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PLOS Climate

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
5.1
SJR
1.261
CiteScore
4.3
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
PLOS Climate
Publications
583
Citations
3 649
h-index
26
Publications
583
Citations
3 506
Top-3 citing journals
PLOS Climate
PLOS Climate (123 citations)
Sustainability
Sustainability (69 citations)
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (51 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Washington
University of Washington (23 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (13 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (144 publications)
United Kingdom (51 publications)
Canada (45 publications)

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Citing journals

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PLOS Climate
123 citations, 3.37%
Sustainability
69 citations, 1.89%
Scientific Reports
51 citations, 1.4%
Science of the Total Environment
35 citations, 0.96%
Environmental Research Letters
35 citations, 0.96%
PLoS ONE
35 citations, 0.96%
Global Change Biology
32 citations, 0.88%
Frontiers in Marine Science
30 citations, 0.82%
Climate Policy
28 citations, 0.77%
Climate
27 citations, 0.74%
Environmental Science and Policy
25 citations, 0.69%
Nature Communications
24 citations, 0.66%
Nature Climate Change
22 citations, 0.6%
Frontiers in Climate
22 citations, 0.6%
Urban Climate
21 citations, 0.58%
Communications Earth & Environment
21 citations, 0.58%
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
20 citations, 0.55%
Climatic Change
20 citations, 0.55%
npj Climate Action
19 citations, 0.52%
Journal of Environmental Management
18 citations, 0.49%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
17 citations, 0.47%
Energy Research and Social Science
17 citations, 0.47%
Marine Policy
16 citations, 0.44%
Forests
16 citations, 0.44%
Marine Environmental Research
15 citations, 0.41%
The Lancet Planetary Health
14 citations, 0.38%
Science
14 citations, 0.38%
Geophysical Research Letters
14 citations, 0.38%
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
13 citations, 0.36%
Environmental Sociology
13 citations, 0.36%
Environment, Development and Sustainability
13 citations, 0.36%
Marine Pollution Bulletin
12 citations, 0.33%
ICES Journal of Marine Science
12 citations, 0.33%
Sustainable Development
12 citations, 0.33%
One Earth
12 citations, 0.33%
Discover Sustainability
12 citations, 0.33%
The Journal of Climate Change and Health
12 citations, 0.33%
Environmental Research Climate
12 citations, 0.33%
Ambio
11 citations, 0.3%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
11 citations, 0.3%
Sustainable Cities and Society
11 citations, 0.3%
International Journal of Climatology
11 citations, 0.3%
Ecology and Evolution
11 citations, 0.3%
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
11 citations, 0.3%
Land
11 citations, 0.3%
Climate and Development
11 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Environmental Psychology
11 citations, 0.3%
Biogeosciences
11 citations, 0.3%
Frontiers in Environmental Science
11 citations, 0.3%
Heliyon
11 citations, 0.3%
SSRN Electronic Journal
11 citations, 0.3%
Environmental Research Communications
11 citations, 0.3%
Scientific data
10 citations, 0.27%
Diversity
10 citations, 0.27%
Ecological Economics
10 citations, 0.27%
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
10 citations, 0.27%
Water (Switzerland)
10 citations, 0.27%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
10 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Cleaner Production
9 citations, 0.25%
Frontiers in Psychology
9 citations, 0.25%
Earth's Future
9 citations, 0.25%
Coral Reefs
9 citations, 0.25%
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
9 citations, 0.25%
Theoretical and Applied Climatology
9 citations, 0.25%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
8 citations, 0.22%
iScience
8 citations, 0.22%
Ecological Indicators
8 citations, 0.22%
Energy Policy
8 citations, 0.22%
Climate Risk Management
8 citations, 0.22%
Frontiers in Public Health
8 citations, 0.22%
Earth Systems and Environment
8 citations, 0.22%
Forest Ecology and Management
8 citations, 0.22%
Science advances
8 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
8 citations, 0.22%
PLOS Global Public Health
8 citations, 0.22%
Environmental Politics
7 citations, 0.19%
GeoHealth
7 citations, 0.19%
Global Environmental Change
7 citations, 0.19%
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
7 citations, 0.19%
Atmosphere
7 citations, 0.19%
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
7 citations, 0.19%
Biological Conservation
7 citations, 0.19%
Aquaculture
7 citations, 0.19%
Fish and Fisheries
7 citations, 0.19%
Agricultural Systems
7 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
7 citations, 0.19%
People and Nature
7 citations, 0.19%
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
7 citations, 0.19%
Trees Forests and People
7 citations, 0.19%
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
7 citations, 0.19%
Regional Studies in Marine Science
6 citations, 0.16%
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
6 citations, 0.16%
Ecosphere
6 citations, 0.16%
Regional Environmental Change
6 citations, 0.16%
PeerJ
6 citations, 0.16%
Ecography
6 citations, 0.16%
Acta Tropica
6 citations, 0.16%
Animals
6 citations, 0.16%
Communications Biology
6 citations, 0.16%
Environmental Communication
6 citations, 0.16%
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Elsevier
894 citations, 24.5%
Springer Nature
711 citations, 19.48%
Wiley
331 citations, 9.07%
MDPI
289 citations, 7.92%
Taylor & Francis
240 citations, 6.58%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
182 citations, 4.99%
Frontiers Media S.A.
142 citations, 3.89%
IOP Publishing
75 citations, 2.06%
SAGE
67 citations, 1.84%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
63 citations, 1.73%
Oxford University Press
53 citations, 1.45%
American Geophysical Union
53 citations, 1.45%
Copernicus
46 citations, 1.26%
Cambridge University Press
29 citations, 0.79%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
27 citations, 0.74%
The Royal Society
26 citations, 0.71%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
22 citations, 0.6%
Emerald
20 citations, 0.55%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
18 citations, 0.49%
Annual Reviews
18 citations, 0.49%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
12 citations, 0.33%
BMJ
12 citations, 0.33%
Research Square Platform LLC
10 citations, 0.27%
Inter-Research Science Center
9 citations, 0.25%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
8 citations, 0.22%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
8 citations, 0.22%
PeerJ
8 citations, 0.22%
EDP Sciences
7 citations, 0.19%
Mary Ann Liebert
7 citations, 0.19%
Canadian Science Publishing
7 citations, 0.19%
CSIRO Publishing
7 citations, 0.19%
SciELO
7 citations, 0.19%
Walter de Gruyter
6 citations, 0.16%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
6 citations, 0.16%
IntechOpen
6 citations, 0.16%
American Meteorological Society
5 citations, 0.14%
IGI Global
5 citations, 0.14%
University of Chicago Press
4 citations, 0.11%
CABI Publishing
4 citations, 0.11%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
4 citations, 0.11%
The Company of Biologists
3 citations, 0.08%
CAB International
3 citations, 0.08%
American Medical Association (AMA)
3 citations, 0.08%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
3 citations, 0.08%
Geological Society of London
3 citations, 0.08%
F1000 Research
3 citations, 0.08%
Pleiades Publishing
2 citations, 0.05%
Pensoft Publishers
2 citations, 0.05%
American Public Health Association
2 citations, 0.05%
Hindawi Limited
2 citations, 0.05%
Allerton Press
2 citations, 0.05%
Scientific Research Publishing
2 citations, 0.05%
CAIRN
2 citations, 0.05%
Environmental Health Perspectives
2 citations, 0.05%
Rockefeller University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
World Scientific
1 citation, 0.03%
Trans Tech Publications
1 citation, 0.03%
Liverpool University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
American Society for Microbiology
1 citation, 0.03%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
Magnolia Press
1 citation, 0.03%
American Academy of Pediatrics
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Warsaw
1 citation, 0.03%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
1 citation, 0.03%
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
1 citation, 0.03%
British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
1 citation, 0.03%
IWA Publishing
1 citation, 0.03%
Tsinghua University Press
1 citation, 0.03%
University of Colorado
1 citation, 0.03%
American Society of Animal Science
1 citation, 0.03%
African Journals online
1 citation, 0.03%
National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Inc.
1 citation, 0.03%
Brazilian Association for Ecological Science and Conservation
1 citation, 0.03%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
1 citation, 0.03%
Water Environment Federation
1 citation, 0.03%
Nordic Council for Wildlife Research
1 citation, 0.03%
American Society for Nutrition
1 citation, 0.03%
Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
1 citation, 0.03%
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
1 citation, 0.03%
Science in China Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Singapore Medical Association
1 citation, 0.03%
Medknow
1 citation, 0.03%
ASME International
1 citation, 0.03%
Thomas Telford
1 citation, 0.03%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
1 citation, 0.03%
JMIR Publications
1 citation, 0.03%
Academy of Science of South Africa
1 citation, 0.03%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
1 citation, 0.03%
Baishideng Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.03%
Human Kinetics
1 citation, 0.03%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
1 citation, 0.03%
AOSIS
1 citation, 0.03%
Berghahn Books
1 citation, 0.03%
South Florida Publishing LLC
1 citation, 0.03%
SLACK
1 citation, 0.03%
Maximum Academic Press
1 citation, 0.03%
Scientific Scholar
1 citation, 0.03%
Russian Geographical Society
1 citation, 0.03%
Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Education Novosibirsk State Agrarian University
1 citation, 0.03%
American Dairy Science Association
1 citation, 0.03%
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University of Washington
23 publications, 3.95%
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
14 publications, 2.4%
University of Oxford
13 publications, 2.23%
Basque Centre for Climate Change
13 publications, 2.23%
Columbia University
11 publications, 1.89%
University of British Columbia
11 publications, 1.89%
ETH Zurich
9 publications, 1.54%
Yale University
9 publications, 1.54%
George Mason University
9 publications, 1.54%
University of Leeds
9 publications, 1.54%
University of Bern
8 publications, 1.37%
Michigan State University
8 publications, 1.37%
Stanford University
8 publications, 1.37%
University of California, Santa Cruz
8 publications, 1.37%
University College London
7 publications, 1.2%
Cornell University
7 publications, 1.2%
Oregon State University
7 publications, 1.2%
Harvard University
7 publications, 1.2%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7 publications, 1.2%
University of Cambridge
6 publications, 1.03%
London School of Economics and Political Science
6 publications, 1.03%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
6 publications, 1.03%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
6 publications, 1.03%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
6 publications, 1.03%
University of Bristol
6 publications, 1.03%
University of Exeter
6 publications, 1.03%
University of Colorado Boulder
6 publications, 1.03%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
6 publications, 1.03%
Memorial University of Newfoundland
6 publications, 1.03%
University of Zurich
5 publications, 0.86%
University of New South Wales
5 publications, 0.86%
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
5 publications, 0.86%
University of Copenhagen
5 publications, 0.86%
James Cook University
5 publications, 0.86%
Duke University
5 publications, 0.86%
University of California, Berkeley
5 publications, 0.86%
University of California, Davis
5 publications, 0.86%
McGill University
5 publications, 0.86%
University of Graz
5 publications, 0.86%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
5 publications, 0.86%
University of Miami
5 publications, 0.86%
University of Florida
5 publications, 0.86%
National Center for Atmospheric Research
5 publications, 0.86%
University of Tennessee
5 publications, 0.86%
Imperial College London
4 publications, 0.69%
University of Bergen
4 publications, 0.69%
University of Queensland
4 publications, 0.69%
Griffith University
4 publications, 0.69%
Education University of Hong Kong
4 publications, 0.69%
Colorado State University
4 publications, 0.69%
University of California, Los Angeles
4 publications, 0.69%
University of Ghana
4 publications, 0.69%
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
4 publications, 0.69%
University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica
4 publications, 0.69%
Paris Cité University
4 publications, 0.69%
Utrecht University
4 publications, 0.69%
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
4 publications, 0.69%
Université Laval
4 publications, 0.69%
Environment and Climate Change Canada
4 publications, 0.69%
BRAC University
4 publications, 0.69%
University of Bath
4 publications, 0.69%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
3 publications, 0.51%
Technical University of Munich
3 publications, 0.51%
Lund University
3 publications, 0.51%
Heidelberg University
3 publications, 0.51%
Stockholm University
3 publications, 0.51%
Umeå University
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Lausanne
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Geneva
3 publications, 0.51%
Australian National University
3 publications, 0.51%
Delft University of Technology
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Oslo
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Edinburgh
3 publications, 0.51%
Stony Brook University
3 publications, 0.51%
Johns Hopkins University
3 publications, 0.51%
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Otago
3 publications, 0.51%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Tasmania
3 publications, 0.51%
Boston University
3 publications, 0.51%
Nelson Mandela University
3 publications, 0.51%
Dalhousie University
3 publications, 0.51%
North Carolina State University
3 publications, 0.51%
Northwestern University
3 publications, 0.51%
University of California, San Diego
3 publications, 0.51%
University of California, San Francisco
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Arizona
3 publications, 0.51%
Newcastle University
3 publications, 0.51%
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
3 publications, 0.51%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Coimbra
3 publications, 0.51%
Erasmus University Rotterdam
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Alberta
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Granada
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Ottawa
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Guelph
3 publications, 0.51%
Indiana University Bloomington
3 publications, 0.51%
University of Connecticut
3 publications, 0.51%
Hawassa University
3 publications, 0.51%
University College Cork (National University of Ireland, Cork)
3 publications, 0.51%
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USA, 144, 24.7%
USA
144 publications, 24.7%
United Kingdom, 51, 8.75%
United Kingdom
51 publications, 8.75%
Canada, 45, 7.72%
Canada
45 publications, 7.72%
Germany, 34, 5.83%
Germany
34 publications, 5.83%
Australia, 22, 3.77%
Australia
22 publications, 3.77%
Switzerland, 18, 3.09%
Switzerland
18 publications, 3.09%
China, 15, 2.57%
China
15 publications, 2.57%
Netherlands, 13, 2.23%
Netherlands
13 publications, 2.23%
South Africa, 12, 2.06%
South Africa
12 publications, 2.06%
France, 11, 1.89%
France
11 publications, 1.89%
Italy, 10, 1.72%
Italy
10 publications, 1.72%
Norway, 10, 1.72%
Norway
10 publications, 1.72%
Sweden, 9, 1.54%
Sweden
9 publications, 1.54%
Bangladesh, 8, 1.37%
Bangladesh
8 publications, 1.37%
Spain, 8, 1.37%
Spain
8 publications, 1.37%
Kenya, 8, 1.37%
Kenya
8 publications, 1.37%
Colombia, 7, 1.2%
Colombia
7 publications, 1.2%
Japan, 7, 1.2%
Japan
7 publications, 1.2%
Brazil, 6, 1.03%
Brazil
6 publications, 1.03%
Ghana, 6, 1.03%
Ghana
6 publications, 1.03%
Denmark, 6, 1.03%
Denmark
6 publications, 1.03%
Ireland, 6, 1.03%
Ireland
6 publications, 1.03%
New Zealand, 6, 1.03%
New Zealand
6 publications, 1.03%
Uruguay, 6, 1.03%
Uruguay
6 publications, 1.03%
Finland, 6, 1.03%
Finland
6 publications, 1.03%
Austria, 4, 0.69%
Austria
4 publications, 0.69%
India, 4, 0.69%
India
4 publications, 0.69%
Peru, 4, 0.69%
Peru
4 publications, 0.69%
Belgium, 3, 0.51%
Belgium
3 publications, 0.51%
Costa Rica, 3, 0.51%
Costa Rica
3 publications, 0.51%
Mexico, 3, 0.51%
Mexico
3 publications, 0.51%
Nepal, 3, 0.51%
Nepal
3 publications, 0.51%
Nigeria, 3, 0.51%
Nigeria
3 publications, 0.51%
Chile, 3, 0.51%
Chile
3 publications, 0.51%
Ethiopia, 3, 0.51%
Ethiopia
3 publications, 0.51%
Jamaica, 3, 0.51%
Jamaica
3 publications, 0.51%
Portugal, 2, 0.34%
Portugal
2 publications, 0.34%
Argentina, 2, 0.34%
Argentina
2 publications, 0.34%
Barbados, 2, 0.34%
Barbados
2 publications, 0.34%
Bhutan, 2, 0.34%
Bhutan
2 publications, 0.34%
Qatar, 2, 0.34%
Qatar
2 publications, 0.34%
Malaysia, 2, 0.34%
Malaysia
2 publications, 0.34%
Mozambique, 2, 0.34%
Mozambique
2 publications, 0.34%
Puerto Rico, 2, 0.34%
Puerto Rico
2 publications, 0.34%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.34%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.34%
Senegal, 2, 0.34%
Senegal
2 publications, 0.34%
Singapore, 2, 0.34%
Singapore
2 publications, 0.34%
Tanzania, 2, 0.34%
Tanzania
2 publications, 0.34%
Philippines, 2, 0.34%
Philippines
2 publications, 0.34%
Ukraine, 1, 0.17%
Ukraine
1 publication, 0.17%
Benin, 1, 0.17%
Benin
1 publication, 0.17%
Guatemala, 1, 0.17%
Guatemala
1 publication, 0.17%
Grenada, 1, 0.17%
Grenada
1 publication, 0.17%
Greece, 1, 0.17%
Greece
1 publication, 0.17%
Georgia, 1, 0.17%
Georgia
1 publication, 0.17%
Guam, 1, 0.17%
Guam
1 publication, 0.17%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.17%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.17%
Israel, 1, 0.17%
Israel
1 publication, 0.17%
Jordan, 1, 0.17%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.17%
Iran, 1, 0.17%
Iran
1 publication, 0.17%
Iceland, 1, 0.17%
Iceland
1 publication, 0.17%
Cuba, 1, 0.17%
Cuba
1 publication, 0.17%
Liberia, 1, 0.17%
Liberia
1 publication, 0.17%
Lebanon, 1, 0.17%
Lebanon
1 publication, 0.17%
Madagascar, 1, 0.17%
Madagascar
1 publication, 0.17%
Morocco, 1, 0.17%
Morocco
1 publication, 0.17%
Palau, 1, 0.17%
Palau
1 publication, 0.17%
Panama, 1, 0.17%
Panama
1 publication, 0.17%
Paraguay, 1, 0.17%
Paraguay
1 publication, 0.17%
Poland, 1, 0.17%
Poland
1 publication, 0.17%
Rwanda, 1, 0.17%
Rwanda
1 publication, 0.17%
Northern Mariana Islands, 1, 0.17%
Northern Mariana Islands
1 publication, 0.17%
Seychelles, 1, 0.17%
Seychelles
1 publication, 0.17%
Solomon Islands, 1, 0.17%
Solomon Islands
1 publication, 0.17%
Thailand, 1, 0.17%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.17%
Togo, 1, 0.17%
Togo
1 publication, 0.17%
Trinidad and Tobago, 1, 0.17%
Trinidad and Tobago
1 publication, 0.17%
Turkey, 1, 0.17%
Turkey
1 publication, 0.17%
Uganda, 1, 0.17%
Uganda
1 publication, 0.17%
Micronesia, 1, 0.17%
Micronesia
1 publication, 0.17%
Fiji, 1, 0.17%
Fiji
1 publication, 0.17%
Sri Lanka, 1, 0.17%
Sri Lanka
1 publication, 0.17%
Ecuador, 1, 0.17%
Ecuador
1 publication, 0.17%
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