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PLOS Climate Template

Write in a clean editor, then format for PLOS Climate in one click — DocuGuru applies the official PLOS template with numbered references and exports a submission-ready PDF plus the editable LaTeX source. Free to start.

About the PLOS Climate format

PLOS Climate is a peer-reviewed journal published by PLOS, covering Climate Change and Health Impacts, Climate Change Communication and Perception, Climate change impacts on agriculture. Over its lifetime it has published 721 papers, which have received 6,325 citations.

PublisherPLOS
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. PLOS Climate. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inClimate Change and Health Impacts Climate Change Communication and Perception Climate change impacts on agriculture Climate variability and models Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
ISSN2767-3200
Citation impact (2-yr)3.65
h-index35
i10-index195
Article processing charge$2,100
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Washington
Journal websitejournals.plos.org
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in PLOS Climate per year

80
2022
163
2023
158
2024
192
2025

Citation impact of PLOS Climate by publication year

2.1K
2022
2.4K
2023
1.2K
2024
451
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in PLOS Climate

Public opinion about climate policies: A review and call for more studies of what people want

Malcolm Fairbrother · 2 May 2022

Around the world, most people are aware of the problem of climate change, believe it is anthropogenic, and feel concerned about its potential consequences. What they think should be done about the problem, however, is less clear. Particularly due to widespread support among policy experts for putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions, more studies…

Rapid global phaseout of animal agriculture has the potential to stabilize greenhouse gas levels for 30 years and offset 68 percent of CO2 emissions this century

Michael B. Eisen, Patrick O. Brown · 1 Feb 2022

Animal agriculture contributes significantly to global warming through ongoing emissions of the potent greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide, and displacement of biomass carbon on the land used to support livestock. However, because estimates of the magnitude of the effect of ending animal agriculture often focus on only one factor, the full potential benefit of…

Future loss of local-scale thermal refugia in coral reef ecosystems

Adele M. Dixon, Piers Forster, Scott F. Heron et al. · 1 Feb 2022

Thermal refugia underpin climate-smart management of coral reefs, but whether current thermal refugia will remain so under future warming is uncertain. We use statistical downscaling to provide the highest resolution thermal stress projections (0.01°/1 km, >230,000 reef pixels) currently available for coral reefs and identify future refugia on locally manageable scales. Here, we show that…

Capitalizing on the global financial interest in blue carbon

Daniel A. Friess, Jen Howard, Mark Huxham et al. · 15 Aug 2022

Natural climate solutions are crucial interventions to help countries and companies achieve their net-zero carbon emissions ambitions. Blue carbon ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses, and tidal marshes have attracted particular attention for their ability to sequester and store carbon at densities that can far exceed other ecosystems. The science of blue carbon is now clear,…

Tropical forests are crucial in regulating the climate on Earth

Paulo Artaxo, H.-C. Hansson, Luiz A. T. Machado et al. · 8 Aug 2022

Tropical forests are critically important for the global climate because of their impact on the radiation, hydrology, and biogeochemical cycles Tropical forests are large pools of global carbon, with about 360 Pg of carbon in forest vegetation, that with soil carbon adds up to 800 PgC, almost as much as is stored in the atmosphere…

PLOS Climate template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the PLOS Climate format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the PLOS Climate template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official PLOS format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does PLOS Climate use?
PLOS Climate uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. PLOS Climate. 2023;12(3):45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to PLOS Climate?
No. DocuGuru generates the article LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a PLOS-ready PLOS Climate document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the PLOS Climate template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the PLOS Climate format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
What is PLOS Climate?
PLOS Climate empowers global, multidisciplinary collaboration, and enables decision-makers at every level of society to take urgent, evidence-based action on the causes and impacts of climate change. It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by PLOS.
Can I export a submission-ready PLOS Climate PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official PLOS Climate template (the article class) that is ready to submit to PLOS, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the PLOS Climate template cost?
You can start writing in the PLOS Climate template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready PLOS Climate PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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