Journal profile · Environmental Science-Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Environmental Research Climate
ISSN 2752-5295 · IOP Publishing · United Kingdom
Environmental Research Climate: CAS Zone 3 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2026 Xinrui edition); fully open access; APC about USD 2,640; median 156 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); 101 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Research Climate is published by IOP Publishing and is classed under Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, together about 35.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The mission of Environmental Research: Climate is to publish innovative research articles, reviews and perspectives exploring the causes, consequences and solutions of climate variability and change. The challenges posed by climate variability and change bring together different disciplines and sub-disciplines. In recent decades, a coherent climate research field has begun to coalesce, driven by the broad and heterogeneous community working to understand the rapidly changing climate system and the rapidly evolving needs of society to respond to climate-related risks. Environmental Research: Climate fills an unique role by convening the multidisciplinary communities working across the full scope of causes, consequences and solutions, in a fully Open Access publishing venue. This scope spans the physical and biogeochemical processes that shape Earth’s climate across spatial and temporal scales; the human and ecological dimensions that shape climate-related risks and impacts; and the design, analysis and evaluation of climate mitigation, adaptation, and risk-management strategies and solutions.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 14%); most named United States 12, Mainland China 4, United Kingdom 2, Germany 2, Canada 2 (28 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Climate variability and modelsEnvironmental Science21.1%
- Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarth and Planetary Sciences8.5%
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences6%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsEnvironmental Science4.9%
- Climate change impacts on agricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Climate Change and GeoengineeringEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Climate Change and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science4.1%
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsEarth and Planetary Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCASPublisher website
Other: CNKI, Scilit, Astrophysics Data System
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 68OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 75LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 427 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 128 | 128 | 27 |
| 2025 | 101 | 101 | 180 |
| 2024 | 90 | 90 | 548 |
| 2023 | 77 | 77 | 1,083 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 1,029 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
156 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 102 days – 208 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 172 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (251 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 19 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer review, Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | GBP 1,960 / EUR 2,245 / USD 2,640 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,515 / EUR 2,140 / GBP 1,865 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,395 / EUR 2,040 / GBP 1,775 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,960 / EUR 2,245 / USD 2,640 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright and Permissions
The following information is available to help you with our copyright and permissions policies. Copyright Reusing IOP Published content Reusing third party material in new IOP content Creative Commons Licences CCC Republication service STM Permissions guidelines Permissions FAQs
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Environmental Research: Climate is a fully open access journal. Articles are published under a CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licence. Articles are freely available to everyone to read and reuse immediately upon publication, provided attribution to the author is given. Publication is funded by article publication charges (APCs). For more information on IOP Publishing’s open access policies p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
The following summary describes the peer review process for Environmental Research: Climate, using the ANSI/NISO Standard Terminology for Peer Review: Identity transparency: single-anonymous, double-anonymous (author choice) Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: review reports (author and reviewer opt in), author/editor communication, reviewer identities (reviewer opt in) O…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2752-5295
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Research Climate
What CAS zone is Environmental Research Climate in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Environmental Research Climate?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 156 days (interquartile range 102–208 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Environmental Research Climate based?
Of the 28 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 14%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (12), Mainland China (4) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Environmental Research Climate?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Research Climate is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Environmental Research Climate open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Research Climate is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,640.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .