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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #1,489CAS 1区Top JournalHybrid

Climate Policy

Abbreviation (ISO):CLIM. POLICY
Country: United Kingdom•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 1.971•SCImago Rank: #1,489•Identifier (ISSN):1469-3062(Print)/1752-7457(Online)•Articles / Year: 83•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,821 USD
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
5.5
↑ +0.3

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (Hirsch Index)
105

105 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate5.7%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
83articles/year
34.24% Gold OA•96.3% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

3.00pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.5)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20263.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.5)
🔵 Computed
20253.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.2)
🔵 Computed
20243.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.3)
🔵 Computed
20233.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 7.1)
🔵 Computed
20223.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 6.056)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

The journal aims to make complex, policy-related analysis of climate change issues accessible to a wide audience, including those actors involved in: research and the commissioning of policy-relevant research policy and strategy formulation/implementation by local and national governments; the interactions and impacts of climate policies and strategies on business and society, and their responses, in different nations and sectors; international negotiations including, but not limited to, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, other processes. Climate Policy thus aims to build on its academic base so as to inject new insights and facilitate informed debate within and between, these diverse constituencies.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Economics97.9%Business83.9%Biology79.5%Ecology77.4%Geology74.1%Natural resource economics73.7%Oceanography73.2%Climate change67.2%Greenhouse gas54.2%Environmental science53.6%Political science45.3%Environmental resource management36.2%Geography34.7%Law34%Environmental economics27%Physics24.4%Computer science24.3%Climate policy21.9%Mathematics20.4%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #1,489Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2001-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Earth and Planetary SciencesEnvironmental Science
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
1.971

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
105

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
7.25

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,821 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations2,436
3-Year Documents296
Citable Documents286

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)41

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate39.2%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Atmospheric ScienceQ1
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1
Global and Planetary ChangeQ1
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
1区 (Zone 1)Sociology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2区ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
JCRSSCI
40/202Q1
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
JCRSSCI
5/97Q1
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
JCISSCI
31/202Q1
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
JCISSCI
15/97Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—8750
20255.2152662
20245.31231,432
20237.11092,336
20226.0561133,618
2021—874,816
2020—975,804
2019—926,133
2018—1106,706
2017—653,433
2016—1205,356
2015—725,556
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Climate Policy

WoS Q1
357920222023202420255.20
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:5.2

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 5.7%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01