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Oxford Open Climate Change

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2021

ISSN2634-4068eISSN2634-4068

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.63

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.956

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

896

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies; Global and Planetary Change.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2021

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications92

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

OA Since2020

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

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2634-4068 / 2634-4068

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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?

Portico

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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

223

2021

158

2022

440

2023

138

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.

Global and Planetary ChangeQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesEnvironmental Studies

Scopus Categories

Global and Planetary Change

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate Change Policy and EconomicsClimate Change and Health ImpactsClimate Change and GeoengineeringClimate Change Communication and PerceptionClimate Change, Adaptation, MigrationAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchClimate variability and modelsAir Quality and Health ImpactsSustainability and Climate Change Governance

Frequently asked questions about Oxford Open Climate Change

Is Oxford Open Climate Change a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Oxford Open Climate Change: 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 Oxford Open Climate Change?

Oxford Open Climate Change 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 2.64.

Is Oxford Open Climate Change indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Oxford Open Climate Change is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Oxford Open Climate Change?