Journal profile · Multiple
Climate Change Economics
ISSN 2010-0078 · eISSN 2010-0086 · World Scientific
Climate Change Economics: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.75; hybrid open access; 23 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Climate Change Economics is published by World Scientific and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Climate Change Policy and Economics, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies and Environmental Impact and Sustainability, together about 46.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Climate Change Policy and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance25.8%
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesEnergy12.5%
- Environmental Impact and SustainabilityEnvironmental Science8.4%
- Climate change impacts on agricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.4%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.3%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Agricultural risk and resilienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.75LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 191OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 10%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 460 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 2 | 9 |
| 2025 | 23 | 2 | 21 |
| 2024 | 25 | 3 | 76 |
| 2023 | 29 | 4 | 171 |
| 2022 | 61 | 10 | 537 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4 | 183 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- World Scientific
- ISSN
- 2010-0078
- Electronic ISSN
- 2010-0086
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Climate Change Economics
What CAS zone is Climate Change Economics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Climate Change Economics is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Economics / Environmental Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Climate Change Economics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.75; CiteScore 5.8, h-index 46.
Which databases index Climate Change Economics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Climate Change Economics is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Climate Change Economics open access, and what is the APC?
Climate Change Economics is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .