Climate Risk Management

Climate Risk Management is a gold open access journal published by Elsevier since 2014 that covers the use of climate knowledge in decision and policy making, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.5.《气候风险管理》（Climate Risk Management）由（Elsevier）出版，2014 年创办，为金色开放获取期刊，讨论气候知识在决策与政策制定中的应用，2025 年影响因子为 5.5。

Scope

• The journal publishes work on the use of knowledge about climate variability and climate change in decision and policy making.本刊发表关于气候变率与气候变化知识如何用于决策与政策制定的研究。
• Climate risk assessment, adaptation planning and resilience building are its central concerns.气候风险评估、适应规划与韧性建设是其核心关切。
• The provision and use of climate services and climate information are covered.气候服务与气候信息的提供和使用均有收录。
• Extreme events, disaster risk and the management of climate-related hazards are treated at length.极端事件、灾害风险以及气候相关危害的管理受到重点讨论。
• Sectoral and cross-scale impacts, including those on water, food, energy and infrastructure, are within scope.水、粮食、能源与基础设施等部门影响与跨尺度影响均在其范围之内。
• The journal is deliberately interdisciplinary, combining atmospheric science with economics and policy analysis.本刊有意保持跨学科，把大气科学与经济学、政策分析结合在一起。
• State-of-the-art reviews and reports of practical experience are published alongside original research.除原创研究外，本刊也发表前沿综述与实践经验报告。

History

• Climate Risk Management began publishing in 2014 as an open access journal from Elsevier.《气候风险管理》自 2014 年起作为（Elsevier）的开放获取期刊出版。
• It was created to connect climate science with the decisions taken by governments, businesses and communities.其创办意在把气候科学与政府、企业与社区所作的决策连接起来。
• The journal appears quarterly and has been fully open access from its first volume.本刊按季出版，自第一卷起即为完全开放获取。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index, as well as Scopus and the Directory of Open Access Journals.本刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）与（Social Sciences Citation Index），以及（Scopus）与（Directory of Open Access Journals）收录。
• Its impact factor stood at 5.266 in 2022 and 5.5 in 2025.其影响因子在 2022 年为 5.266，2025 年为 5.5。
• It is a companion in spirit to Ecological Indicators, sharing the publisher's interest in decision-relevant environmental metrics.本刊与（Ecological Indicators）在取向上一脉相承，共同关注面向决策的环境指标。

Editors

• The editorial board is multidisciplinary, combining climate scientists with specialists in environmental policy, economics and risk management.编委会为多学科构成，把气候科学家与环境政策、经济学、风险管理方面的专家结合在一起。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed anonymously, and the journal screens submissions for plagiarism.稿件采用匿名同行评审，本刊对投稿进行查重筛查。
• As a gold open access title it charges article processing charges, with waivers available for authors who need them.作为金色开放获取期刊，本刊收取文章处理费，并为有需要的作者提供减免。
• The journal publishes research articles, reviews and reports of practical experience, and accepts submissions in English.本刊发表研究论文、综述与实践经验报告，接受英文投稿。
• The reported interval from submission to publication is about twenty-eight weeks.公布的从投稿到发表的时间约为二十八周。
• Special issues are organised around themes such as coastal risk, drought and urban adaptation.专刊围绕海岸带风险、干旱与城市适应等主题组织。