Journal rankings · indicator year 2013
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Subfield ranking · 2013
Global and Planetary Change journal rankings 2013
164 ranked journals · Subfield in Environmental Science
Global and Planetary Change has 164 ranked journals in 2013. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.09 against 1.00, up 0.03 on 2012. A journal needs OJR 2.09 to reach Q1. The top three are Reviews of Geophysics, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, and Nature Climate Change.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2013. 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 2010–2012, the window the 2013 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)
164 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 2012. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2010–2012, the window the 2013 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2010–2012 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 2004 to 2013. | Compare |
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1Reviews of GeophysicsWiley · United States | 11.21Q1 | 15.39 4.16 down from 2012 | 58 | 63% | $3,880 | ||
2Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate ChangeWiley · United States | 5.15Q1 | 6.06 0.31 up from 2012 | 181 | 27% | $5,450 | ||
3Nature Climate ChangeNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 4.75Q1 | 6.66 3.41 up from 2012 | 754 | 26% | $12,690 | ||
4Ecology and SocietyOAResilience Alliance · Canada | 4.45Q1 | 5.27 0.53 down from 2012 | 448 | 100% | $975 | ||
5Climatic ChangeSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 4.20Q1 | 6.23 1.48 up from 2012 | 817 | 37% | $4,390 | ||
6Environmental Science & PolicyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.83Q1 | 4.63 0.29 down from 2012 | 367 | 32% | $4,250 | ||
7Global Environmental PoliticsThe MIT Press · United States | 3.72Q1 | 2.50 0.67 down from 2012 | 128 | 38% | — | ||
8Habitat InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.70Q1 | 2.34 0.15 up from 2012 | 205 | 13% | $3,560 | ||
9Sustainability ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 3.55Q1 | 3.41 0.51 down from 2012 | 113 | 14% | $3,890 | ||
10Environmental Research LettersOAIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.49Q1 | 6.04 0.78 up from 2012 | 498 | 100% | $3,045 | ||
11Environmental Innovation and Societal TransitionsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.49Q1 | 5.26 0.62 up from 2012 | 53 | 9% | $3,610 | ||
12Fish and FisheriesWiley · United Kingdom | 3.47Q1 | 5.94 0.81 up from 2012 | 145 | 32% | $5,000 | ||
13Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth SystemsOAWiley · United States | 3.32Q1 | 6.96 0.15 down from 2012 | 71 | 100% | $2,650 | ||
14Environmental Modelling & SoftwareElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.29Q1 | 5.25 0.63 up from 2012 | 517 | 20% | $3,500 | ||
15Geophysical Research LettersOAAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 3.05Q1 | 5.74 0.52 up from 2012 | 3,289 | 73% | $3,190 | ||
16Earth System DynamicsOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.03Q1 | 4.77 0.67 down from 2012 | 36 | 100% | $1,585 | ||
17Land Use PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.99Q1 | 3.38 0.36 up from 2012 | 419 | 24% | $3,830 | ||
18BioScienceOxford University Press · United States | 2.85Q1 | 3.11 0.31 up from 2012 | 612 | 40% | $5,088 | ||
19Journal of HydrologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.78Q1 | 3.70 0.19 down from 2012 | 1,688 | 15% | $4,030 | ||
20Applied GeographyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.77Q1 | 3.93 0.84 up from 2012 | 408 | 16% | $3,220 | ||
21Atmospheric measurement techniquesOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 2.73Q1 | 5.44 0.10 down from 2012 | 503 | 100% | $1,585 | ||
22Environmental DevelopmentElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.69Q1 | 2.59no 2012 value | 79 | 8% | $3,540 | — | |
23Agricultural and Forest MeteorologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.65Q1 | 4.75 0.56 up from 2012 | 532 | 22% | $3,590 | ||
24Journal of Environmental Policy & PlanningTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.64Q1 | 2.47 0.05 down from 2012 | 65 | 29% | — | ||
25Journal of ClimateAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 2.57Q1 | 5.83 0.34 up from 2012 | 1,462 | 53% | — | ||
26Journal of Environmental InformaticsPublisher not listed | 2.53Q1 | 4.33 0.19 up from 2012 | 60 | 96% | — | ||
27AMBIOSpringer Science+Business Media · Sweden | 2.49Q1 | 3.52 0.67 up from 2012 | 343 | 99% | $4,490 | ||
28Environmental ReviewsCanadian Science Publishing · Canada | 2.46Q1 | 3.13 0.28 up from 2012 | 69 | 13% | — | ||
29International Journal of Digital EarthOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.42Q1 | 2.62 0.38 up from 2012 | 152 | 95% | $2,390 | ||
30Tree PhysiologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.41Q1 | 4.29 0.43 up from 2012 | 392 | 39% | $4,253 | ||
31Climate ResearchInter-Research Science Center · Germany | 2.33Q1 | 3.08 0.60 down from 2012 | 306 | 94% | — | ||
32Ecological IndicatorsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.32Q1 | 4.08 0.81 up from 2012 | 786 | 17% | $3,650 | ||
33Environment and Planning B Planning and DesignSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.30Q1 | 1.39 0.46 down from 2012 | 215 | 21% | — | ||
34Climate DynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.27Q1 | 4.77 0.16 up from 2012 | 881 | 30% | $3,790 | ||
35Environmental ConservationCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.21Q1 | 3.00 0.10 down from 2012 | 172 | 42% | $3,550 | ||
36Reviews in Fisheries ScienceTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.20Q1 | 3.79 0.26 down from 2012 | 53 | 13% | — | ||
37Landscape EcologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.20Q1 | 3.84 0.67 up from 2012 | 384 | 28% | $4,390 | ||
38Remote SensingOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 2.20Q1 | 4.02 0.64 up from 2012 | 464 | 100% | $3,258 | ||
39Carbon Balance and ManagementOASpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.14Q1 | 3.03 0.66 down from 2012 | 38 | 100% | $1,890 | ||
40Environmental Policy and GovernanceWiley · United Kingdom | 2.09Q1 | 2.14 0.07 down from 2012 | 97 | 17% | $3,800 | ||
41Regional Environmental ChangeSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.09Q1 | 2.66 0.21 down from 2012 | 268 | 37% | $3,990 | ||
42Human EcologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.08Q2 | 1.64 0.08 down from 2012 | 251 | 14% | $2,290 | ||
43Ecological ComplexityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.05Q2 | 2.80 0.06 up from 2012 | 128 | 23% | $2,990 | ||
44Journal of Environmental RadioactivityElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.02Q2 | 3.97 1.04 up from 2012 | 534 | 9% | $3,800 | ||
45Ecological ModellingElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.92Q2 | 2.93 0.27 up from 2012 | 1,000 | 19% | $2,810 | ||
46Natural hazards and earth system sciencesOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 1.91Q2 | 2.97 0.42 up from 2012 | 823 | 100% | $1,553 | ||
47Forest Ecology and ManagementElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.86Q2 | 3.31 0.25 up from 2012 | 1,510 | 15% | $3,560 | ||
48Annual Review of Environment and ResourcesOAAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.83Q2 | 8.67 0.10 down from 2012 | 57 | 10% | — | ||
49Environmental ManagementSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.80Q2 | 2.13 0.25 down from 2012 | 627 | 12% | $2,690 | ||
50International Journal of ClimatologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.78Q2 | 2.85 0.47 down from 2012 | 611 | 16% | $3,920 |
Subfields of Environmental Science, with Global and Planetary Change highlighted.
- Ecology258
- Global and Planetary Change164
- Water Science and Technology72
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis68
- Nature and Landscape Conservation61
- Pollution48
- Environmental Engineering41
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law38
- Waste Management and Disposal16
- Environmental Chemistry10
- Ecological Modeling5
Journals
Citations made in 2013. Corpus-wide, 76.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
69 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 2010–2012, 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: 2013. Publication window: 2010–2012. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 164
- Window papers (baseline)
- 70,955 +28.8% from indicator year 2010
- Median OJR
- 1.09 +11.2% from indicator year 2010
- Rising journals (2025)
- 13
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2010–2012 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.