Global and Planetary Change
Last updated ISSN 0921-8181
Global and Planetary Change is published by Elsevier BV in earth and planetary sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,120.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Global and Planetary Change concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Climate variability and models
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Geological formations and processes
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Climate change and permafrost
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Tree-ring climate responses
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0921-8181, 1872-6364 |
| Subject area | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,120 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 5,209 |
| Publishing since | 1989 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/global-and-planetary-chang |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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