Global Challenges

Global Challenges is a multidisciplinary open access journal published by Wiley-VCH since 2017, carrying research and commentary aimed at practical solutions to major global problems such as climate change, energy, food and water security and global health, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.4《全球挑战》（Global Challenges）是由（Wiley-VCH）自 2017 年起出版的多学科开放获取期刊，刊载面向气候变化、能源、粮食与水安全、全球健康等重大全球问题求解的研究与评论，2025 年影响因子为 7.4。

Scope

• Sustainability is the first pillar, covering resource use, circular systems and the environmental footprint of human activity可持续性为第一支柱，涵盖资源利用、循环系统与人类活动的环境足迹。
• Climate change and environmental protection are treated together, from mitigation and adaptation to pollution and ecosystem health气候变化与环境保护并列处理，从减缓与适应到污染与生态系统健康。
• Energy generation, storage and distribution are central, including renewables, hydrogen, batteries and grid integration能源的产生、储存与输配居于中心，包括可再生能源、氢能、电池与电网整合。
• Food and water safety and provision form a further strand, from sustainable agriculture to water treatment and supply粮食与水的安全与供给构成另一主线，从可持续农业到水处理与供水。
• Global health and healthcare are covered, spanning infectious disease, nutrition and health systems全球健康与卫生保健亦在范围内，涵盖传染病、营养与卫生系统。
• Technological development and its societal implications, including life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis, complete the scope技术发展及其社会影响构成其余范围，包括生命周期评价与技术经济分析。
• It publishes original research articles, reviews and commentaries, with perspectives and editorials appearing alongside them期刊刊载原创研究论文、综述与评论，并配以观点与社论类文章。

History

• Wiley announced the launch of Global Challenges in September 2015 as a new interdisciplinary open access journal intended to bridge science, technology and social science communities（Wiley）于 2015 年 9 月宣布创办（Global Challenges），定位为跨学科的开放获取新刊，意在连接科学、技术与社会科学的社群。
• Its first issue appeared in January 2017 as Volume 1, Issue 1, published by Wiley-VCH of Weinheim, Germany其第 1 期于 2017 年 1 月作为第 1 卷第 1 期问世，由德国魏因海姆的（Wiley-VCH）出版。^[1]
• It was originally organised around five major challenges, each overseen by a chief editor, namely climate change, energy, water, global health and food, agriculture and nutrition创刊时围绕五大挑战组织内容，各由一位首席编辑分管，即气候变化、能源、水、全球健康以及粮食、农业与营养。
• The founding chief editors were Georg Feulner for climate change, Peter Lund for energy, David Butler for water, Steven J. Hoffman and John-Arne Rottingen for global health, and Spencer Henson for food and agriculture创刊首席编辑为气候变化的（Georg Feulner）、能源的（Peter Lund）、水的（David Butler）、全球健康的（Steven J. Hoffman）与（John-Arne Rottingen），以及粮食与农业的（Spencer Henson）。
• It has been fully open access from the outset, publishing under the CC BY licence and charging no page charges, though an article publication charge applies该刊自创刊起即完全开放获取，以（CC BY）许可发表且不收版面费，但收取文章处理费。
• It later moved to a single editor-in-chief model, and the current editor-in-chief is Mara Staffilani of Wiley-VCH, with a monthly rhythm of twelve issues a year that reached Volume 10 in 2026该刊后改为单一主编模式，现任主编为（Wiley-VCH）的（Mara Staffilani），按每月一期的节奏全年 12 期，2026 年出至第 10 卷。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 7.4, with a CiteScore of 11.5, an acceptance rate of about 19 percent and a median of thirteen days from submission to first decision该刊 2025 年影响因子为 7.4，（CiteScore）为 11.5，录用率约 19%，从投稿到首次决定的中位时间为 13 天。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Mara Staffilani, based at Wiley-VCH, who has steered the journal in its second decade现任主编为（Mara Staffilani），任职于（Wiley-VCH），带领期刊进入第二个十年。
• The founding editors and executive advisory committee remain attached to the journal, including David Butler, Georg Feulner, Spencer Henson, Steven J. Hoffman, Peter Lund and John-Arne Rottingen创刊编辑与执行顾问委员会仍与期刊保持联系，包括（David Butler）、（Georg Feulner）、（Spencer Henson）、（Steven J. Hoffman）、（Peter Lund）与（John-Arne Rottingen）。
• An advisory board of scholars from several disciplines supports the journal, reflecting its deliberately cross-disciplinary remit由多个学科背景学者组成的顾问委员会支持期刊运作，体现其刻意的跨学科定位。
• Manuscripts are assessed by external referees, with a median of thirteen days to first decision and an acceptance rate around 19 percent稿件由外部审稿人评审，首次决定的中位时间为 13 天，录用率约为 19%。
• All accepted articles are published open access under CC BY, and authors pay an article publication charge所有录用文章均以（CC BY）开放获取发表，作者需支付文章处理费。
• The journal draws authors and reviewers from around the world, matching the global framing of its subject matter期刊的作者与审稿人来自世界各地，与其选题的全球视角相匹配。