Atmospheric Science · 171 journals ranked · top 40 listed
Best journals for Atmospheric Science
The top 40 of 171 Atmospheric Science journals, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by how central Atmospheric Science is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), drawn from a 17,782-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
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- 2Earth system science data10.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus PublicationsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3npj Climate and Atmospheric Science7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Communications Earth & Environment7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature PortfolioOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 5IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 6Atmospheric chemistry and physics4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus PublicationsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · American Meteorological SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 9Geoscientific model development4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus PublicationsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10Geophysical Research Letters4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · American Geophysical UnionOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11Advances in Atmospheric Sciences4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 12Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13The cryosphere3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus PublicationsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 15Atmospheric measurement techniques3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus PublicationsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 21Climate of the past3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus PublicationsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
- 22Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 27Earth and Space Science2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · American Geophysical UnionOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 30Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 33Journal of Glaciology2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 35Journal of Hydrometeorology2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · American Meteorological SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40Vegetation History and Archaeobotany1.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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