Information on Refereed or Peer Reviewed Literature
Refereed or peer-reviewed literature is the name given to journals that publish scholarly articles that
have been anonymously read and critically reviewed by other scholars knowledgeable on the topic of the
article. The editor of such a journal receives articles submitted for publication and sends them to 2 to
4 scholars with established reputations in the discipline of the article. These reviewers typically are
asked to comment on the scholarly merit of the paper, its technical quality, and practical significance.
They also will comment on the quality of the writing, clarity of the illustrations, and justification for
the conclusions. Finally, the reviewer will be asked to state whether the paper should be published "as
is", published with minor modifications, published only after major modifications, or rejected. Most
authors are asked to make at least minor, but often major modifications to their original manuscripts. The
quality of the journal is judged by the rigor of the review process conducted by its editor.
The following is a partial list of peer-reviewed journals that publish articles relating to global change.
- Ambio
- American Scientist
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Climate Change
- Climate Dynamics
- Environmental Pollution
- Geographical Magazine
- Geophysical Research Letters
- International Journal of Climatology
- Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association
- Journal of Animal Science
- Journal of Applied Meteorology
- Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry
- Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
- Journal of Climate
- Journal of Environmental Quality
- Journal of Geophysical Research
- Journal of Hydrology
- Journal of Oceanic and Atmospheric Technology
- Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan
- Journal of Oceanic and Atmospheric Technology
- Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Journal of the Soil Science Society of America
- The Lancet
- Monthly Weather Review
- Nature
- Ocean-Atmosphere
- Plant Physiology
- Plant and Soil
- Pure and Applied Geophysics
- Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
- Science
- Tellus
- Vegetation