Climate Services

Climate Services is a gold open-access quarterly published by Elsevier since 2016 that turns climate knowledge into decision support for adaptation and resilience, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.4.《气候服务》（Climate Services）由（Elsevier）于 2016 年创办，以金色开放获取按季出版，把气候知识转化为适应与韧性决策支持，2025 年影响因子为 5.4。

Scope

• Climate information, data and tools that are usable for decision making.可用于决策的气候信息、数据与工具。
• Climate risk assessment, vulnerability analysis and adaptation planning.气候风险评估、脆弱性分析与适应规划。
• Climate services for agriculture and food security, water, energy, health, transport and infrastructure.面向农业与粮食安全、水资源、能源、健康、交通与基础设施的气候服务。
• Urban climate services and the resilience of cities and settlements.城市气候服务以及城市与住区的韧性。
• The economics of climate services, their evaluation and their business and governance models.气候服务的经济学、评估以及其商业与治理模式。
• Co-production of climate services with users, capacity building and the science-policy interface.与用户共同生产气候服务、能力建设以及科学与政策的衔接。
• Case studies and perspectives that document the practical use of climate services.记录气候服务实际应用的案例研究与观点文章。

History

• Climate Services was established in 2016 by Elsevier, and its first volume appeared in March 2016.本刊由（Elsevier）于 2016 年创办，第 1 卷于 2016 年 3 月出版。
• It was created to carry forward the European roadmap on climate services issued by the European Commission in 2015.其创办旨在推进（European Commission）2015 年发布的气候服务路线图。
• Its founding Editor-in-Chief was Daniela Jacob of the Climate Service Center Germany at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon.创始主编为（Daniela Jacob），任职于（Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon）的（Climate Service Center Germany）。
• The journal has been gold open access from the start, with an article processing charge of 2380 US dollars and CC BY, CC BY-NC and CC BY-NC-ND options.本刊自创刊起即金色开放获取，文章处理费为 2380 美元，提供（CC BY）、（CC BY-NC）与（CC BY-NC-ND）许可选项。
• It publishes four volumes a year and is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index.本刊每年出版 4 卷，被（Science Citation Index Expanded）与（Social Sciences Citation Index）收录。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.4, ranking it in the first quartile of meteorology and atmospheric sciences.2025 年影响因子为 5.4，位列气象学与大气科学一区。

Editors

• The journal is led by co-Editors-in-Chief Jaroslav Mysiak of Ca' Foscari University of Venice, who works on climate risk and adaptation, and Catherine Vaughan, a climate adaptation and resilience specialist based in Albany, New York.本刊由共同主编（Jaroslav Mysiak）与（Catherine Vaughan）领导，前者任职于（Ca' Foscari University of Venice），研究气候风险与适应，后者是常驻美国（Albany，New York）的气候适应与韧性专家。
• Manuscripts undergo single-anonymized peer review, with at least two reviewers for each paper.稿件采用单匿名同行评审，每篇论文至少由两位评审人审阅。
• The international editorial board spans climate science, economics, policy and professional practice.国际编委会覆盖气候科学、经济学、政策与专业实践。
• Research papers must include a Practical Implications section of no more than 1200 words and a separate Policy and Practitioner Brief.研究论文须包含不超过 1200 词的「实践意涵」一节，并另附政策与实践者简报。
• Article types include research papers, reviews of up to 12000 words, perspectives, case studies, short communications under 4000 words, news items under 2000 words and letters.文章类型包括研究论文、不超过 12000 词的综述、观点、案例研究、4000 词以内的短文、2000 词以内的新闻与来信。
• The journal is complementary to Climate Risk Management, and proposals for special issues are sent to the Editor-in-Chief.本刊与（Climate Risk Management）互为补充，专刊提案提交主编。