Journal History

2013 The inaugural issue was released. Climate was published as a quarterly journal.
2015 Climate was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2017 Climate announced the first edition of the Travel Awards.
Climate
was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2018 Climate held an online Editorial Board Member meeting.
2019 Climate adopted a monthly publication schedule.
Climate received its first CiteScore (2018) of 1.95, ranked 53/109 in "Atmospheric Science".
2020 Climate received its 2019 CiteScore (3.2), ranked 57/115 in "Atmospheric Science".
Climate established the following sections:
Climate Dynamics and Modelling;
Policy, Governance, and Social Equity;
Climate and Environment;
Climate and Economics;
Climate Adaptation and Mitigation.
2021 The American Society of Adaptation Professionals (ASAP) became affiliated to Climate.
Climate received its 2020 CiteScore (3.9), ranked 55/124 in "Atmospheric Science".
Climate established the following sections:
Weather, Events and Impacts;
Climate Change and Urban Ecosystems.
2022 Climate received its 2021 CiteScore (4.7), ranked 51/135 in "Atmospheric Science".
Climate announced the 2022 Travel Awards.
Editorial Board Members from Climate Featured in Stanford’s List of the World’s Top 2% Scientists.
2023 The year 2023 marks the 10th Anniversary of Climate.
Climate received its first Impact Factor (3.7).
2024 Climate was indexed in GEOBASE.

Editor-in-Chief

2012–2016 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nicole Mölders
2016–2018 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yang Zhang
2018–2020 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gordon Huang
2020–2022 Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Steven McNulty
2022–present Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Timothy G. F. Kittel

Section Editor-in-Chief

2020–2024 Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Chris Swanston for the section on Climate Adaptation and Mitigation
2020–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Salvatore Magazù for the section on Climate Dynamics and Modelling
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Forrest M. Hoffman for the section on Climate and Environment
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Rui A. P. Perdigão for the section on Weather, Events and Impacts
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