Call for submissions: Global Tipping Points article series in PLOS Climate

PLOS Climate is collaborating with the Global Tipping Points Conference 2025 on an interdisciplinary article series focusing on tipping points in natural and social systems. This project will bring together a diverse range of contributions from participants in this year’s conference as well as from the wider community, with the aim of helping to build a transparent and robust scientific evidence base, to identify key knowledge gaps, and to facilitate cross-stakeholder dialogue around policy, practice and societal norms. Articles will be highlighted through blogs, social media and (where appropriate) press releases to maximise visibility.

We welcome contributions under any of the article types published in PLOS Climate: Research Articles, Reviews, Essays and Opinions. For more information about our article types, please see here. Complete submission guidelines are available here.

All submissions will be subject to PLOS Climate’s standard editorial and peer review processes, and will be assessed by members of the journal’s editorial board.

Accepted Research Articles will be subject to an article processing charge. However, this fee is automatically waived for corresponding authors whose primary affiliation is to an institution in a Group A or B Research4Life country, and for corresponding authors whose institution has a partnership with PLOS. There are no fees for Reviews, Essays or Opinions.

Submissions should be made through PLOS Climate’s Editorial Manager portal. Please ensure that you refer to the ‘Global Tipping Points article series’ in your cover letter.

There is no deadline for submissions, as we intend to establish this as an ongoing focus topic within the journal. Accepted articles will be published and highlighted on a continuous basis.

Please direct any questions to PLOS Climate’s Executive Editor Dr Jamie Males (jmales@plos.org).

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About PLOS Climate

PLOS Climate is a fully open access journal published by the non-profit PLOS. PLOS Climate has been designed to provide an inclusive venue for all areas of climate research, with an emphasis on collaborative, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary work that improves global and regional understanding of climate phenomena and informs critical strategies for combating climate change. We are committed to open research principles that empower academic researchers, policy-makers, governments, international organisations and industry take positive, evidence-based action in the face of climate change.