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Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Springer International Publishing · Switzerland

ISSN1017-0839eISSN2311-7680

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.57

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.512

Total Worksi

1,814

Total Citationsi

24,199

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAO) is the official journal of the Chinese Geoscience Union in Taiwan. It publishes original articles, notes, correspondence, and reviews on the solid earth, atmosphere, hydrosphere and space in all disciplines of the Earth sciences. The journal consists of six sections: Geophysics, Geology, Atmospheric Science, Space Science, Oceanic Science, Hydrology.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,814

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer International Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1017-0839 / 2311-7680

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

585

2019

549

2020

352

2021

280

2022

125

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

OceanographyQ2

Atmospheric ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, MultidisciplinaryMeteorology & Atmospheric SciencesOceanography

Scopus Categories

Atmospheric ScienceOceanographyEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

earthquake and tectonic studiesGeological and Geophysical StudiesEarthquake Detection and AnalysisSeismic Waves and AnalysisSeismology and Earthquake Studies

Frequently asked questions about Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Is Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences?

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.45.

Is Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.