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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Nature Climate Change (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Nature Climate Change published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Environmental Studiesrank 2 of 200 journals
- Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciencesrank 2 of 118 journals
- Environmental Sciencesrank 9 of 398 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of Nature Climate Change
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Nature Climate Change is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
Article processing charge listed at about US$12,690.
02Review time
Review time of Nature Climate Change
Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.
Half of the research articles Nature Climate Change published between Mar 2026 and Oct 2026 were accepted within 257 days of submission, and the middle half took between 195 and 329 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.
In Environmental Sciences, Nature Climate Change ranks 138 of 151 journals by review time (1 = fastest). See the fastest-review journals in Environmental Sciences →
03Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Nature Climate Change
Nature Climate Change follows the waiver policy of its publisher, Springer Nature: 100% waiver for low-income countries and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request at submission. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.
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04Indexing
Indexing of Nature Climate Change
- ISSN
- 1758-678X
- eISSN
- 1758-6798
- Publisher
- Nature Research
- Country
- England
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Environmental Sciences, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences, Environmental Studies
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
05Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Nature Climate Change
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06Journal Finder
Find the right journal for your paper
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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,503 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
07Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the review time of Nature Climate Change?
Based on 91 research articles Nature Climate Change published from Mar 2026 to Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 257 days, and half of them were accepted between 195 and 329 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 35 days. Source: received and accepted dates deposited by the publisher in Crossref, retrieved October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.
What is the impact factor of Nature Climate Change?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Nature Climate Change is 14.0: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 14.0 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Nature Climate Change?
The h-index of Nature Climate Change is 376 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 376 of its papers have each been cited at least 376 times. Its i10-index is 2,810.
What is the APC of Nature Climate Change?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$12,690 for Nature Climate Change (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
What is the quartile of Nature Climate Change?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Nature Climate Change is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is Nature Climate Change indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Nature Climate Change appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Nature Climate Change an SCIE journal?
Yes. Nature Climate Change is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Nature Climate Change in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Nature Climate Change is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
Does Nature Climate Change offer an APC waiver?
Nature Climate Change follows the policy of Springer Nature: 100% waiver for low-income countries and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request at submission. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
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