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Climate and Development
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Climate and Development

1756-5529

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tcld20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 301 30 31 18
Social Sciences and Humanities 440 17 23 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 104
Documents by Best Scientists*: 100
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 62
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.146
Impact Factor: 3.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Climate and Development?

The journal explores disciplines such as Climate change, Environmental resource management, Vulnerability, Agriculture and Environmental planning. The journal focuses on Climate change but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Natural resource economics and Livelihood. It explores research in Livelihood and the adjacent study of Socioeconomics.

The research on Socioeconomics featured in it combines topics in other fields like Perception and Environmental protection. The journal holds forums on Environmental resource management that merges themes from other disciplines such as Developing country, Sustainability, Psychological resilience and Sustainable development. Research in the field of Economic growth was used to conduct the presented Developing country study.

Vulnerability index is part of Vulnerability studies tackled in Climate and Development. Food security is a major topic of Agriculture research.

  • Climate change (60.12%)
  • Environmental resource management (36.61%)
  • Vulnerability (18.45%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • When not every response to climate change is a good one: Identifying principles for sustainable adaptation (357 citations)
  • A framework for urban climate resilience (333 citations)
  • Where the rain falls: Evidence from 8 countries on how vulnerable households use migration to manage the risk of rainfall variability and food insecurity (147 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Climate and Development:

The journal papers primarily focus on research topics in Climate change, Environmental resource management, Vulnerability, Socioeconomics and Agriculture. The journal papers address concerns in Climate change which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Natural resource economics and Politics. The most cited articles explore topics in Environmental resource management which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Political economy of climate change, Environmental planning, Sustainable development, Sustainability and Adaptive capacity.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • Climate change
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Climate change, Agriculture, Environmental planning, Natural resource economics and Socioeconomics. The research on Climate change tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Vulnerability, Developing country, Perception and Environmental resource management. The Environmental resource management study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Extreme weather.

Topics in Agriculture explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Poverty and Protection motivation theory. The journal facilitates discussions in Disaster risk reduction as part of the larger field of Environmental planning, however, it also tackles fields such as Formal education. It facilitates discussions on Natural resource economics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Productivity and Climate policy, Greenhouse gas.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Farmers' adaptation to drought risk through farm–level decisions: the case of farmers in Dehloran county, Southwest of Iran (19 citations)
  • Turbulent transformation: abrupt societal disruption and climate resilient development (14 citations)
  • An agenda for ethics and justice in adaptation to climate change (13 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Climate and Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Saleemul Huq (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Siri Eriksen (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harald Winkler (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Denis J. Sonwa (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas Tanner (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Climate and Development (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Cape Town (25 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Stockholm Environment Institute (19 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • International Institute for Environment and Development (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • United Nations University (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Leeds (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 7.44% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.61% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.82% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.32% of all publications and 56.25% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Career Opportunities in Climate and Development Studies

Climate and Development studies provides numerous career opportunities in fields such as environmental planning, climate change policymaking, economic growth, vulnerability risk management, agriculture, and socioeconomics. Many professionals working in these academic disciplines are researchers, environmental consultants, policy analysts, disaster risk managers, and even marriage and family therapists. As an example, marriage and family therapists often apply understanding from Climate and Development studies to assist families who are feeling the stress and strain of environmental and socioeconomic issues. For these professionals, an understanding of climate change, socioeconomic influences, vulnerability, and the environment can be crucial components in their therapy work. To pursue a career in this field, you'll need to meet certain educational and licensure requirements. For instance, if you're interested in becoming a Marriage and Family Therapist in Utah, there are specific marriage counseling education requirements in Utah that must be met. The requirements typically involve completing a Master's Degree or higher level of education in Marriage and Family Therapy, a certain number of supervised work hours, and passing a state licensure exam. Remember, Climate and Development studies impact a broad range of disciplines, and considered as an important academic background for many professions. Whether you're conducting research, setting policy, guiding families through challenging times, these studies allow you to make significant contributions towards sustainable and resilient societies.

Top Publications

  • Beyond Technical Fixes: climate solutions and the great derangement

    Andrea Joslyn Nightingale;Siri Eriksen;Marcus Taylor;Timothy Forsyth

    (2020)
    511 Citations
  • Smallholder farmers' use of mobile phone services in central Kenya

    N. T. Krell;S. A. Giroux;Z. Guido;C. Hannah

    (2020)
    133 Citations
  • Turbulent transformation: abrupt societal disruption and climate resilient development

    (2020)
    85 Citations
  • Gender-responsive rural climate services: a review of the literature

    Tatiana Gumucio;James Hansen;Sophia Huyer;Tiff van Huysen

    (2020)
    75 Citations
  • An agenda for ethics and justice in adaptation to climate change

    Morten Fibieger Byskov;Keith Hyams;Poshendra Satyal;Isabelle Anguelovski

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • A climate resilience research renewal agenda: learning lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for urban climate resilience

    (2021)
    60 Citations
  • Identifying climate information services users and their needs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review and learning agenda

    Edward R. Carr;Rob Goble;Helen M. Rosko;Catherine Vaughan

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • Community perceptions of climate change and ecosystem-based adaptation in the mangrove ecosystem of the Rufiji Delta, Tanzania

    (2022)
    48 Citations

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