Journal rankings · indicator year 2009
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Subfield ranking · 2009
Global and Planetary Change journal rankings 2009
124 ranked journals · Subfield in Environmental Science
Global and Planetary Change has 124 ranked journals in 2009. The median journal has an OJR of 0.93, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.02 on 2008; Q1 starts at OJR 1.67. The top three are Reviews of Geophysics, Ecology and Society, and Climatic Change.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2009. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2006–2008, the window the 2009 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Environmental Science (11)
124 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2008. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2006–2008, the window the 2009 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2006–2008 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2009. | Compare |
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1Reviews of GeophysicsWiley · United States | 7.24Q1 | 9.29 0.62 down from 2008 | 72 | 40% | $3,880 | ||
2Ecology and SocietyOAResilience Alliance · Canada | 3.96Q1 | 4.05 0.51 down from 2008 | 275 | 100% | $975 | ||
3Climatic ChangeSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.84Q1 | 4.83 0.48 up from 2008 | 534 | 28% | $4,390 | ||
4Environmental Research LettersOAIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.48Q1 | 4.39 1.71 up from 2008 | 151 | 100% | $3,045 | ||
5Fish and FisheriesWiley · United Kingdom | 3.19Q1 | 4.10 0.53 up from 2008 | 104 | 19% | $5,000 | ||
6Environmental Science & PolicyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.00Q1 | 3.96 0.72 up from 2008 | 209 | 19% | $4,250 | ||
7Habitat InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.87Q1 | 1.27 0.18 up from 2008 | 123 | 8% | $3,560 | ||
8Journal of ClimateAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 2.65Q1 | 4.20 2.78 down from 2008 | 1,348 | 62% | — | ||
9Environmental Modelling & SoftwareElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.63Q1 | 3.09 0.08 up from 2008 | 412 | 13% | $3,500 | ||
10Global Environmental PoliticsThe MIT Press · United States | 2.61Q1 | 1.70 0.63 up from 2008 | 124 | 30% | — | ||
11AMBIOSpringer Science+Business Media · Sweden | 2.56Q1 | 3.11 0.74 up from 2008 | 329 | 7% | $4,490 | ||
12Land Use PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.50Q1 | 2.31 0.21 up from 2008 | 203 | 17% | $3,830 | ||
13Agricultural and Forest MeteorologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.49Q1 | 3.96 0.31 down from 2008 | 494 | 17% | $3,590 | ||
14Journal of HydrologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.46Q1 | 3.10 0.55 up from 2008 | 1,246 | 10% | $4,030 | ||
15Geophysical Research LettersOAAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 2.43Q1 | 4.23 0.19 up from 2008 | 4,609 | 59% | $3,190 | ||
16BioScienceOxford University Press · United States | 2.41Q1 | 2.51 0.55 up from 2008 | 649 | 43% | $5,088 | ||
17Journal of Environmental Policy & PlanningTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.38Q1 | 2.22 1.03 up from 2008 | 60 | 19% | — | ||
18Applied GeographyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.26Q1 | 2.29 0.23 up from 2008 | 80 | 6% | $3,220 | ||
19Climate DynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.22Q1 | 3.70 0.81 down from 2008 | 412 | 31% | $3,790 | ||
20Climate ResearchInter-Research Science Center · Germany | 2.17Q1 | 3.21 0.69 up from 2008 | 191 | 96% | — | ||
21Landscape EcologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.16Q1 | 3.26 0.25 up from 2008 | 422 | 20% | $4,390 | ||
22Sustainability ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 2.11Q1 | 2.13 0.19 down from 2008 | 60 | 37% | $3,890 | ||
23Ecological IndicatorsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.97Q1 | 2.79 0.16 up from 2008 | 241 | 14% | $3,650 | ||
24Human EcologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.94Q1 | 1.74 0.42 up from 2008 | 225 | 16% | $2,290 | ||
25Environmental ConservationCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.93Q1 | 2.56 0.27 up from 2008 | 117 | 18% | $3,550 | ||
26Journal of Land Use ScienceOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.88Q1 | 2.59 0.48 up from 2008 | 38 | 85% | — | ||
27Reviews in Fisheries ScienceTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.79Q1 | 2.49 0.20 down from 2008 | 90 | 2% | — | ||
28Regional Environmental ChangeSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.77Q1 | 2.15 0.01 up from 2008 | 73 | 25% | $3,990 | ||
29Fisheries OceanographyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 2.82 0.63 down from 2008 | 115 | 21% | $4,650 | ||
30EcohydrologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.72Q1 | 2.24 0.74 up from 2008 | 37 | 8% | $4,650 | ||
31Environment and Planning B Planning and DesignSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.67Q1 | 1.43 0.07 down from 2008 | 236 | 16% | — | ||
32Environmental ManagementSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.67Q2 | 1.76 0.13 up from 2008 | 518 | 16% | $2,690 | ||
33Ecological ModellingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.67Q2 | 2.34 0.08 down from 2008 | 1,084 | 10% | $2,810 | ||
34Forest Ecology and ManagementElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.66Q2 | 2.68 0.23 up from 2008 | 1,855 | 9% | $3,560 | ||
35Society & Natural ResourcesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.64Q2 | 1.36 0.48 down from 2008 | 213 | 5% | — | ||
36Tree PhysiologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.64Q2 | 2.95 0.14 up from 2008 | 547 | 36% | $4,253 | ||
37Earth InteractionsOAAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.61Q2 | 1.88 0.75 down from 2008 | 63 | 54% | — | ||
38ICES Journal of Marine ScienceOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.49Q2 | 2.61 0.55 up from 2008 | 596 | 79% | $3,686 | ||
39Carbon Balance and ManagementOASpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.46Q2 | 3.42 0.94 up from 2008 | 33 | 100% | $1,890 | ||
40International Journal of Wildland FireCSIRO Publishing · Australia | 1.44Q2 | 2.79 0.54 up from 2008 | 214 | 20% | — | ||
41International Journal of ClimatologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.43Q2 | 2.38 0.01 down from 2008 | 548 | 17% | $3,920 | ||
42Natural hazards and earth system sciencesOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 1.34Q2 | 1.68 0.52 down from 2008 | 299 | 100% | $1,553 | ||
43International Journal of the CommonsOAUtrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services) · Netherlands | 1.30Q2 | 2.09 1.05 up from 2008 | 45 | 100% | $938 | ||
44Environmental SciencesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.28Q2 | 1.16 0.11 up from 2008 | 55 | — | — | ||
45TreesSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.27Q2 | 1.67 0.01 up from 2008 | 273 | 26% | $3,690 | ||
46Ecological ComplexityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.25Q2 | 2.25 0.40 up from 2008 | 117 | 19% | $2,990 | ||
47Natural HazardsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.22Q2 | 1.18 0.15 down from 2008 | 420 | 14% | $3,990 | ||
48Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/CElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.19Q2 | 1.05 0.63 down from 2008 | 568 | 6% | $2,900 | ||
49Systematics and BiodiversityTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.16Q2 | 1.83 0.15 up from 2008 | 78 | 13% | — | ||
50Atmospheric Science LettersOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.13Q2 | 1.65 0.11 down from 2008 | 81 | 65% | $2,670 |
Subfields of Environmental Science, with Global and Planetary Change highlighted.
- Ecology232
- Global and Planetary Change124
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis58
- Nature and Landscape Conservation55
- Water Science and Technology52
- Pollution41
- Environmental Engineering34
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law33
- Waste Management and Disposal13
- Environmental Chemistry12
- Ecological Modeling4
Journals
Citations made in 2009. Corpus-wide, 71.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
57 additional Global and Planetary Change journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2006–2008, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2009. Publication window: 2006–2008. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 124
- Window papers (baseline)
- 50,223 +28.8% from indicator year 2006
- Median OJR
- 0.931 -4.1% from indicator year 2006
- Rising journals (2025)
- 13
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2006–2008 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 74 | 78 | 90 | 94 | 96 | 102 | 105 | 106 | 114 | 124 | 138 | 145 | 155 | 164 | 177 | 186 | 193 | 195 | 201 | 209 | 218 | 221 | 232 | 236 | 236 | 241 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 24,031 | 30,384 | 32,743 | 35,500 | 34,111 | 36,298 | 39,005 | 41,671 | 45,634 | 50,223 | 55,090 | 60,147 | 65,138 | 70,955 | 77,964 | 84,036 | 88,379 | 90,518 | 91,924 | 95,134 | 98,815 | 106,095 | 113,902 | 120,307 | 123,368 | 123,867 | |
| Median OJR | 0.70 | 0.789 | 0.794 | 0.78 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.97 | 0.928 | 0.92 | 0.931 | 0.977 | 0.999 | 1.061 | 1.09 | 1.07 | 1.011 | 1.064 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.99 | 1.013 | 1.03 | 1.02 | 0.975 | 0.982 | 0.978 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.