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Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1963

ISSN1364-6826eISSN1879-1824

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.481

H-Indexi

129

SNIPi

0.914

Total Worksi

5,868

Total Citationsi

139,265

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.81

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Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics is an international journal concerned with the inter-disciplinary science of the Earth's atmospheric and space environment. It focuses on the physical phenomena that occur in this natural laboratory.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1963

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,868

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1364-6826 / 1879-1824

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

166

2.7k

2019

225

2.9k

2020

177

2.1k

2021

101

661

2022

106

688

2023

183

844

2024

237

384

2025

205

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.

GeophysicsQ2

Atmospheric ScienceQ3

Space and Planetary ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geochemistry & GeophysicsMeteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Scopus Categories

Space and Planetary ScienceAtmospheric ScienceGeophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsSolar and Space Plasma DynamicsAtmospheric Ozone and ClimateEarthquake Detection and AnalysisGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism StudiesGNSS positioning and interferenceClimate variability and modelsAtmospheric aerosols and cloudsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsGeophysics and Gravity Measurements

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Is Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics?

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 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 1.81.

Is Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.