Climatic Change

Aims & Scope

Climatic Change is dedicated to the totality of the problem of climatic variability and change - its descriptions, causes, implications and interactions among these.

The purpose of the journal is to provide a means of exchange between those working on problems related to climatic variations but in different disciplines.

Interdisciplinary researchers or those in any discipline, be it meteorology, anthropology, agricultural science, astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, geography, policy analysis, economics, engineering, geology, ecology, or history of climate, are invited to submit articles, provided the articles are of interdisciplinary interest.

This means that authors have an opportunity to communicate the essence of their studies to people in other climate related disciplines and to interested non-disciplinarians, as well as to report on research in which the originality is in the combinations of (not necessarily original) work from several disciplines.

The journal also includes vigorous editorial and book review sections.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4.8
2024	4.80

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2202

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3660

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.570

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	228

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The representative concentration pathways: an overview

  Citation: 6118

  Authors: Detlef P., Jae, Mikiko, Keywan, Allison, Kathy, George C., Tom, Volker, Jean-Francois, Toshihiko, Malte, Nebojsa, Steven J., Steven K.

• The RCP greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions from 1765 to 2300

  Citation: 2867

  Authors: Malte, S. J., K., J. S., M. L. T., J-F., K., S. A., S. C. B., K., A., G. J. M., D.P. P.

• RCP 8.5—A scenario of comparatively high greenhouse gas emissions

  Citation: 2228

  Authors: Keywan, Shilpa, Volker, Cheolhung, Vadim, Guenther, Georg, Nebojsa, Peter

• A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept of shared socioeconomic pathways

  Citation: 1902

  Authors: Brian C., Elmar, Keywan, Kristie L., Stephane, Timothy R., Ritu, Detlef P.

• Are there social limits to adaptation to climate change?

  Citation: 1749

  Authors: W. Neil, Suraje, Marisa, Mike, Irene, Donald R., Lars Otto, Johanna, Anita

• Observational Evidence of Recent Change in the Northern High-Latitude Environment

  Citation: 1543

  Authors: M. C., J. E., F. S., T., M., V., W. C., J., T., R. G.

• Climate Change Risk Perception and Policy Preferences: The Role of Affect, Imagery, and Values

  Citation: 1543

  Authors: Anthony

• Hydrologic Implications of Dynamical and Statistical Approaches to Downscaling Climate Model Outputs

  Citation: 1521

  Authors: A. W., L. R., V., D. P.

• Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: An Evolution of Conceptual Thinking

  Citation: 1336

  Authors: Hans-Martin, Richard J. T.

• RCP4.5: a pathway for stabilization of radiative forcing by 2100

  Citation: 1295

  Authors: Allison M., Katherine V., Steven J., G. Page, April, Pralit, Sabrina, Ben, Marshall A., Leon E., James A.

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