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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
2024-2026
journal names
PLOS Climate
Publications
602
Citations
3 817
h-index
26
Publications
602
Citations
3 706
Top-3 citing journals
PLOS Climate
PLOS Climate (128 citations)
Sustainability
Sustainability (70 citations)
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (52 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Washington
University of Washington (23 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (14 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (144 publications)
United Kingdom (51 publications)
Canada (45 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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PLOS Climate
128 citations, 3.35%
Sustainability
70 citations, 1.83%
Scientific Reports
52 citations, 1.36%
PLoS ONE
38 citations, 1%
Science of the Total Environment
36 citations, 0.94%
Environmental Research Letters
35 citations, 0.92%
Global Change Biology
32 citations, 0.84%
Frontiers in Marine Science
30 citations, 0.79%
Climate Policy
28 citations, 0.73%
Climate
27 citations, 0.71%
Environmental Science and Policy
25 citations, 0.65%
Nature Communications
24 citations, 0.63%
Nature Climate Change
22 citations, 0.58%
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
22 citations, 0.58%
Climatic Change
22 citations, 0.58%
Communications Earth & Environment
22 citations, 0.58%
Frontiers in Climate
22 citations, 0.58%
Urban Climate
21 citations, 0.55%
Journal of Environmental Management
19 citations, 0.5%
npj Climate Action
19 citations, 0.5%
Energy Research and Social Science
18 citations, 0.47%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
17 citations, 0.45%
Marine Policy
17 citations, 0.45%
Marine Environmental Research
16 citations, 0.42%
Forests
16 citations, 0.42%
The Journal of Climate Change and Health
16 citations, 0.42%
The Lancet Planetary Health
15 citations, 0.39%
Discover Sustainability
15 citations, 0.39%
Science
14 citations, 0.37%
Geophysical Research Letters
14 citations, 0.37%
Environmental Research Communications
14 citations, 0.37%
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
13 citations, 0.34%
Environmental Sociology
13 citations, 0.34%
Climate and Development
13 citations, 0.34%
ICES Journal of Marine Science
13 citations, 0.34%
Environment, Development and Sustainability
13 citations, 0.34%
Sustainable Development
13 citations, 0.34%
One Earth
13 citations, 0.34%
Environmental Research Climate
13 citations, 0.34%
Ambio
12 citations, 0.31%
Marine Pollution Bulletin
12 citations, 0.31%
Sustainable Cities and Society
12 citations, 0.31%
Biogeosciences
12 citations, 0.31%
Frontiers in Environmental Science
12 citations, 0.31%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
11 citations, 0.29%
International Journal of Climatology
11 citations, 0.29%
Ecology and Evolution
11 citations, 0.29%
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
11 citations, 0.29%
Land
11 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Environmental Psychology
11 citations, 0.29%
Heliyon
11 citations, 0.29%
SSRN Electronic Journal
11 citations, 0.29%
Scientific data
10 citations, 0.26%
Diversity
10 citations, 0.26%
Ecological Economics
10 citations, 0.26%
Theoretical and Applied Climatology
10 citations, 0.26%
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
10 citations, 0.26%
Water (Switzerland)
10 citations, 0.26%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
10 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Cleaner Production
9 citations, 0.24%
Frontiers in Psychology
9 citations, 0.24%
Earth's Future
9 citations, 0.24%
Coral Reefs
9 citations, 0.24%
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
9 citations, 0.24%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
8 citations, 0.21%
Ecosphere
8 citations, 0.21%
iScience
8 citations, 0.21%
Ecological Indicators
8 citations, 0.21%
Atmosphere
8 citations, 0.21%
Energy Policy
8 citations, 0.21%
Climate Risk Management
8 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Public Health
8 citations, 0.21%
Earth Systems and Environment
8 citations, 0.21%
Forest Ecology and Management
8 citations, 0.21%
Science advances
8 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
8 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
8 citations, 0.21%
People and Nature
8 citations, 0.21%
Societies
8 citations, 0.21%
PLOS Global Public Health
8 citations, 0.21%
Environmental Politics
7 citations, 0.18%
GeoHealth
7 citations, 0.18%
Global Environmental Change
7 citations, 0.18%
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
7 citations, 0.18%
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
7 citations, 0.18%
Biological Conservation
7 citations, 0.18%
Communications Biology
7 citations, 0.18%
Aquaculture
7 citations, 0.18%
Fish and Fisheries
7 citations, 0.18%
Marine Ecology - Progress Series
7 citations, 0.18%
Agricultural Systems
7 citations, 0.18%
Earth System Dynamics
7 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
7 citations, 0.18%
Trees Forests and People
7 citations, 0.18%
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
7 citations, 0.18%
Sustainable Futures
7 citations, 0.18%
Regional Studies in Marine Science
6 citations, 0.16%
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
6 citations, 0.16%
Regional Environmental Change
6 citations, 0.16%
PeerJ
6 citations, 0.16%
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Elsevier
930 citations, 24.36%
Springer Nature
743 citations, 19.47%
Wiley
339 citations, 8.88%
MDPI
299 citations, 7.83%
Taylor & Francis
249 citations, 6.52%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
190 citations, 4.98%
Frontiers Media S.A.
144 citations, 3.77%
IOP Publishing
80 citations, 2.1%
SAGE
71 citations, 1.86%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
63 citations, 1.65%
American Geophysical Union
57 citations, 1.49%
Oxford University Press
55 citations, 1.44%
Copernicus
50 citations, 1.31%
Cambridge University Press
30 citations, 0.79%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
28 citations, 0.73%
The Royal Society
26 citations, 0.68%
Emerald
23 citations, 0.6%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
22 citations, 0.58%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
18 citations, 0.47%
Annual Reviews
18 citations, 0.47%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
13 citations, 0.34%
BMJ
12 citations, 0.31%
Inter-Research Science Center
10 citations, 0.26%
Research Square Platform LLC
10 citations, 0.26%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
9 citations, 0.24%
EDP Sciences
8 citations, 0.21%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
8 citations, 0.21%
PeerJ
8 citations, 0.21%
Canadian Science Publishing
8 citations, 0.21%
Mary Ann Liebert
7 citations, 0.18%
CSIRO Publishing
7 citations, 0.18%
SciELO
7 citations, 0.18%
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, 0.13%
IGI Global
5 citations, 0.13%
University of Chicago Press
4 citations, 0.1%
CABI Publishing
4 citations, 0.1%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
4 citations, 0.1%
Pleiades Publishing
3 citations, 0.08%
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%
Magnolia Press
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%
AOSIS
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
Lectito Publications
1 citation, 0.03%
Canadian Institute of Forestry
1 citation, 0.03%
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University of Washington
23 publications, 3.82%
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
16 publications, 2.66%
University of Oxford
14 publications, 2.33%
Basque Centre for Climate Change
13 publications, 2.16%
Columbia University
11 publications, 1.83%
University of British Columbia
11 publications, 1.83%
University of Leeds
10 publications, 1.66%
ETH Zurich
9 publications, 1.5%
Yale University
9 publications, 1.5%
Stanford University
9 publications, 1.5%
George Mason University
9 publications, 1.5%
Oregon State University
9 publications, 1.5%
University of California, Santa Cruz
9 publications, 1.5%
University of Bern
8 publications, 1.33%
Michigan State University
8 publications, 1.33%
Harvard University
8 publications, 1.33%
University College London
7 publications, 1.16%
University of Cambridge
7 publications, 1.16%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
7 publications, 1.16%
Cornell University
7 publications, 1.16%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
7 publications, 1.16%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7 publications, 1.16%
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
6 publications, 1%
London School of Economics and Political Science
6 publications, 1%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
6 publications, 1%
Duke University
6 publications, 1%
University of California, Berkeley
6 publications, 1%
University of Bristol
6 publications, 1%
University of Exeter
6 publications, 1%
University of Colorado Boulder
6 publications, 1%
French Institute of Health and Medical Research
6 publications, 1%
Memorial University of Newfoundland
6 publications, 1%
University of Zurich
5 publications, 0.83%
University of New South Wales
5 publications, 0.83%
Imperial College London
5 publications, 0.83%
University of Copenhagen
5 publications, 0.83%
James Cook University
5 publications, 0.83%
University of California, Davis
5 publications, 0.83%
McGill University
5 publications, 0.83%
University of Graz
5 publications, 0.83%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
5 publications, 0.83%
Université Laval
5 publications, 0.83%
University of Alberta
5 publications, 0.83%
University of Miami
5 publications, 0.83%
University of Florida
5 publications, 0.83%
National Center for Atmospheric Research
5 publications, 0.83%
Environment and Climate Change Canada
5 publications, 0.83%
University of Tennessee
5 publications, 0.83%
University of Bath
5 publications, 0.83%
Heidelberg University
4 publications, 0.66%
Umeå University
4 publications, 0.66%
University of Bergen
4 publications, 0.66%
University of Edinburgh
4 publications, 0.66%
University of Queensland
4 publications, 0.66%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
4 publications, 0.66%
Griffith University
4 publications, 0.66%
Boston University
4 publications, 0.66%
North Carolina State University
4 publications, 0.66%
Education University of Hong Kong
4 publications, 0.66%
Colorado State University
4 publications, 0.66%
University of California, Los Angeles
4 publications, 0.66%
University of California, Santa Barbara
4 publications, 0.66%
University of Ghana
4 publications, 0.66%
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
4 publications, 0.66%
University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica
4 publications, 0.66%
Paris Cité University
4 publications, 0.66%
Hamburg University
4 publications, 0.66%
Utrecht University
4 publications, 0.66%
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
4 publications, 0.66%
University of Ottawa
4 publications, 0.66%
BRAC University
4 publications, 0.66%
Hawassa University
4 publications, 0.66%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
3 publications, 0.5%
Ghent University
3 publications, 0.5%
Technical University of Munich
3 publications, 0.5%
Lund University
3 publications, 0.5%
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
3 publications, 0.5%
Stockholm University
3 publications, 0.5%
University of Lausanne
3 publications, 0.5%
University of Geneva
3 publications, 0.5%
Australian National University
3 publications, 0.5%
Delft University of Technology
3 publications, 0.5%
University of Oslo
3 publications, 0.5%
Stony Brook University
3 publications, 0.5%
Johns Hopkins University
3 publications, 0.5%
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
3 publications, 0.5%
University of Otago
3 publications, 0.5%
Monash University
3 publications, 0.5%
University of Tasmania
3 publications, 0.5%
Nelson Mandela University
3 publications, 0.5%
Dalhousie University
3 publications, 0.5%
Arizona State University
3 publications, 0.5%
Northwestern University
3 publications, 0.5%
University of California, San Diego
3 publications, 0.5%
University of California, San Francisco
3 publications, 0.5%
University of Arizona
3 publications, 0.5%
Newcastle University
3 publications, 0.5%
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
3 publications, 0.5%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
3 publications, 0.5%
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
3 publications, 0.5%
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USA, 144, 23.92%
USA
144 publications, 23.92%
United Kingdom, 51, 8.47%
United Kingdom
51 publications, 8.47%
Canada, 45, 7.48%
Canada
45 publications, 7.48%
Germany, 34, 5.65%
Germany
34 publications, 5.65%
Australia, 22, 3.65%
Australia
22 publications, 3.65%
Switzerland, 18, 2.99%
Switzerland
18 publications, 2.99%
China, 15, 2.49%
China
15 publications, 2.49%
Netherlands, 13, 2.16%
Netherlands
13 publications, 2.16%
South Africa, 12, 1.99%
South Africa
12 publications, 1.99%
France, 11, 1.83%
France
11 publications, 1.83%
Italy, 10, 1.66%
Italy
10 publications, 1.66%
Norway, 10, 1.66%
Norway
10 publications, 1.66%
Sweden, 9, 1.5%
Sweden
9 publications, 1.5%
Bangladesh, 8, 1.33%
Bangladesh
8 publications, 1.33%
Spain, 8, 1.33%
Spain
8 publications, 1.33%
Kenya, 8, 1.33%
Kenya
8 publications, 1.33%
Colombia, 7, 1.16%
Colombia
7 publications, 1.16%
Japan, 7, 1.16%
Japan
7 publications, 1.16%
Brazil, 6, 1%
Brazil
6 publications, 1%
Ghana, 6, 1%
Ghana
6 publications, 1%
Denmark, 6, 1%
Denmark
6 publications, 1%
Ireland, 6, 1%
Ireland
6 publications, 1%
New Zealand, 6, 1%
New Zealand
6 publications, 1%
Uruguay, 6, 1%
Uruguay
6 publications, 1%
Finland, 6, 1%
Finland
6 publications, 1%
Austria, 4, 0.66%
Austria
4 publications, 0.66%
India, 4, 0.66%
India
4 publications, 0.66%
Peru, 4, 0.66%
Peru
4 publications, 0.66%
Belgium, 3, 0.5%
Belgium
3 publications, 0.5%
Costa Rica, 3, 0.5%
Costa Rica
3 publications, 0.5%
Mexico, 3, 0.5%
Mexico
3 publications, 0.5%
Nepal, 3, 0.5%
Nepal
3 publications, 0.5%
Nigeria, 3, 0.5%
Nigeria
3 publications, 0.5%
Chile, 3, 0.5%
Chile
3 publications, 0.5%
Ethiopia, 3, 0.5%
Ethiopia
3 publications, 0.5%
Jamaica, 3, 0.5%
Jamaica
3 publications, 0.5%
Portugal, 2, 0.33%
Portugal
2 publications, 0.33%
Argentina, 2, 0.33%
Argentina
2 publications, 0.33%
Barbados, 2, 0.33%
Barbados
2 publications, 0.33%
Bhutan, 2, 0.33%
Bhutan
2 publications, 0.33%
Qatar, 2, 0.33%
Qatar
2 publications, 0.33%
Malaysia, 2, 0.33%
Malaysia
2 publications, 0.33%
Mozambique, 2, 0.33%
Mozambique
2 publications, 0.33%
Puerto Rico, 2, 0.33%
Puerto Rico
2 publications, 0.33%
Republic of Korea, 2, 0.33%
Republic of Korea
2 publications, 0.33%
Senegal, 2, 0.33%
Senegal
2 publications, 0.33%
Singapore, 2, 0.33%
Singapore
2 publications, 0.33%
Tanzania, 2, 0.33%
Tanzania
2 publications, 0.33%
Philippines, 2, 0.33%
Philippines
2 publications, 0.33%
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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