Global Change Biology

Global Change Biology is a peer-reviewed environmental change journal published monthly by Wiley, founded in 1995, covering the impacts of global change on biological systems and their solutions, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 12.5 and a CiteScore of 21.1（Global Change Biology）（GCB）是由（Wiley）出版的同行评审环境变化期刊，1995 年创刊，月刊，聚焦全球变化对生物系统的影响及其解决方案，2025 年影响因子为 12.5，CiteScore 为 21.1。

Scope

• It promotes understanding of the impacts of global change on biological systems and the search for solutions致力于增进对全球变化影响生物系统的理解并寻求解决方案。^[1]
• It tackles sustainability, climate change and environmental protection关注可持续性、气候变化与环境保护。
• It covers food and water safety and provision涵盖粮食与水的安全及供给。
• It covers global health涵盖全球健康。
• It treats biology and ecosystems as integral parts of global change rather than merely victims将生物学与生态系统视为全球变化的组成部分而非单纯受害者。^[2]
• It spans marine, freshwater, soil and terrestrial systems覆盖海洋、淡水、土壤与陆地系统。^[3]

History

• It was founded in 1995 with Stephen P. Long as founding Editor-in-Chief and Harry Smith as co-founding editor该刊于 1995 年创刊，（Stephen P. Long）为创刊主编，（Harry Smith）为共同创刊编辑。
• It is published monthly by Wiley with 12 issues per year该刊由（Wiley）出版，月刊，每年 12 期。
• It is a hybrid journal, a subscription journal that offers an open access option该刊为混合期刊，以订阅出版并提供开放获取选项。
• Its impact factor was 10.863 in 2021, 13.211 in 2022 and 12.5 in 2025其影响因子 2021 年为 10.863，2022 年为 13.211，2025 年为 12.5。
• It has published over 8,500 articles with lifetime citations approaching one million该刊已发表逾 8500 篇文章，累计被引接近一百万次。
• It ranked first among biodiversity journals in the Journal Citation Reports在（Journal Citation Reports）中位列生物多样性期刊首位。

Editors

• Its Editor-in-Chief is Danielle Way of the Australian National University主编为（Australian National University）的（Danielle Way）。
• Its founding Editor-in-Chief was Stephen P. Long of the University of Illinois, who passed away in September 2025创刊主编为（University of Illinois）的（Stephen P. Long），他于 2025 年 9 月逝世。
• Its co-founding editor is Harry Smith of the University of Nottingham共同创刊编辑为（University of Nottingham）的（Harry Smith）。
• Its executive editor is Rachel Shekar and its assistant editor is Rhea Bruno at the University of Illinois执行编辑为（University of Illinois）的（Rachel Shekar），助理编辑为（Rhea Bruno）。
• Its subject editors include Maria Byrne, William Cheung, Richard Conant and M. Francesca Cotrufo学科编辑包括（Maria Byrne）、（William Cheung）、（Richard Conant）与（M. Francesca Cotrufo）。
• Its editorial advisory board includes Elizabeth Ainsworth, Yiqi Luo, Shilong Piao and Josep Penuelas编辑顾问委员会包括（Elizabeth Ainsworth）、（Yiqi Luo）、（Shilong Piao）与（Josep Penuelas）。