

2025

219

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.

Atmospheric ScienceQ1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

PollutionQ1

Global and Planetary ChangeQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesEnvironmental Studies

Scopus Categories

Atmospheric ScienceEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGlobal and Planetary ChangePollution

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate variability and modelsClimate change impacts on agricultureSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsClimate Change Policy and EconomicsDisaster Management and ResilienceFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementTropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Climate

Is Frontiers in Climate a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Climate: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Frontiers in Climate?

Frontiers in Climate 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 3.74.

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

Frontiers in Climate is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.