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PLOS Climate is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Public Library of Science.
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ISSN 2767-3200Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Public Library of Science
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atmospheric Science | 31 / 160 | 80th | Q1 |
| Environmental Science (miscellaneous) | 72 / 307 | 76th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.8.
PLOS Climate is Q1 in Atmospheric Science (rank 31 of 160) and Q1 in Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (rank 72 of 307), by CiteScore 2025.
PLOS Climate is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 6.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 80th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.545, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 26.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,496 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
PLOS Climate is published by Public Library of Science. Its ISSN is 2767-3200.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
PLOS Climate has an h-index of 36 and a 2-year mean of 3.99 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #28 of 157 Scopus journals in Atmospheric Science.
PLOS Climate published 190 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (14.2%), United Kingdom (12.9%) and Germany (6.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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