Journal rankings · indicator year 2014
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Subfield ranking · 2014
Global and Planetary Change journal rankings 2014
177 ranked journals · Subfield in Environmental Science
Global and Planetary Change has 177 ranked journals in 2014. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.07 against 1.00, down 0.02 on 2013. A journal needs OJR 2.00 to reach Q1. The top three are Reviews of Geophysics, Nature Climate Change, and Ecosystem Services.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2014. 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 2011–2013, the window the 2014 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)
177 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 2013. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2011–2013, the window the 2014 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2011–2013 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 2005 to 2014. | Compare |
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1Reviews of GeophysicsWiley · United States | 9.38Q1 | 17.62 2.23 up from 2013 | 60 | 43% | $3,880 | ||
2Nature Climate ChangeNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 5.52Q1 | 9.48 2.82 up from 2013 | 959 | 28% | $12,690 | ||
3Ecosystem ServicesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.28Q1 | 9.89 1.81 up from 2013 | 87 | 33% | $4,100 | ||
4Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate ChangeWiley · United States | 4.51Q1 | 4.98 1.08 down from 2013 | 154 | 42% | $5,450 | ||
5Climatic ChangeSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 4.08Q1 | 4.56 1.67 down from 2013 | 928 | 44% | $4,390 | ||
6Ecology and SocietyOAResilience Alliance · Canada | 4.08Q1 | 5.35 0.08 up from 2013 | 512 | 100% | $975 | ||
7Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth SystemsOAWiley · United States | 4.08Q1 | 6.62 0.35 down from 2013 | 109 | 100% | $2,650 | ||
8Habitat InternationalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.06Q1 | 2.84 0.50 up from 2013 | 246 | 11% | $3,560 | ||
9Environmental Science & PolicyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.83Q1 | 4.60 0.03 down from 2013 | 438 | 32% | $4,250 | ||
10Fish and FisheriesWiley · United Kingdom | 3.75Q1 | 6.30 0.37 up from 2013 | 149 | 32% | $5,000 | ||
11Environmental Research LettersOAIOP Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.75Q1 | 6.22 0.17 up from 2013 | 769 | 100% | $3,045 | ||
12Journal of Geophysical Research BiogeosciencesWiley · United States | 3.33Q1 | 5.02 0.48 down from 2013 | 150 | 63% | $4,070 | ||
13Environmental Modelling & SoftwareElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.11Q1 | 4.90 0.34 down from 2013 | 576 | 27% | $3,500 | ||
14Land Use PolicyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.10Q1 | 3.35 0.02 down from 2013 | 527 | 24% | $3,830 | ||
15Sustainability ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 3.10Q1 | 3.37 0.05 down from 2013 | 143 | 13% | $3,890 | ||
16Applied GeographyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.94Q1 | 3.31 0.62 down from 2013 | 483 | 17% | $3,220 | ||
17Geophysical Research LettersOAAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 2.93Q1 | 5.48 0.26 down from 2013 | 3,443 | 74% | $3,190 | ||
18Agricultural and Forest MeteorologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.86Q1 | 4.94 0.19 up from 2013 | 583 | 21% | $3,590 | ||
19International Journal of Digital EarthOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.80Q1 | 3.33 0.71 up from 2013 | 167 | 96% | $2,390 | ||
20Environmental ReviewsCanadian Science Publishing · Canada | 2.80Q1 | 3.38 0.25 up from 2013 | 74 | 20% | — | ||
21Ecological IndicatorsOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.63Q1 | 4.15 0.07 up from 2013 | 1,000 | 15% | $3,650 | ||
22Environmental Innovation and Societal TransitionsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.62Q1 | 2.78 2.48 down from 2013 | 87 | 33% | $3,610 | ||
23Journal of ClimateAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 2.62Q1 | 5.80 0.03 down from 2013 | 1,569 | 47% | — | ||
24Global Environmental PoliticsThe MIT Press · United States | 2.61Q1 | 2.31 0.19 down from 2013 | 125 | 27% | — | ||
25Remote SensingOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 2.61Q1 | 4.33 0.31 up from 2013 | 663 | 100% | $3,258 | ||
26BioScienceOxford University Press · United States | 2.60Q1 | 2.94 0.17 down from 2013 | 654 | 45% | $5,088 | ||
27Journal of Environmental InformaticsPublisher not listed | 2.53Q1 | 3.98 0.36 down from 2013 | 64 | 96% | — | ||
28AMBIOSpringer Science+Business Media · Sweden | 2.51Q1 | 3.19 0.34 down from 2013 | 349 | 97% | $4,490 | ||
29Journal of HydrologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.51Q1 | 3.81 0.10 up from 2013 | 1,850 | 19% | $4,030 | ||
30Earth System DynamicsOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 2.44Q1 | 5.08 0.31 up from 2013 | 64 | 100% | $1,585 | ||
31Journal of Environmental Policy & PlanningTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.44Q1 | 1.88 0.59 down from 2013 | 100 | 28% | — | ||
32Landscape EcologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.37Q1 | 4.36 0.52 up from 2013 | 399 | 33% | $4,390 | ||
33Atmospheric measurement techniquesOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 2.35Q1 | 4.96 0.48 down from 2013 | 628 | 100% | $1,585 | ||
34AnthropoceneElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.33Q1 | 3.15no 2013 value | 34 | 28% | $3,770 | — | |
35Conservation and SocietyOAMedknow · India | 2.26Q1 | 3.72 1.72 up from 2013 | 92 | 100% | $600 | ||
36Climate DynamicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.26Q1 | 5.06 0.29 up from 2013 | 1,023 | 31% | $3,790 | ||
37Annual Review of Environment and ResourcesOAAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.13Q1 | 10.29 1.62 up from 2013 | 61 | 58% | — | ||
38Carbon Balance and ManagementOASpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.08Q1 | 3.88 0.84 up from 2013 | 41 | 100% | $1,890 | ||
39Regional Environmental ChangeSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.08Q1 | 2.98 0.32 up from 2013 | 366 | 39% | $3,990 | ||
40Natural hazards and earth system sciencesOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 2.07Q1 | 3.13 0.16 up from 2013 | 850 | 100% | $1,553 | ||
41Environmental ConservationCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.05Q1 | 1.99 1.01 down from 2013 | 169 | 49% | $3,550 | ||
42Reviews in Fisheries ScienceTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.04Q1 | 2.78 1.01 down from 2013 | 65 | — | — | ||
43Tree PhysiologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.03Q1 | 4.09 0.20 down from 2013 | 403 | 34% | $4,253 | ||
44Ecological ProcessesOASpringer Nature · China | 2.01Q1 | 2.81 0.56 down from 2013 | 47 | 100% | $1,670 | ||
45Forest Ecology and ManagementElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.00Q1 | 3.49 0.18 up from 2013 | 1,665 | 16% | $3,560 | ||
46Environmental Policy and GovernanceWiley · United Kingdom | 1.96Q2 | 2.30 0.17 up from 2013 | 95 | 21% | $3,800 | ||
47Atmospheric ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.89Q2 | 3.89 1.21 up from 2013 | 683 | 16% | $3,310 | ||
48Environmental DevelopmentElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.87Q2 | 2.23 0.37 down from 2013 | 144 | 16% | $3,540 | ||
49Society & Natural ResourcesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.82Q2 | 2.04 0.43 up from 2013 | 287 | 15% | — | ||
50Natural HazardsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.80Q2 | 2.37 0.17 up from 2013 | 1,294 | 11% | $3,990 |
Subfields of Environmental Science, with Global and Planetary Change highlighted.
- Ecology261
- Global and Planetary Change177
- Water Science and Technology82
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis70
- Nature and Landscape Conservation59
- Pollution51
- Environmental Engineering44
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law40
- Waste Management and Disposal17
- Environmental Chemistry10
- Ecological Modeling5
Journals
Citations made in 2014. Corpus-wide, 77.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
61 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 2011–2013, 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: 2014. Publication window: 2011–2013. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 177
- Window papers (baseline)
- 77,964 +29.6% from indicator year 2011
- Median OJR
- 1.07 +6.7% from indicator year 2011
- Rising journals (2025)
- 13
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2011–2013 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 |
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| 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.