Journal rankings · indicator year 2005
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Subfield ranking · 2005
Atmospheric Science journal rankings 2005
63 ranked journals · Subfield in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Atmospheric Science has 63 ranked journals in 2005. The median OJR rose 0.07 on 2004 to 0.93, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.65. The top three are Quaternary Science Reviews, The Holocene, and Paleoceanography.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2005. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2002–2004, the window the 2005 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences (8)
63 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2004. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2002–2004, the window the 2005 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2002–2004 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2005. | Compare |
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1Quaternary Science ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.16Q1 | 4.14 0.39 up from 2004 | 576 | 12% | $3,920 | ||
2The HoloceneSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.05Q1 | 4.03 0.98 up from 2004 | 249 | 7% | $3,650 | ||
3PaleoceanographyAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 2.92Q1 | 4.61 0.74 up from 2004 | 270 | 75% | — | ||
4Global and Planetary ChangeElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.48Q1 | 4.17 2.21 up from 2004 | 279 | 17% | $3,120 | ||
5Atmospheric chemistry and physicsOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 2.38Q1 | 4.23 1.03 up from 2004 | 360 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
6Journal of HydrometeorologyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 2.17Q1 | 2.98 0.13 up from 2004 | 223 | 44% | — | ||
7GeomorphologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.06Q1 | 2.10 0.25 up from 2004 | 585 | 6% | $3,400 | ||
8Quaternary ResearchCambridge University Press · United States | 2.01Q1 | 2.52 0.45 down from 2004 | 292 | 12% | $3,550 | ||
9Atmospheric EnvironmentElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.97Q1 | 2.94 0.28 up from 2004 | 2,030 | 4% | $2,910 | ||
10Journal of Geophysical Research AtmospheresAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 1.92Q1 | 3.58 0.33 up from 2004 | 7,261 | 51% | $4,070 | ||
11Journal of Quaternary ScienceWiley · United Kingdom | 1.83Q1 | 2.55 0.30 up from 2004 | 195 | 9% | $4,310 | ||
12Journal of the Atmospheric SciencesAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.74Q1 | 2.46 0.91 down from 2004 | 638 | 49% | — | ||
13Progress in Physical Geography Earth and EnvironmentSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 1.66 0.02 up from 2004 | 93 | 8% | $3,650 | ||
14Aerosol Science and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.67Q1 | 2.28 0.75 up from 2004 | 364 | 96% | — | ||
15Journal of PaleolimnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.66Q1 | 2.94 1.07 up from 2004 | 201 | 7% | $3,990 | ||
16Monthly Weather ReviewAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.65Q1 | 2.67 0.31 up from 2004 | 577 | 45% | — | ||
17Marine MicropaleontologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.64Q2 | 2.46 0.08 down from 2004 | 169 | 7% | $2,480 | ||
18Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology PalaeoecologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.56Q2 | 2.00 0.23 down from 2004 | 860 | 8% | $3,210 | ||
19PAGES newsPublisher not listed | 1.51Q2 | 0.85 0.46 up from 2004 | 105 | 96% | — | ||
20Journal of GlaciologyOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.45Q2 | 2.23 0.77 up from 2004 | 196 | 100% | $2,600 | ||
21BoreasOAWiley · United States | 1.44Q2 | 1.93 0.52 up from 2004 | 224 | 5% | $3,020 | ||
22WeatherWiley · United Kingdom | 1.36Q2 | 0.31 1.29 down from 2004 | 487 | 7% | $1,880 | ||
23Tellus BOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.35Q2 | 2.40 0.69 up from 2004 | 367 | 75% | $1,410 | ||
24Journal of Atmospheric ChemistrySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.34Q2 | 1.73 0.49 down from 2004 | 169 | 18% | $4,090 | ||
25Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological SocietyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.33Q2 | 2.31 0.35 up from 2004 | 535 | 16% | $4,320 | ||
26Quaternary InternationalElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.25Q2 | 1.46 0.32 up from 2004 | 457 | 6% | $3,400 | ||
27DendrochronologiaElsevier BV · Germany | 1.23Q2 | 1.26 0.20 up from 2004 | 49 | 7% | $3,390 | ||
28Annals of GlaciologyOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.09Q2 | 1.39 0.28 down from 2004 | 417 | 99% | $2,600 | ||
29Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and OceanographyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.09Q2 | 1.76 0.50 up from 2004 | 267 | 80% | $1,410 | ||
30Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser IIOAThe Meteorological Society of Japan · Japan | 0.99Q2 | 1.23 0.14 down from 2004 | 287 | 87% | $1,657 | ||
31Nonlinear processes in geophysicsOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 0.96Q2 | 1.68 0.27 up from 2004 | 181 | 100% | $1,412 | ||
32Permafrost and Periglacial ProcessesWiley · United Kingdom | 0.93Q2 | 1.57 0.54 up from 2004 | 102 | 17% | $4,480 | ||
33ATMOSPHERE-OCEANTaylor & Francis · Canada | 0.92Q3 | 1.20 0.23 down from 2004 | 69 | 96% | — | ||
34Weather and ForecastingAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 0.92Q3 | 1.46 0.31 down from 2004 | 253 | 57% | — | ||
35Arctic Antarctic and Alpine ResearchOAInstitute of Arctic and Alpine Research · United States | 0.88Q3 | 1.53 0.30 up from 2004 | 253 | 91% | $1,993 | ||
36Meteorology and Atmospheric PhysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 0.82Q3 | 0.86 0.32 down from 2004 | 178 | 3% | $2,890 | ||
37Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical GeographyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.76Q3 | 0.98 0.09 up from 2004 | 89 | 10% | — | ||
38The Journal of Foraminiferal ResearchCushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research · United States | 0.73Q3 | 0.76 0.22 down from 2004 | 92 | 6% | — | ||
39GeoarchaeologyWiley · United States | 0.72Q3 | 0.72 0.02 down from 2004 | 158 | 8% | $3,760 | ||
40Géographie physique et QuaternairePresses de l'Université de Montréal · Canada | 0.62Q3 | 1.00 0.10 up from 2004 | 126 | 14% | — | ||
412002 International Snow Science Workshop, Penticton, British ColumbiaPublisher not listed | 0.48Q3 | —no 2004 value | 88 | — | — | ||
42Journal of Cold Regions EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 0.47Q3 | 0.63 0.38 up from 2004 | 44 | 8% | — | ||
43Cold Regions Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.46Q3 | 0.74 0.63 down from 2004 | 172 | 1% | $2,960 | ||
44Zeitschrift für GeomorphologieElsevier BV · Germany | 0.46Q3 | 0.42 0.01 down from 2004 | 102 | 0% | — | ||
45MicropaleontologyMicropaleontology Press · United States | 0.46Q3 | 0.62 0.19 up from 2004 | 160 | 6% | — | ||
46International Journal of Environmental Technology and ManagementInderscience Publishers · United Kingdom | 0.42Q3 | 0.36 0.16 up from 2004 | 76 | 11% | — | ||
47OfiolitiOAItaly | 0.42Q3 | 0.63 0.63 up from 2004 | 38 | 100% | — | ||
48Journal of MicropalaeontologyOACopernicus Publications · United Kingdom | 0.39Q3 | 0.28 0.31 down from 2004 | 61 | 100% | $841 | ||
49Physical GeographyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.39Q4 | 0.32 0.02 up from 2004 | 88 | 6% | — | ||
| 0.32Q4 | 0.23 0.11 up from 2004 | 64 | 88% | — |
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with Atmospheric Science highlighted.
- Geophysics110
- Atmospheric Science63
- Paleontology51
- Oceanography50
- Earth-Surface Processes11
- Geology7
- Geochemistry and Petrology6
- Space and Planetary Science1
Journals
Citations made in 2005. Corpus-wide, 70.9% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
21 additional Atmospheric Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2002–2004, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2005. Publication window: 2002–2004. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 63
- Window papers (baseline)
- 39,563 +18.5% from indicator year 2002
- Median OJR
- 0.93 +6.3% from indicator year 2002
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2002–2004 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 54 | 60 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 66 | 66 | 71 | 77 | 79 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 85 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 91 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 84 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 25,673 | 30,710 | 33,397 | 36,427 | 37,296 | 39,563 | 42,065 | 44,545 | 49,170 | 54,170 | 57,757 | 60,903 | 63,349 | 65,512 | 67,686 | 68,363 | 67,660 | 65,187 | 63,370 | 62,984 | 62,161 | 62,163 | 61,223 | 61,037 | 59,515 | 60,382 | |
| Median OJR | 0.842 | 0.80 | 0.88 | 0.96 | 0.86 | 0.93 | 0.984 | 1.089 | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.094 | 1.05 | 1.11 | 1.13 | 1.12 | 1.087 | 1.091 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 0.981 | 0.980 | 0.91 | 0.844 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.77 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.