2007 Impact factor of 4.786!

Global Change Biology

Edited by:
Steve Long

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2007: 2/27 (Biodiversity Conservation); 8/116 (Ecology); 2/160 (Environmental Sciences)
Impact Factor: 4.786

Global Change Biology exists to promote understanding of the interface between all aspects of current environmental change and biological systems, including rising tropospheric O3 and CO2 concentrations, climate change, loss of biodiversity, and eutrophication. Topics covered include the following, in the context of biological implications and feedbacks:

• Climate change
• Global change
• Land-use change
• Rising carbon dioxide
• Ocean warming
• Atmospheric pollution
• Carbon sequestration
• Carbon mitigation
• Global food security

Both biological responses and feedbacks to change are included, and may be considered at any level of organization from molecular to biome. Studies which integrate across levels of organization to provide a mechanistic understanding are particularly encouraged. Studies may be experimental, observational or theoretical, and may concern aquatic or terrestrial and managed or natural environments. Global Change Biology concentrates on primary research articles, but operates a flexible policy regarding other submissions, which include Technical Papers, Mini-Reviews and Opinion Articles.

TopNews and Announcements

GCB Bioenergy - a new sister journal of Global Change Biology
January 2009 marks the launch of a new journal GCB Bioenergy. The journal will exist to promote the understanding of the interface between biological science and the prodcution of fuels directly from plants. For more information visit: www.GCBBioenergy.com
Online submission to GCB Bioenergy is now open via Manuscript Central

Recent Press Coverage

Rising CO₂ levels could decrease the nutritional value of major food crops
Click here to read the press release. Click here to view the full article, Effects of elevated CO₂ on the protein concentration of food crops: a meta-analysis (January 2008).

Climate change impacts stream life
Click here to read the press release. Click here to view the full article, Climate change effects on upland stream macroinvertebrates over a 25-year period (May 2007).

Early Spring in Europe matches recent climate warming
Click here to read the press release. Click here to view the full article, European phenological response to climate change matches the warming pattern (October 2006).