Journal rankings · indicator year 2011
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Subfield ranking · 2011
Atmospheric Science journal rankings 2011
80 ranked journals · Subfield in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Atmospheric Science has 80 ranked journals in 2011. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.05 against 1.00, down 0.04 on 2010. A journal needs OJR 1.84 to reach Q1. The top three are Nature Geoscience, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, and Geoscientific model development.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2011. 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 2008–2010, the window the 2011 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)
80 ranked journals
Filters
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 2010. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2008–2010, the window the 2011 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2008–2010 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 2002 to 2011. | Compare |
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1Nature GeoscienceNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 5.09Q1 | 8.16 1.82 up from 2010 | 871 | 17% | $12,690 | ||
2Atmospheric chemistry and physicsOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.94Q1 | 9.32 0.91 up from 2010 | 1,861 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
3Geoscientific model developmentOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.81Q1 | 6.17 3.17 up from 2010 | 63 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
4Quaternary Science ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.35Q1 | 5.33 0.24 down from 2010 | 790 | 18% | $3,920 | ||
5The cryosphereOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.31Q1 | 5.49 0.72 up from 2010 | 86 | 100% | $1,574 | ||
6Climate of the pastOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.11Q1 | 5.87 1.80 up from 2010 | 147 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
7Progress in Physical Geography Earth and EnvironmentSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.65Q1 | 4.23 0.88 up from 2010 | 131 | 14% | $3,650 | ||
8Atmospheric EnvironmentElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.62Q1 | 4.23 0.22 up from 2010 | 2,079 | 11% | $2,910 | ||
9PaleoceanographyAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 2.61Q1 | 4.55 0.27 down from 2010 | 252 | 67% | — | ||
10Global and Planetary ChangeElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.47Q1 | 3.41 0.21 down from 2010 | 321 | 18% | $3,120 | ||
11GeomorphologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.41Q1 | 3.07 0.25 up from 2010 | 940 | 15% | $3,400 | ||
12Aerosol Science and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.36Q1 | 3.36 0.32 up from 2010 | 355 | 98% | — | ||
13Permafrost and Periglacial ProcessesWiley · United Kingdom | 2.27Q1 | 4.03 1.42 up from 2010 | 97 | 8% | $4,480 | ||
14Quaternary GeochronologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.25Q1 | 3.63 0.52 up from 2010 | 175 | 0% | $3,350 | ||
15Journal of Quaternary ScienceWiley · United Kingdom | 2.11Q1 | 3.60 0.55 up from 2010 | 249 | 19% | $4,310 | ||
16Journal of Geophysical Research AtmospheresAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 2.06Q1 | 4.23 0.12 up from 2010 | 8,295 | 56% | $4,070 | ||
17Quaternary ResearchCambridge University Press · United States | 2.05Q1 | 2.76 0.31 down from 2010 | 310 | 12% | $3,550 | ||
18The HoloceneSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.92Q1 | 3.25 0.19 up from 2010 | 341 | 16% | $3,650 | ||
19Journal of GlaciologyOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.92Q1 | 3.25 0.37 up from 2010 | 324 | 98% | $2,600 | ||
20Journal of HydrometeorologyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.84Q1 | 3.18 0.37 up from 2010 | 321 | 34% | — | ||
21Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological SocietyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.80Q2 | 3.93 0.27 up from 2010 | 508 | 19% | $4,320 | ||
22BoreasOAWiley · United States | 1.74Q2 | 2.42 0.49 down from 2010 | 224 | 11% | $3,020 | ||
23Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology PalaeoecologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.71Q2 | 2.80 0.11 down from 2010 | 1,058 | 9% | $3,210 | ||
24Monthly Weather ReviewAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.62Q2 | 2.96 0.11 up from 2010 | 951 | 50% | — | ||
25Tellus BOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.59Q2 | 2.06 0.61 down from 2010 | 376 | 40% | $1,410 | ||
26Annals of GlaciologyOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.57Q2 | 2.94 0.85 up from 2010 | 216 | 100% | $2,600 | ||
27Marine MicropaleontologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.55Q2 | 2.51 0.22 down from 2010 | 166 | 15% | $2,480 | ||
28Journal of the Atmospheric SciencesAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.52Q2 | 3.28 0.27 up from 2010 | 777 | 50% | — | ||
29Journal of Applied Meteorology and ClimatologyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.43Q2 | 2.06 0.56 down from 2010 | 642 | 44% | — | ||
30Quaternary InternationalElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.32Q2 | 2.03 0.28 up from 2010 | 828 | 9% | $3,400 | ||
31Journal of PaleolimnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.31Q2 | 2.19 0.15 down from 2010 | 302 | 19% | $3,990 | ||
32Weather and ForecastingAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.31Q2 | 2.66 0.30 up from 2010 | 314 | 35% | — | ||
33Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical GeographyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.28Q2 | 1.78 0.21 up from 2010 | 85 | 6% | — | ||
34The Open Atmospheric Science JournalOABentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 1.26Q2 | 0.50 2.07 down from 2010 | 64 | 100% | — | ||
35DendrochronologiaElsevier BV · Germany | 1.23Q2 | 1.70 0.10 up from 2010 | 85 | 17% | $3,390 | ||
36Nonlinear processes in geophysicsOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 1.16Q2 | 1.95 0.22 up from 2010 | 218 | 100% | $1,412 | ||
37Arctic Antarctic and Alpine ResearchOAInstitute of Arctic and Alpine Research · United States | 1.16Q2 | 1.48 0.38 down from 2010 | 211 | 84% | $1,993 | ||
38GeoarchaeologyWiley · United States | 1.11Q2 | 1.12 0.15 up from 2010 | 112 | 10% | $3,760 | ||
39Journal of Atmospheric ChemistrySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.08Q2 | 1.46 0.08 up from 2010 | 108 | 28% | $4,090 | ||
40SOLAOAThe Meteorological Society of Japan · Japan | 1.06Q2 | 2.20 0.65 up from 2010 | 124 | 100% | $753 | ||
41ATMOSPHERE-OCEANTaylor & Francis · Canada | 1.04Q3 | 2.15 0.49 up from 2010 | 74 | 97% | — | ||
42Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and OceanographyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 0.99Q3 | 1.50 0.14 up from 2010 | 409 | 32% | $1,410 | ||
43Cold Regions Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.89Q3 | 1.47 0.39 down from 2010 | 311 | 4% | $2,960 | ||
44Meteorology and Atmospheric PhysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Austria | 0.87Q3 | 1.32 0.09 down from 2010 | 181 | 14% | $2,890 | ||
45Polar ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.87Q3 | 1.77 0.85 up from 2010 | 95 | 100% | $2,570 | ||
| 0.85Q3 | 1.33 0.42 up from 2010 | 79 | 83% | — | |||
47The Journal of Foraminiferal ResearchCushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research · United States | 0.84Q3 | 1.26 0.12 up from 2010 | 123 | 12% | — | ||
48Zeitschrift für GeomorphologieElsevier BV · Germany | 0.80Q3 | 0.84 0.31 up from 2010 | 187 | 7% | — | ||
49Géographie physique et QuaternairePresses de l'Université de Montréal · Canada | 0.79Q3 | 1.58 0.28 down from 2010 | 49 | 99% | — | ||
50Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser IIOAThe Meteorological Society of Japan · Japan | 0.79Q3 | 1.68 0.24 up from 2010 | 222 | 97% | $1,657 |
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with Atmospheric Science highlighted.
- Geophysics132
- Atmospheric Science80
- Paleontology66
- Oceanography50
- Earth-Surface Processes14
- Geochemistry and Petrology9
- Geology8
- Space and Planetary Science1
Journals
Citations made in 2011. Corpus-wide, 75.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
14 additional Atmospheric Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2008–2010, 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: 2011. Publication window: 2008–2010. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 80
- Window papers (baseline)
- 60,903 +23.9% from indicator year 2008
- Median OJR
- 1.05 -1.6% from indicator year 2008
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2008–2010 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.