PLOS Climate: Impact Factor 2026, APC, Indexing and Published Papers

01Impact factor

02Indexing

Indexing of PLOS Climate

eISSN

2767-3200

Publisher

Public Library of Science

Scopus source type

Journal

Web of Science categories

Environmental 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).

03What it publishes

What PLOS Climate publishes: real papers

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04Published papers

Papers published in PLOS Climate

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1. Who will act for climate resilience? Predictors of community engagement and gaps in climate-related action20260 citations
2. Understanding local expert perceptions of climate security hotspots using participatory mapping20260 citations
3. Open science practices for better NDCs: Supporting transparent and accountable climate mitigation action20260 citations
4. How advertising matters: Outdoor media strategies for increased engagement with creative climate change messages20260 citations
5. Energy scenarios for the decarbonisation of the building stock in the context of the energy system transformation20260 citations
6. Bridging the macro–micro divide through a new paradigm for climate resilience assessment in data-scarce regions20260 citations
7. It's not just risk—it's responsibility: Changing drivers of home flood protection20260 citations
8. Policy goal communication increases support for ambitious renewable energy policies20260 citations
9. A proof-of-stake blockchain framework for transparent climate data verification20260 citations
10. Disentangling key cloud properties for precipitation retrievals from geostationary satellite data using machine learning20260 citations
11. Why we need to explore conflict and competition around solar geoengineering20260 citations
12. A comparative assessment of alternative approaches to governing forest sector climate actions20260 citations
13. High-resolution regional climate modeling over Myanmar using WRF: Historical validation and future projections under different shared socioeconomic pathways20260 citations
14. When income buffers extreme weather: Impacts on women's mental health in informal settlements20260 citations
15. Expert insights into the health and societal risks of a potential AMOC collapse in Europe: Focus on Germany20260 citations
16. Confidence and uncertainty: Small-scale, direct-marketing vegetable farmers' relationship with climate change adaptation and mitigation20260 citations
17. Bias correction with a deep neural model to improve Global Climate Model salinity projections in the Bay of Bengal20260 citations
18. The effects of land use change on land surface temperatures and its health risks on street traders in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe20260 citations
19. Heat exposure and physical-mental health outcomes among older adults in India: Findings from the Longitudinal Aging Study (LASI) Wave-I20260 citations
20. Decarbonising existing buildings with heat pumps–Early evidence and policy analysis for Switzerland20260 citations
21. Identifying suitable habitats under climate change for non-targeted demersal fish in the Mediterranean Sea20260 citations
22. From colonial legacies to equitable futures: Early career researchers on the fifth international polar year20260 citations
23. Whale entanglements disentangled through the lens of cumulative habitat compression20260 citations
24. A global research and evaluation agenda for centering health and equity in city Climate Action Plans20260 citations
25. Home sweet home? The heat challenge to Hospital at Home services20260 citations
26. Climate change-induced emergencies and inequity: The role of emergency management governance in Canada20260 citations
27. Climate change knowledge, attitude, risk perception, and health adaptation behavior in an urban megacity20260 citations
28. Multidisciplinary science funding is more than ever a planetary priority: Reflections from the Make Our Planet Great Again (MOPGA) program20260 citations
29. Advancing representations of equity and justice in climate mitigation futures20260 citations
30. Intensive monitoring of workers' health outcomes in a warming world: Opportunities and challenges20260 citations
31. The diverging role of increasing wildfire smoke to ambient PM2.5 exposure disparity in California, 2006 to 201820260 citations
32. Identification of climate mitigation and adaptation strategies for protection of preharvest food safety: A scoping review20260 citations
33. City-scale calibration of a low-cost PM2.5 network for regulatory-compliant air-quality assessment20260 citations
34. Marine cold-spells in the California current system: modeling changes in frequency and impacts on endangered species habitat20260 citations
35. Challenges and opportunities for integrating climate action into school feeding: Insights from the Global Survey of School Meal Programs20260 citations
36. Translating national climate policies to resilience actions at the subnational level in low resource settings: Lessons from Ghana's health systems20260 citations
37. Dual protective role of manganese in the coral Stylophora pistillata under thermal stress: Scavenging of ambient superoxide and Symbiodiniaceae-associated Mn …20260 citations
38. Evaluating the role of observational uncertainty in climate impact assessments: Temperature-driven yellow fever risk in South America20250 citations
39. Beyond supply: the case for decarbonising energy demand20250 citations
40. The effect of heterogeneous adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices on household food and nutrition security of small-scale urban crop farmers in eThekwini …20250 citations
41. Cumulative exposure to urban heat can affect the learning capacity of students and penalize the vulnerable and low-income young population: A systematic review20250 citations
42. A critical analysis of marine carbon sequestration opportunities in South Korea20250 citations
43. Associations between religiosity and climate change beliefs and behaviours in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)20250 citations
44. Meeting climate change challenges in coastal Bangladesh: A study of technology-based adaptations in water use in Satkhira District20250 citations
45. Toward transformative youth climate justice: Why youth agency is important and six critical areas for transformative youth activism, policy, and research20250 citations
46. Economic and environmental comparison of open field and screenhouse vegetable farming in Nigeria20250 citations
47. Towards dynamic evaluations: Assessing the politics of Stavanger's free public transport experiment20250 citations
48. The role of science in the climate change discussions on Reddit20250 citations
49. The mountains are calling, but will visitors go? Modeling the effect of weather and air quality on visitation to Pacific Northwest parks and protected areas using mobile …20250 citations
50. Youth perceptions about climate change mitigation in Bangladesh: A mixed-method study20250 citations
51. Projected 21st century shifts in fish growth potential in the California Current Ecosystem20250 citations
52. Extreme heat preparedness and coping among older adults: a rapid review20250 citations
53. Projected changes to the extent and seasonality of seabird habitat in the California current and implications for marine spatial planning20250 citations
54. Gender, intersectionality and climate smart agriculture in South Asia: A review20250 citations
55. Quantification of natural CO2 emissions from mofettes using a low-cost sensor network at the Starzach site in South-West Germany20250 citations
56. From awareness to action: A three‑lever, CMIP‑aligned roadmap to decarbonize and climate‑proof Japan's healthcare sector20250 citations
57. Dead-end pathways: conceptualizing, assessing, avoiding20250 citations
58. Climate-assisted data-driven decadal snowfall predictions in the Swiss foothills20250 citations
59. Projections of heat related mortality under combined climate and socioeconomic adaptation scenarios for England and Wales20250 citations
60. Uncertainty in urban climate modeling: Bridging the gap between science and policy20250 citations
61. A climate vulnerability assessment for US highly migratory fishes in the Atlantic Ocean20250 citations
62. Toward 'planetary health security'? Critical scoping review of conceptual linkages between 'health security'and 'planetary health'20250 citations
63. Unseen scars: Understanding the mental health burdens of climate change on indigenous and rural Peruvian women20250 citations
64. Climate change and wealth: understanding and improving the carbon capability of the wealthiest people in the UK20250 citations
65. Estimation of carbon dioxide emissions from the cement industry in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei using neural networks20250 citations
66. Climate change impacts the non-market value of nature: A case study of birding cultural ecosystem services in South Africa20250 citations
67. Dreaming the future of polar research: A vision from the next generation20250 citations
68. A strategic framework to assess causes and consequences of long-term land use change is critical for India20250 citations
69. Investigating the recommendations and governmental actions to address the emerging risks of vector-borne diseases in Canada's changing climate: A scoping review20250 citations
70. Opportunities and challenges to community-level adoption of natural climate solutions in Washington State20250 citations
71. The role of artificial intelligence in climate change scientific assessments20250 citations
72. “The work of thought”–The machine learning revolution can be a revolution for our understanding of the Earth System20250 citations
73. Machine learning-based assessment of aerosol optical depth over Ghana, West Africa using MODIS satellite data20250 citations
74. Trade-offs between agronomic yields and sustainability in winter wheat cropping systems under climate change mediated by soil organic matter content20250 citations
75. Climate dissociations: Trade associations, energy policy and climate communications in Europe20250 citations
76. Climate-driven systemic risk to the sustainable development goals20250 citations
77. The direct emissions related to Global Warming Potential of different types of diagnostic tests at different phases of the COVID pandemic: A climate-focused life-cycle …20250 citations
78. Evaluating the impact of a longitudinal, integrated climate change, health, and environment curriculum in undergraduate medical training at Harvard Medical School20250 citations
79. Evaluation of the impact of climate and land use/land cover change on hydrological response in Gelna watershed20250 citations
80. Compartmentalization by industry and government inhibits addressing climate denial20250 citations
81. Coupling human development and adaptation through enhancing adaptive capacity and equity in climate change adaptation projects: Insights from practitioners in …20250 citations
82. Towards a green plant nutrition transition in East and Southern Africa20250 citations
83. Effect of climate variability, crop production, and household food insecurity on malnutrition among women: A mediation analysis from a drought-prone area in Southern …20250 citations
84. Recent climate change strongly impacted the population dynamic of a North American insect pest species20250 citations
85. AI-driven climate risk forecasting to enhance smallholder farmer resilience20250 citations
86. Assessing children's vulnerability to climate change in Small Island Developing States–A case study from Saint Kitts and Nevis20250 citations
87. The growing environmental impact of COP websites: An analysis of UNFCCC COP host country websites (1995–2025)20250 citations
88. The IPCC Interactive Atlas DataLab: Online reusability for regional climate change assessment20250 citations
89. From spectacle to disaster scenario: Reimaging fictional catastrophe in The Day After Tomorrow with the current physical, political and social science of Atlantic Ocean …20250 citations
90. Adaptive capacity in Pacific Islands: Responding to coastal and climatic change in Nagigi village, Fiji20250 citations
91. Participatory processes and local project leadership can decrease perceived trade-offs of renewable energy projects20250 citations
92. Mapping urban dynamics in Greater Sydney–A scalable multi-decadal local climate zone classification approach20250 citations
93. Innovation in environmental sustainability: Carbon credits with proof of reserve on rural properties according to the standards of regulated markets20250 citations
94. Communicating about “The End of Fossil Fuel” in a museum setting: A mixed-methods investigation of the climate museum20250 citations
95. Co-production of knowledge on climate change, its effects, and adaptation measures: A gender-responsive qualitative study of smallholder farmers20250 citations
96. Impact of heatwave amplitude, duration, and timing on parasite fitness at different baseline temperatures20250 citations
97. Social resilience research on climate-related hazards: Trends, accomplishments and shortcomings20250 citations
98. A framework to assess green industrial policy and inform the public debate20250 citations
99. Systems-level risks of the climate crisis are currently missed: A mental health lens20250 citations
100. A framework to evaluate dynamic social and ecological interactions between offshore wind energy development and commercial fisheries in a changing climate: a US …20250 citations
101. Watershed forest cover and habitat restoration can offset some negative impacts of climate change on freshwater fishes and mussels20250 citations
102. The opportunities and challenges of developing and implementing local climate adaptation targets20250 citations
103. The importance of place in climate action20240 citations
104. A multi-hazard perspective on equitable adaptation and how to assess it20240 citations
105. Are forest management practices to improve carbon balance compatible with maintaining bird diversity under climate change? A case study in Eastern North America20240 citations
106. Extreme heat & public perception in Portland, Oregon: Evidence of a compounding vulnerability effect for climate hazards20240 citations
107. Breaking the Mold: Have gendered dynamics been overlooked in South Asian Adaptation Challenges?20240 citations
108. Emotional signatures of climate policy support20240 citations
109. Integrating climate change into projections of soil carbon sequestration from regenerative agriculture20230 citations
110. Differences in interference processing and frontal brain function with climate trauma from California's deadliest wildfire20230 citations
111. Carbon dioxide removal–What's worth doing? A biophysical and public need perspective20230 citations
112. Rethinking critical infrastructure in the United States from a community-based perspective20230 citations
113. Spatio-temporal variability and rainfall trend affects seasonal calendar of maize production in southern central Rift Valley of Ethiopia20230 citations
114. Diversifying knowledge for climate change mitigation: Illuminating the common good and desirable futures20230 citations
115. Have renewable energy leaders announced aggressive emission reduction goals? Examining variations in the stringency of country-level net-zero emission pledges20220 citations

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