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Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Meteorological Society of Japan · Japan · Est. 2005

ISSN1349-6476eISSN1349-6476

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

118

days submission → published

measured · last 6 articles · accept 86d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.466

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.745

Total Worksi

1,072

Total Citationsi

16,995

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

It publishes scientific discoveries and advances in understanding in meteorology, climatology, the atmospheric sciences and related interdisciplinary areas. SOLA focuses on presenting new and scientifically rigorous observations, experiments, data analyses, numerical modeling, data assimilation, and technical developments as quickly as possible. It achieves this via rapid peer review and publication of research letters, published as Regular Articles.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 59 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,072

Publisher OrgThe Meteorological Society of Japan

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

Review Time~17 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Meteorological Society of Japan

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1349-6476 / 1349-6476

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

962

2019

860

2020

339

2021

243

2022

130

2023

127

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.

Atmospheric ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Scopus Categories

Atmospheric Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate variability and modelsMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsTropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchAtmospheric aerosols and cloudsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAtmospheric Ozone and ClimatePrecipitation Measurement and AnalysisOceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsCryospheric studies and observations

Frequently asked questions about Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Is Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere?

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere 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 0.91.

Is Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.