What are the highest-impact journals for Global and Planetary Change?

Nature Sustainability, Nature Climate Change, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Remote Sensing of Environment, Landscape and Urban Planning are among the top results, ranked by Scimago quartile then OpenAlex cites/paper from an 17,538-venue index, predatory venues excluded. The full list is on this page; for a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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Global and Planetary Change · 233 journals indexed

Highest-impact journals for Global and Planetary Change

The top Global and Planetary Change journals Scimago Q1-Q2 only, ranked by cites/paper, drawn from an17,538-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 free Journal Finder.

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Nature Sustainability
18.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Nature Climate Change
10.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Nature Ecology & Evolution
9.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
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Remote Sensing of Environment
8.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Landscape and Urban Planning
8.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Global Change Biology
8.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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One Earth
7.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Ecological Indicators
7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Global Environmental Change
7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Ecosystem Services
6.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology
6.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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Earth s Future
6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · American Geophysical Union
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Land Use Policy
5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Journal of Hydrology
5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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Applied Geography
5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Hydrology and earth system sciences
5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus Publications
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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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Environmental Science & Policy
4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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International Journal of Digital Earth
4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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GIScience & Remote Sensing
4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
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Journal of Geographical Sciences
4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
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Environmental Challenges
4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Natural hazards and earth system sciences
4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus Publications
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Sustainability Science
4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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Environmental Modelling & Software
4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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Remote Sensing
3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Conservation Letters
3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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Environmental Research Letters
3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · IOP Publishing
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Natural Hazards
3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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Journal of Water and Climate Change
3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · IWA Publishing
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Climatic Change
3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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Frontiers in Climate
3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
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Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment
3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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Earth Systems and Environment
3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
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Forest Policy and Economics
3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
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People and Nature
3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
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“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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