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Atmospheric Science · 55 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best open-access journals for Atmospheric Science

The top 40 of 55 Atmospheric Science journals, open-access only, 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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  1. 1
    Earth system science data
    10.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus Publications
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
    7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Communications Earth & Environment
    7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Atmospheric chemistry and physics
    4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus Publications
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    Advances in Climate Change Research
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · KeAi
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  6. 6
    Geoscientific model development
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus Publications
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Geophysical Research Letters
    4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · American Geophysical Union
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    The cryosphere
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus Publications
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Atmospheric measurement techniques
    3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus Publications
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Climate of the past
    3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus Publications
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  12. 12
    Earth and Space Science
    2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · American Geophysical Union
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Journal of Glaciology
    2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    Boreas
    1.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    Tellus B
    1.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Annals of Glaciology
    1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Cambridge University Press
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    E&G Quaternary Science Journal
    1.4 cites/paper · Q1
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  18. 18
    Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters
    1.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  19. 19
    Earth s Future
    7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · American Geophysical Union
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Natural hazards and earth system sciences
    5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus Publications
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  21. 21
    Remote Sensing
    4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    Environmental Research Letters
    4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · IOP Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  23. 23
    Nonlinear processes in geophysics
    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Copernicus Publications
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Environmental Research Communications
    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · IOP Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Hydrology research
    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · IWA Publishing
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  26. 26
    Atmosphere
    3.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Journal of Maps
    2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Meteorological Applications
    1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
    1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  30. 30
    Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research
    1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
    1.4 cites/paper · Q2 · The Meteorological Society of Japan
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  32. 32
    Atmospheric Science Letters
    1.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  33. 33
    Netherlands Journal of Geosciences – Geologie en Mijnbouw
    1.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Cambridge University Press
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    Polar Research
    0.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    Climate
    3.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    Advances in geosciences
    1.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Copernicus Publications
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  37. 37
    Advances in Meteorology
    1.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  38. 38
    Meteorologische Zeitschrift
    1.1 cites/paper · Q3 · E. Schweizerbart
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  39. 39
    SOLA
    1.1 cites/paper · Q3 · The Meteorological Society of Japan
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  40. 40
    Erdkunde
    1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · University of Bonn
    Open AccessScopusWeb 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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Frequently asked

Earth system science data, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Communications Earth & Environment, Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Advances in Climate Change Research lead this list, drawn from a 17,782-venue index. The top 40 of 55 ranked venues are listed on this page; 25 are Scimago Q1, 12 Q2 and 3 Q3. By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Atmospheric Science come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Atmospheric Science — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Atmospheric Science — is listed after all the others. Only open-access venues are included. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded. For a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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