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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

NEW - Virtual Thematic Issues from Global Change Biology
Impacts of Environmental Change on Insect Management and Conservation
The articles of this thematic issue are associated with a symposium of the XXII International Congress of Entomology - Entomology: Strength in Diversity (15-21 August 2004 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia). Edited by Hefin Jones.

Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
All back issues of this journal are available online.  For further information on how to access these issues please visit our Librarian Site.  

Early View now available
Global Change Biology publishes Early View articles - fully peer-reviewed and proof-checked articles are published online ahead of final issue compilation. To view the latest articles in Early View please click here.

Online Open
Authors of articles in this journal can now choose to make their articles open access and available free for all readers through the payment of an author fee. Read more.

Referee Report Form
The referee report form is available here.

Discounted Online Subscriptions for ESA and BES Members
Members of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) and the British Ecological Society (BES) can subscribe to Global Change Biology online at a fraction of the price. Visit the subscription page for applicable rates and to subscribe.

Blackwell goes CarbonNeutral®
Blackwell Publishing is the first publisher to become CarbonNeutral®. Read more about the initiatives we have signed up to with The CarbonNeutral Company here.

Free Online Access in the Developing World
Access to this journal is available free online within institutions in the developing world through the AGORA Initiative with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the OARE Initiative (Online Access to Research in the Environment) with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

TopHighlights

Popular Articles
The following articles demonstrate some of the topics published in the journal over the last few years. Click on any title to view the abstract:

Bird migration times, climate change, and changing population sizes
Abraham J. Miller-Rushing, Trevor L. Lloyd-Evans, Richard B. Primack, Paul Satzinger

Meeting US biofuel goals with less land: the potential of Miscanthus
Emily A. Heaton, Frank G. Dohleman, Stephen P. Long

Effects of temperature and fertilization on nitrogen cycling and community composition of an urban lawn
Neeta S. Bijoor, Claudua I. Czimczik, Diane E. Pataki, Sharon A. Billings

Effects of elevated CO2 on the protein concentration of food crops: a meta-analysis
Daniel R. Taub, Brian Miller, Holly Allen

Climate change effects on upland stream macroinvertebrates over a 25-year period
Isabelle Durance, S. J. Ormerod

European phenological response to climate change matches the warming pattern
Annette Menzel, Tim H. Sparks, Nicole Estrella et al.

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