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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #625CAS 1区Top JournalHybrid

Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions

Abbreviation (ISO):GLOBAL ENVIRON CHANG
Country: England•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 3.283•SCImago Rank: #625•Identifier (ISSN):0959-3780(Print)/1872-9495(Online)•Articles / Year: 175•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $4,113 USD
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
9.3
↑ +0.2

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (2021)
147

147 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate2.3%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
175articles/year
70.38% Gold OA•99.19% 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: 9.3)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20263.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 9.3)
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20253.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 9.1)
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20243.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 8.6)
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20233.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 8.9)
🔵 Computed
20223.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 11.16)
🔵 Computed
20213.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 9.523)
🔵 Computed
20203.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 10.466)
🔵 Computed
20193.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 10.427)
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20183.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 6.371)
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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

Global Environmental Change is a peer-reviewed international journal publishing high quality, theoretically and empirically rigorous articles, which advance knowledge about the human and policy dimensions of global environmental change. The journal interprets global environmental change to mean the outcome of processes that are manifest in localities, but with consequences at multiple spatial, temporal and socio-political scales. The journal is interested in articles which have a significant social science component. These include articles that address the social drivers or consequences of environmental change, or social and policy processes that seek to address problems of environmental change. Topics include, but are not restricted to, the drivers, consequences and management of changes in: biodiversity and ecosystem services, climate, coasts, food systems, land use and land cover, oceans, urban areas, and water resources.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Biology73.5%Ecology68.1%Economics64.1%Geography60.4%Environmental science55.8%Geology49.7%Political science45.9%Oceanography41.8%Computer science38.4%Climate change37.3%Business36%Law35.5%Environmental resource management31.8%History29.8%Physics29.8%Sociology28.1%Archaeology27.3%Philosophy24.5%Psychology23.9%Engineering23.2%Environmental planning21.2%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

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

Rank #625Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1990-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Environmental ScienceSocial Sciences
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
3.283

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

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
255

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
10.11

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

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$4,113 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations4,413
3-Year Documents377
Citable Documents376

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

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)9

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate42.1%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

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

Scopus Subject Categories

EcologyQ1
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ1
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)Environmental Science & Ecology
Minor Category (Specific Field):
1区ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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
6.1周
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
4.4周
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
Elsevier Ltd
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Quarterly
Founding Year
1990
Editorial Address
ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD, ENGLAND, OXON, OX5 1GB
Indexing & Databases
SCIESSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
JCRSCIE
33/395Q1
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
JCRSSCI
12/202Q1
GEOGRAPHY
JCRSSCI
4/174Q1
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
JCISCIE
13/395Q1
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
JCISSCI
9/202Q1
GEOGRAPHY
JCISSCI
5/174Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

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

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—9645
20259.1105720
20248.61202,088
20238.91204,260
202211.161386,724
20219.52318511,858
202010.46613911,691
201910.42712813,197
20186.37113214,077
2017—11115,061
2016—13027,439
2015—15525,680
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions

WoS Q1
471013201820192020202120222023202420259.10
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:9.1

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 2.3%

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