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Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

American Meteorological Society · United States · Est. 1977

ISSN1558-8424eISSN1558-8432

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.955

H-Indexi

141

SNIPi

0.838

Total Worksi

3,136

Total Citationsi

122,980

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Atmospheric Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,136

Publisher OrgAmerican Meteorological Society

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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?

American Meteorological Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1558-8424 / 1558-8432

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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

151

4.7k

2019

114

2.7k

2020

103

1.6k

2021

116

1.3k

2022

125

885

2023

284

2024

142

149

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 ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Scopus Categories

Atmospheric Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsClimate variability and modelsAtmospheric aerosols and cloudsPrecipitation Measurement and AnalysisWind and Air Flow StudiesTropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsCryospheric studies and observationsUrban Heat Island MitigationAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Is Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: 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 Applied Meteorology and Climatology?

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 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 1.10.

Is Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology?