Global Change Biology

Aims & Scope

Global Change Biology exists to promote understanding of the interface between all aspects of current environmental change that affects a substantial part of the globe and biological systems.

Studies must concern biological systems, regardless of whether they are aquatic or terrestrial, and managed or natural environments.

Both biological responses and feedbacks to change are included, and may be considered at any level of organization from molecular to biome.

Studies may employ theoretical, modeling, analytical, experimental, observational, and historical approaches and should be exploratory rather than confirmatory.

GCB publishes primary research articles, technical advances, research reviews, commentaries and letters.

Global Change Biology defines global change as any consistent trend in the environment - past, present or projected - that affects a substantial part of the globe.

Examples include: rising tropospheric ozone, carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide concentrations; increasing UV-B irradiation; global climate change; biological sinks and sources of atmospheric trace gases; eutrophication; land use change; loss of biodiversity; biological feedback on climate change; biological mitigation for atmospheric change

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	12
2024	10.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	4.600

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	332

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	329

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	19873

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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
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in 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.

• Soil carbon stocks and land use change: a meta analysis

  Citation: 3053

  Authors: L. B., R. M.

• On the separation of net ecosystem exchange into assimilation and ecosystem respiration: review and improved algorithm

  Citation: 3035

  Authors: Markus, Eva, Dennis, Dario, Marc, Paul, Christian, Nina, Tagir, André, Thomas, Katka, Hannu, Dalibor, Alexander, Tuomas, Annalea, Denis, Giorgio, Tilden, Franco, Jean‐Marc, Jukka, Serge, Eyal, Maria, John, Günther, Francesco, Timo, Dan, Riccardo

• Evaluation of ecosystem dynamics, plant geography and terrestrial carbon cycling in the LPJ dynamic global vegetation model

  Citation: 2645

  Authors: S., B., I. C., A., A., W., J. O., S., W., M. T., K., S.

• The <scp>M</scp>icrobial <scp>E</scp>fficiency‐<scp>M</scp>atrix <scp>S</scp>tabilization (<scp>MEMS</scp>) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

  Citation: 2596

  Authors: M. Francesca, Matthew D., Claudia M., Karolien, Eldor

• European phenological response to climate change matches the warming pattern

  Citation: 2459

  Authors: ANNETTE, TIM H., NICOLE, ELISABETH, ANTO, REIN, KERSTIN, PETER, OL'GA, AGRITA, FRANK M., ZALIKA, YANNICK, ÅSLÖG, CLAUDIO, ALISON, YOLANDA, KATARZYNA, FINN, ANTONIO, ØYVIND, JOSEP, PENTTI, VIERA, HELFRIED, MARTIN, ANDREJA, ARNOLD J. H., FRANS‐EMIL, SUSANNE, ANA

• Improved allometric models to estimate the aboveground biomass of tropical trees

  Citation: 2139

  Authors: Jérôme, Maxime, Alberto, Emmanuel, Matthew S., Welington B.C., Alvaro, Tron, Philip M., Rosa C., Matieu, Angelina, Wilson A., Helene C., Maurizio, Bruce W., Alfred, Euler M., Edgar, Raphaël, Pierre, Casey M., Juan G., Ghislain

• TRY – a global database of plant traits

  Citation: 2052

  Authors: J., S., S., I. C., P., G., E., M., P. B., I. J., J. H. C., C., S. P., P. M., M., B. J., N. A., D. D., M., O., M., T. R., D., R., C. C., B., W. J., R., D. E., F., J., J. Q., F. S., J., D., W. K., J. M., B. H., L., W., J., G., M., W. F., J., F., A., B., O., H., D., G. T., N. M., R. V., W. A., A. G., T., S. I., J. G., A., S., C. A., A. J., D., K., M., S., J. M. H., K., I., H., D., T. D., M., F., T., S. L., J., J., F., S., M. D., P., T., B. E., J., A. T., S. C., K., S., Ü., S., A., R., J., V. G., Y., J., G., W. A., S., S., J. G., J., O. L., V., H., L., P., A., R., A., S., B., L., B., J., S., B., A., E., J.‐F., E., N., K., P., M., E., M., S., S. J., B., S., A. E., C.

• Soil carbon sequestration and land‐use change: processes and potential

  Citation: 2050

  Authors: W. M., K. C.

• Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores

  Citation: 2014

  Authors: Jeffery S., Gregory J., Ian D., Caroline, T. Martijn, Valerie K., Jennifer, Alan, John C., John, John E. G., Richard, Susane, T. Hefin, Richard L., Malcolm C., Ilias, Allan D., John B.

• Assessing the eddy covariance technique for evaluating carbon dioxide exchange rates of ecosystems: past, present and future

  Citation: 1957

  Authors: DENNIS D.

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