Journal profile · Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Boundary-Layer Meteorology
ISSN 0006-8314 · eISSN 1573-1472 · Springer Netherlands · NETHERLANDS · Monthly · Founded 1970
Boundary-Layer Meteorology: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.57; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,790; median 155 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 57 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Boundary-Layer Meteorology is published by Springer Netherlands and is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Wind and Air Flow Studies, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, together about 49.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Boundary-Layer Meteorology publishes fundamental research on physical, chemical, and biological processes occurring within the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), the lowest few kilometres of the Earth’s atmosphere. These processes regulate exchanges of natural and anthropogenic quantities, thus directly affecting contemporary issues at the nexus of sustainability, climate variability, and human health. To this extent, technical results presented in Boundary-Layer Meteorology are aligned with overarching directives recently established in Springer Nature’s “Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Programme.” During its existence, Boundary-Layer Meteorology has been the premiere avenue of dissemination of theoretical, numerical, and experimental ABL studies. The technical scope broadly encompasses the role of turbulent mixing in terrestrial land– and ocean–atmosphere interactions, the hydrologic cycle, multiscale meteorology, and the parametrization of small-scale processes. Topics of future interest include processes affecting sustainability and human health, for example, the nitrogen cycle, solar yield, and desertification. Research concerning boundary-layer processes on other astronomical objects – particularly Mars, Venus, and Titan – is also welcomed. Special Issue volumes dedicated to a comprehensive review of a specific topic are occasionally published.Boundary-Layer Meteorology publishes several types of articles, which are detailed below. Please use this guidance to select the most appropriate category for your submission.Research Articles are scientific articles that present results from substantial research studies or critical reviews of ongoing research. Articles in this category are generally no more than 30 journal pages long, with a maximum of 15 figures. An article may be accompanied by a limited amount of supplementary online material when necessary, as rigorously prepared and edited as is the main article. Time from initial submission to online publication is typically 4 to 8 months, with initial reviews obtained within two to three months.Letters or Brief Reports are short articles requiring rapid dissemination. These articles are designed to present (i) new findings of timely and compelling interest to the boundary-layer meteorological research community; (ii) notable early results from experimental, observational, model, and theoretical studies that are specifically suitable for brief communication; (iii) preliminary research findings likely
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Editor-in-chief William AndersonPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 11%); most named United States 14, Mainland China 4, United Kingdom 3, Germany 2, Finland 2 (36 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Wind and Air Flow StudiesEnvironmental Science19.7%
- Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarth and Planetary Sciences18.8%
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsEngineering10.9%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science10.3%
- Climate variability and modelsEnvironmental Science5.7%
- Aeolian processes and effectsEarth and Planetary Sciences5.2%
- Atmospheric aerosols and cloudsEnvironmental Science4.5%
- Urban Heat Island MitigationEnvironmental Science2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 4 |
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
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic 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
- 2.57LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 99LetPub ·
- h-index
- 188OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,533OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 50.6%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 56LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 407,500Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,490 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48 | 31 | 17 |
| 2025 | 57 | 35 | 109 |
| 2024 | 53 | 38 | 259 |
| 2023 | 69 | 39 | 542 |
| 2022 | 88 | 51 | 926 |
| 2021 | 95 | 54 | 1,567 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
155 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 119 days – 192 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 28 days (88 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 185 days
- Sample
- 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (117 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 1 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,790 / EUR 2,890 / GBP 2,490 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data availability statement required Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
COPE member Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Boundary-Layer Meteorology, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Single-blind peer review
Single-blind peer review Model summary
This journal follows a single-blind reviewing procedure. This journal also publishes special/guest-edited issues. The peer review process for these articles is the same as the peer review process of the journal in general. Additionally, if a guest editor authors an article in their issue/collection, they will not handle the peer review process. Back to top
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
- Springer Netherlands
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1970
- ISSN
- 0006-8314
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-1472
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Boundary-Layer Meteorology
What CAS zone is Boundary-Layer Meteorology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Boundary-Layer Meteorology is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 4 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 Boundary-Layer Meteorology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.57; CiteScore 5.5, h-index 188.
How long does peer review take at Boundary-Layer Meteorology?
Based on the dates recorded on 88 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 155 days (interquartile range 119–192 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Boundary-Layer Meteorology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Templates: LaTeX and Word; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Boundary-Layer Meteorology based?
Of the 36 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 11%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (14), Mainland China (4) and United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Boundary-Layer Meteorology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Boundary-Layer Meteorology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Boundary-Layer Meteorology open access, and what is the APC?
Boundary-Layer Meteorology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,790.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .