21 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Global and Planetary Change
21 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Global and Planetary Change charge no APC and no other author fees, according to the DOAJ. The quartile shown is the journal’s quartile in this category (not its best one elsewhere): 2 are Q1 and 3 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.
Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 57% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 18 weeks. Most are published in United States (4), United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1). 95% accept manuscripts in English and 29% accept at least one other language.
All 21 free-to-publish journals in Global and Planetary Change
Sorted by best SCImago quartile, then SJR. Click a column header to sort by it; click a second column to add a tiebreak. The search box narrows the list. Time to publish is the journal’s own DOAJ figure (average weeks from submission to publication).
| # | Journal | Quartile | SJR | H-index | Publisher | Country | Time to publish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tropical Cyclone Research and Review 2225-6032 · 2589-3025 | Q1 | 1.568 | 27 | KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. | China | 30 wk |
| 2 | Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research 2771-0378 | Q1 | 1.414 | 13 | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | United States | 15 wk |
| 3 | Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science 2206-5865 | Q2 | 0.938 | 19 | CSIRO Publishing | Australia | 12 wk |
| 4 | Environment and Society 2150-6779 · 2150-6787 | Q2 | 0.854 | 28 | Berghahn Books | United States | 18 wk |
| 5 | Nordic Journal of Media Studies 2003-184X | Q2 | 0.803 | 11 | Sciendo | Poland | 25 wk |
| 6 | Global Environmental Change Advances 2950-1385 | Q3 | 0.709 | 4 | Elsevier | Netherlands | 17 wk |
| 7 | Comptes Rendus. Géoscience 1631-0713 · 1778-7025 | Q3 | 0.607 | 102 | Académie des sciences | France | 18 wk |
| 8 | Geographica Helvetica 0016-7312 · 2194-8798 | Q3 | 0.506 | 29 | Copernicus Publications | Germany | 53 wk |
| 9 | UCL Open Environment 2632-0886 | Q3 | 0.472 | 11 | UCL Press | United Kingdom | 25 wk |
| 10 | Biogeographia 1594-7629 · 2475-5257 | Q3 | 0.47 | 13 | eScholarship Publishing, University of California | United States | 28 wk |
| 11 | APN Science Bulletin 2522-7971 | Q3 | 0.4 | 9 | Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research | Japan | 22 wk |
| 12 | Ecology, Economy and Society – The INSEE Journal 2581-6152 · 2581-6101 | Q4 | 0.322 | 9 | Nandan Nawn | India | 14 wk |
| 13 | Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies 2345-7481 · 2345-752X | Q4 | 0.319 | 12 | World Scientific Publishing | Singapore | 16 wk |
| 14 | Лëд и снег 2076-6734 · 2412-3765 | Q4 | 0.281 | 15 | Nauka | Russia | 8 wk |
| 15 | Geoplanning: Journal of Geomatics and Planning 2355-6544 | Q4 | 0.268 | 6 | Universitas Diponegoro Publishing Group | Indonesia | 12 wk |
| 16 | Journal of Air Pollution and Health 2476-3071 | Q4 | 0.256 | 13 | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Iran | 8 wk |
| 17 | Regions & Cohesion 2152-906X · 2152-9078 | Q4 | 0.181 | 11 | Berghahn Books | United States | 12 wk |
| 18 | Glasnik Srpskog Geografskog Društva 0350-3593 · 2406-078X | Q4 | 0.174 | 8 | Serbian Geographical Society | Serbia | 18 wk |
| 19 | Forum Geografic 1583-1523 · 2067-4635 | Q4 | 0.163 | 7 | Universitaria Publishing House, Craiova | Romania | 12 wk |
| 20 | Global Environment 1973-3739 · 2053-7352 | Q4 | 0.156 | 10 | The White Horse Press | United Kingdom | 39 wk |
| 21 | Quaternary and Environmental Geosciences 2176-6142 | Q4 | 0.142 | 8 | Associação Brasileira de Estudos do Quaternário (ABEQUA) | Brazil | 24 wk |
Where these journals come from
Top countries of publication
Top publishers
- Berghahn Books 2
- Académie des sciences 1
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1
- Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research 1
- Associação Brasileira de Estudos do Quaternário (ABEQUA) 1
- Copernicus Publications 1
About this list
Diamond open access (also called Platinum) means the journal is free to read and free to publish in: the DOAJ records it with “APC: no” and “other fees: no”. Quartiles come from the latest SCImago edition: Q1 is the top 25% of journals in a subject category, Q4 the bottom 25%; the lists show a journal’s best quartile. Read more in our open access guide.
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