Journal rankings · indicator year 2018
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Subfield ranking · 2018
Atmospheric Science journal rankings 2018
91 ranked journals · Subfield in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Atmospheric Science has 91 ranked journals in 2018. Its median journal scores above the world average: OJR 1.01 against 1.00, up 0.02 on 2017. A journal needs OJR 1.55 to reach Q1. The top three are Nature Geoscience, Earth system science data, and Geoscientific model development.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2018. 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 2015–2017, the window the 2018 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)
91 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 2017. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2015–2017, the window the 2018 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2015–2017 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 2009 to 2018. | Compare |
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1Nature GeoscienceNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 6.13Q1 | 12.22 1.20 up from 2017 | 718 | 49% | $12,690 | ||
2Earth system science dataOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 5.76Q1 | 13.23 0.66 up from 2017 | 132 | 100% | $1,509 | ||
3Geoscientific model developmentOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.05Q1 | 7.27 1.21 up from 2017 | 665 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
4Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 2.91Q1 | 4.12 0.30 up from 2017 | 837 | 46% | — | ||
5Atmospheric chemistry and physicsOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 2.70Q1 | 7.59 0.30 up from 2017 | 2,477 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
6Progress in Physical Geography Earth and EnvironmentSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.52Q1 | 3.15 1.09 down from 2017 | 138 | 30% | $3,650 | ||
7Journal of Geophysical Research Earth SurfaceWiley · United States | 2.47Q1 | 5.18 0.84 up from 2017 | 381 | 70% | $4,070 | ||
8The cryosphereOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 2.47Q1 | 6.28 0.11 up from 2017 | 528 | 100% | $1,574 | ||
9Quaternary Science ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.47Q1 | 5.29 0.14 up from 2017 | 1,031 | 52% | $3,920 | ||
10GeomorphologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.41Q1 | 4.22 0.26 up from 2017 | 1,211 | 30% | $3,400 | ||
11Global and Planetary ChangeElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.27Q1 | 4.93 0.40 up from 2017 | 473 | 45% | $3,120 | ||
12Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser IIOAThe Meteorological Society of Japan · Japan | 2.18Q1 | 3.38 2.58 down from 2017 | 135 | 100% | $1,657 | ||
13Atmospheric EnvironmentElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.03Q1 | 4.57 0.36 up from 2017 | 2,254 | 37% | $2,910 | ||
14Journal of HydrometeorologyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 2.01Q1 | 4.41 0.03 down from 2017 | 489 | 49% | — | ||
15Elementa Science of the AnthropoceneOABioOne · United States | 1.90Q1 | 4.46 0.72 up from 2017 | 187 | 100% | $1,450 | ||
16Meteorological MonographsOAAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.87Q1 | 4.58 3.01 up from 2017 | 65 | 100% | — | ||
17Climate of the pastOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 1.83Q1 | 4.97 0.75 up from 2017 | 348 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
18Journal of Geophysical Research AtmospheresAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 1.81Q1 | 4.55 0.36 up from 2017 | 2,371 | 60% | $4,070 | ||
19Journal of Applied VolcanologyOABioMed Central · Germany | 1.76Q1 | 2.53 0.44 down from 2017 | 51 | 100% | $1,990 | ||
20PaleoceanographyAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 1.73Q1 | 3.54 0.34 up from 2017 | 272 | 100% | — | ||
21Journal of GlaciologyOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.71Q1 | 3.46 0.23 down from 2017 | 316 | 100% | $2,600 | ||
22Quaternary GeochronologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.59Q1 | 3.29 0.50 down from 2017 | 264 | 40% | $3,350 | ||
23Advances in Climate Change ResearchOAKeAi · China | 1.55Q1 | 3.24 1.74 up from 2017 | 114 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
24Permafrost and Periglacial ProcessesWiley · United Kingdom | 1.50Q2 | 3.41 0.72 up from 2017 | 123 | 28% | $4,480 | ||
25Quaternary InternationalElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.45Q2 | 2.31 0.01 up from 2017 | 2,335 | 21% | $3,400 | ||
26Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological SocietyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.45Q2 | 3.61 0.54 up from 2017 | 704 | 53% | $4,320 | ||
27Journal of Quaternary ScienceWiley · United Kingdom | 1.39Q2 | 3.04 0.11 down from 2017 | 239 | 39% | $4,310 | ||
28GeoarchaeologyWiley · United States | 1.37Q2 | 2.17 0.33 up from 2017 | 136 | 40% | $3,760 | ||
29Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology PalaeoecologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.36Q2 | 2.86 0.13 up from 2017 | 1,445 | 29% | $3,210 | ||
30The HoloceneSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.34Q2 | 2.75 0.14 down from 2017 | 497 | 36% | $3,650 | ||
31Tellus BOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.32Q2 | 2.76 0.26 up from 2017 | 97 | 100% | $1,410 | ||
32Journal of the Atmospheric SciencesAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.31Q2 | 3.63 0.30 up from 2017 | 741 | 54% | — | ||
33arktosSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.30Q2 | 3.25 0.05 down from 2017 | 32 | 31% | $2,780 | ||
34Annals of GlaciologyOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.28Q2 | 2.52 0.31 down from 2017 | 175 | 100% | $2,600 | ||
35BoreasOAWiley · United States | 1.25Q2 | 2.43 0.83 down from 2017 | 190 | 36% | $3,020 | ||
36Monthly Weather ReviewAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.24Q2 | 3.29 0.09 up from 2017 | 752 | 51% | — | ||
37ACS Earth and Space ChemistryAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.19Q2 | 2.97no 2017 value | 89 | 27% | $4,500 | — | |
38AtmosphereOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.14Q2 | 2.81 0.36 up from 2017 | 518 | 100% | $2,896 | ||
39Journal of Applied Meteorology and ClimatologyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.11Q2 | 2.55 0.07 up from 2017 | 496 | 56% | — | ||
40GeoResJElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.10Q2 | 1.88 0.21 up from 2017 | 72 | — | — | ||
41Marine MicropaleontologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.09Q2 | 2.26 0.13 up from 2017 | 133 | 25% | $2,480 | ||
42DendrochronologiaElsevier BV · Germany | 1.06Q2 | 2.41 0.16 up from 2017 | 174 | 28% | $3,390 | ||
43Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and OceanographyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.06Q2 | 2.48 0.16 up from 2017 | 164 | 100% | $1,410 | ||
44Aerosol Science and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.06Q2 | 2.68 0.62 up from 2017 | 418 | 96% | — | ||
45Cold Regions Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.04Q2 | 2.22 0.04 up from 2017 | 486 | 21% | $2,960 | ||
46Quaternary ResearchCambridge University Press · United States | 1.01Q2 | 1.94 0.15 down from 2017 | 277 | 36% | $3,550 | ||
47Scientific DrillingOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 1.00Q3 | 2.82 1.07 up from 2017 | 32 | 100% | — | ||
48Arctic Antarctic and Alpine ResearchOAInstitute of Arctic and Alpine Research · United States | 0.99Q3 | 1.70 0.49 down from 2017 | 185 | 100% | $1,993 | ||
49Weather and ForecastingAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 0.93Q3 | 2.50 0.05 down from 2017 | 345 | 43% | — | ||
50Nonlinear processes in geophysicsOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 0.92Q3 | 2.20 0.57 up from 2017 | 149 | 100% | $1,412 |
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with Atmospheric Science highlighted.
- Geophysics143
- Atmospheric Science91
- Paleontology76
- Oceanography56
- Earth-Surface Processes16
- Geology13
- Geochemistry and Petrology8
- Space and Planetary Science4
Journals
Citations made in 2018. Corpus-wide, 81.5% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
18 additional Atmospheric Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2015–2017, 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: 2018. Publication window: 2015–2017. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 91
- Window papers (baseline)
- 63,370 -7.3% from indicator year 2015
- Median OJR
- 1.01 -7.1% from indicator year 2015
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2015–2017 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.