Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Atmospheric chemistry and physics is published by European Geosciences Union and is in Zone 1 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, together about 60.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) publishes studies investigating Earth's atmosphere from the surface to the mesosphere, including the lower thermosphere. Articles should have important and clearly argued implications for our understanding of the state and behaviour of the atmosphere and climate or present substantial new insights into the atmosphere's role in other parts of the Earth system. Articles with a local focus must clearly explain how the results extend and compare with current knowledge. Authors should consider whether their article fits better in other journals published by Copernicus Publications, such as Atmospheric Measurement Techniques or Geoscientific Model Development. ACP publishes several manuscript types. Subject areas ACP covers five broad subject areas: gases, aerosols, clouds & precipitation, dynamics, and climate and Earth System. The journal subject areas are defined by the following index terms grouped into four categories. See editors handling each subject area. Subject Gases, Aerosols, Clouds and Precipitation, Dynamics, Climate and Earth System Research Activity Laboratory Studies, Field Measurements, Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Modelling and Data Analysis, Machine Learning Altitude Range Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere Science Focus Chemistry (chemical composition and reactions), Physics (physical properties and processes) The typical scope of each subject area is defined below: Gases. Atmospheric chemical processes and composition, chemical kinetics, radical chemistry, thermodynamics and mechanisms. Reactive trace and greenhouse gases, including budgets and trends, radiative effects, interactions with the biosphere, terrestrial and marine systems and effects on climate. Gas interactions with aerosol particles and clouds. Anthropogenic and natural emissions and developments of new or improved emission inventories where the effect on the atmosphere is demonstrated. Aerosols. Aerosol properties, including microphysical properties, chemical composition and optical properties. Aerosol processes, including aerosol microphysics and chemistry. Aerosol effects on climate and the Earth system, including radiative forcing and effects on clouds and atmospheric dynamics. Emissions, including natural emission processes and developments of new or improved emission inventories where the effect on the atmosphere is demonstrated. Clouds and precipitation. Cloud microphysics, including ice nucleation, cloud droplet formation and p

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 3%); most named Hong Kong, China 6, Germany 5, Canada 5, Switzerland 4, Japan 3 (62 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub

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Web of SciencePublisher website

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Impact

Impact factor

5.69LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

9.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

9.7Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

2.27LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.61LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

174LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

353OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

13,287OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

5.31OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

19.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

99.96%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

896LetPub · 2026-09-13

Articles per year (publisher)

100Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Average review time (community reports)

2–3 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

HardLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 16 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Open peer reviewDOAJ

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• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
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Publisher

European Geosciences Union

Country or region

GERMANY

Language

English

Frequency

Semimonthly

Founded

2001

ISSN

1680-7316

Electronic ISSN

1680-7324

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub
• Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ