Climatic Change

Climatic Change is an interdisciplinary, international journal founded in 1977 and published by Springer, devoted to the description, causes and implications of climatic variability and change, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.2.《气候变化》是 1977 年创刊、由（Springer）出版的国际跨学科期刊，致力于气候变率与气候变化的描述、成因及影响研究，2025 年影响因子为 5.2。

Scope

• It addresses the totality of the problem of climatic variability and change, especially aspects that elucidate the shape of the future in a changing climate.该刊关注气候变率与气候变化问题的整体，尤其是能够勾勒变化中气候之未来的各个方面。
• It publishes high-impact research that integrates natural, physical and social sciences to advance climate knowledge and inform policy, adaptation and mitigation.该刊发表整合自然科学、物理科学与社会科学的高影响力研究，以推进气候认知并服务政策、适应与减缓。
• Core topics include adaptation and mitigation, climate policy and governance, socio-economic impacts, climate justice and technological innovation such as renewable energy, carbon capture and geoengineering.核心议题包括适应与减缓、气候政策与治理、社会经济影响、气候正义，以及可再生能源、碳捕集与地球工程等技术革新。
• Further core topics are integrated assessment modelling, climate change psychology, physical climate science and the water, energy and food nexus.其他核心议题还有综合评估建模、气候变化心理学、物理气候科学以及水、能源与粮食的关联。
• The journal also covers ecosystem and biodiversity responses, the carbon cycle and emissions, the cryosphere and ice dynamics, and agriculture and food security.期刊还关注生态系统与生物多样性响应、碳循环与排放、冰冻圈与冰动力学，以及农业与粮食安全。
• It carries original papers, review articles, commentaries on published papers, essays, book reviews and a Letters section for short articles on new findings.刊登原创论文、综述、对已发表论文的评论、随笔、书评，以及报道新发现的短篇通讯栏目。

History

• The journal was founded in 1977 by Stephen H. Schneider, whose editorial opened volume 1, issue 1 in March 1977.该刊由 Stephen H. Schneider 于 1977 年创办，其撰写的社论揭开了 1977 年 3 月第 1 卷第 1 期的序幕。^[1]
• Schneider, based at Stanford University, remained founding editor until his death in 2010.Schneider 任职于（Stanford University），担任创刊主编直至 2010 年去世。
• It is published by Springer Netherlands in Dordrecht and appears in hybrid open access.该刊由位于多德雷赫特的（Springer Netherlands）出版，采用混合开放获取模式。
• Twelve issues appear each year, and volume 179 covers 2026.期刊每年出版 12 期，第 179 卷对应 2026 年。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.2 with a five-year impact factor of 6.2, ranking 23 of 114 in Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (Q1) and 113 of 395 in Environmental Sciences (Q2).2025 年影响因子为 5.2，五年影响因子 6.2，在气象与大气科学领域位列 Q1，排名 23/114，在环境科学领域为 Q2，排名 113/395。
• Earlier impact factors were 4.8 in 2024, 5.174 in 2022 and 4.743 in 2021.此前影响因子为 2024 年 4.8、2022 年 5.174、2021 年 4.743。

Editors

• The journal is led by two co-editors, Michael Oppenheimer of Princeton University and Gary Yohe of Wesleyan University.期刊由两位共同主编主持，即（Princeton University）的 Michael Oppenheimer 与（Wesleyan University）的 Gary Yohe。
• Stephen H. Schneider of Stanford University is recorded as founding editor, deceased in 2010.（Stanford University）的 Stephen H. Schneider 被列为创刊主编，已于 2010 年去世。
• Michael Mastrandrea of Stanford University and Helen Poulos of Wesleyan University serve as managing editors, with Sanaz Vajedian as assistant managing editor.（Stanford University）的 Michael Mastrandrea 与（Wesleyan University）的 Helen Poulos 担任执行编辑，Sanaz Vajedian 任助理执行编辑。
• Thirteen deputy editors handle submissions, among them Kristie Ebi, L.D. Danny Harvey of the University of Toronto, Simon Donner of the University of British Columbia and Detlef van Vuuren of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.13 位副编辑负责稿件处理，包括 Kristie Ebi、（University of Toronto）的 L.D. Danny Harvey、（University of British Columbia）的 Simon Donner 以及（Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency）的（Detlef van Vuuren）。
• The journal uses double-blind peer review to ensure equity and inclusion, and its median time from submission to first decision is 23 days.期刊采用双盲同行评审以确保公平与包容，投稿至首次决定的中位时间为 23 天。
• Its board draws deputy and associate deputy editors from the United States, the Netherlands, Canada, Portugal, Togo, Ghana, Japan and Thailand, and the journal recorded 2.7 million downloads in 2025.编委会的副编辑与助理副编辑来自美国、荷兰、加拿大、葡萄牙、多哥、加纳、日本与泰国，2025 年全文下载量达 270 万次。