Global and Planetary Change · 278 journals indexed
Best journals for Global and Planetary Change
The top Global and Planetary Change journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
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- 11Earth s Future7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · American Geophysical UnionOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 12Hydrology and earth system sciences6.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus PublicationsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 14International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology6.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisScopusWeb of Science
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- 17Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 19Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 21Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22International Journal of Digital Earth5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 24Natural hazards and earth system sciences5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus PublicationsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 26GIScience & Remote Sensing4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & FrancisOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27Sustainability Science4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 31Remote Sensing4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 33Environmental Research Letters4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · IOP PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 34Journal of Water and Climate Change4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · IWA PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40Modeling Earth Systems and Environment3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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