Journal profile · METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
ISSN 1867-1381 · eISSN 1867-8548 · Copernicus Gesellschaft mbH · GERMANY · Irregular
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques: CAS Zone 3 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.75; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 3 months (community reports); 418 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques is published by Copernicus Gesellschaft mbH and is in Zone 3 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, together about 50.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Atmospheric Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of advances in remote sensing, as well as in situ and laboratory measurement techniques for the constituents and properties of the Earth's atmosphere. The primary subject areas encompass the development, intercomparison, and validation of measurement instrumentation and/or methodologies for data processing and information retrieval pertaining to atmospheric constituents (including trace gases, aerosols, precipitation, and cloud particles) and/or key meteorological and thermodynamic variables. Submissions to AMT must be based on remote sensing, in situ, or laboratory measurements that are relevant to atmospheric sciences and/or on theoretical calculations or numerical simulations of relevant measurement processes. Contributions are expected to incorporate a rigorous consideration of uncertainties and, where appropriate, simulations of instruments and/or retrieval algorithms. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques has an innovative two-stage publication process involving preprint posting on EGUsphere, EGU's preprint repository, which has been designed to do the following: foster scientific discussion; maximize the effectiveness and transparency of scientific quality assurance; enable rapid publication; make scientific publications freely accessible. In the first stage, papers that pass a rapid access review are immediately posted as preprints on EGUsphere. They are then subject to interactive public discussion, during which the referees' comments (anonymous or attributed), additional comments by other members of the scientific community (attributed), and the authors' replies are also posted alongside the preprint. In the second stage, the peer-review process is completed and, if accepted, the final revised papers are published in AMT. To ensure publication precedence for authors, and to provide a lasting record of scientific discussion, EGUsphere and AMT are ISSN-registered, permanently archived, and fully citable.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 9%); most named Netherlands 5, Germany 4, Mainland China 3, United States 3, Hong Kong, China 2 (34 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsEarth and Planetary Sciences19.8%
- Atmospheric Ozone and ClimateEarth and Planetary Sciences16.5%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsEnvironmental Science14%
- Atmospheric aerosols and cloudsEnvironmental Science13.5%
- Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarth and Planetary Sciences6.4%
- Spectroscopy and Laser ApplicationsChemistry4.2%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science4.1%
- Air Quality Monitoring and ForecastingEnvironmental Science3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: Google Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.75LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.36LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.35Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.37LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.37Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 70LetPub ·
- h-index
- 173OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,730OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.12OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.91%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 404LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,527 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 309 | 309 | 168 |
| 2025 | 418 | 418 | 1,173 |
| 2024 | 385 | 385 | 3,243 |
| 2023 | 326 | 326 | 4,164 |
| 2022 | 380 | 380 | 7,208 |
| 2021 | 428 | 428 | 13,563 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,800 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 1,470 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 1,470 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted3
- commentariescommentariesLength not stated
- research articlesResearch articlesLength not stated
- review articlesReview articlesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Code availability, Data availability, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use
AI usage must be described in the Methods section or Acknowledgements. Model summary
Should you have used AI tools to generate (parts of) your manuscript, please describe the usage either in the Methods section or the Acknowledgements.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Code availability
Software, algorithms, and model code should be deposited in FAIR-aligned repositories and cited via DOI; a "Code availability" section is required. Model summary
The manuscript must then include a section entitled "Code availability" or, in the case of data and code, "Code and data availability".
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Research data must be deposited in reliable FAIR-aligned repositories with persistent identifiers; a "Data availability" section is required before the acknowledgements. Model summary
This must be placed in the section "Data availability" at the end of the manuscript before the acknowledgements.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
The journal discourages the use of journal metrics due to their limitations in assessing importance, impact, or quality, and EGU is a signatory of DORA and CoARA. Model summary
We discourage the use of journal metrics due to their widely recognized limitations in assessing importance, impact, or quality of a journal. EGU is a signatory of the agreements on research assessment DORA and CoARA.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Figure colour schemes must be accessible to readers with colour vision deficiencies. Model summary
to ensure that your figures' colour schemes allow readers with colour vision deficiencies to correctly interpret your findings (see our guidelines for figures & tables)
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Copernicus Gesellschaft mbH
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- ISSN
- 1867-1381
- Electronic ISSN
- 1867-8548
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
What CAS zone is Atmospheric Measurement Techniques in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques is in Zone 3 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Atmospheric Measurement Techniques?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.75; CiteScore 6.2, h-index 173.
How long does peer review take at Atmospheric Measurement Techniques?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Atmospheric Measurement Techniques based?
Of the 34 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 9%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Netherlands (5), Germany (4) and Mainland China (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Atmospheric Measurement Techniques?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Atmospheric Measurement Techniques open access, and what is the APC?
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .