Journal profile · Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
International Journal of Climatology
ISSN 0899-8418 · eISSN 1097-0088 · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · ENGLAND · Monthly
International Journal of Climatology: CAS Zone 3 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.18; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,920; median 184 days to acceptance (127 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 465 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Climatology is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd 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 Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Hydrology and Drought Analysis, together about 53.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Journal of Climatology is a climate journal spanning the well-established but rapidly growing fields of climate science & meteorology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Climate variability and modelsEnvironmental Science30.3%
- Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarth and Planetary Sciences15.7%
- Hydrology and Drought AnalysisEnvironmental Science7.6%
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences6.2%
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesEarth and Planetary Sciences4.3%
- Cryospheric studies and observationsEarth and Planetary Sciences4.2%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science4%
- Precipitation Measurement and AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences2.6%
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
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 3.18LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.08LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- h-index
- 142LetPub ·
- h-index
- 247OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6,092OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 29.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 426LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 428Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 736,366Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,833 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 376 | 126 | 96 |
| 2025 | 465 | 198 | 1,012 |
| 2024 | 400 | 163 | 2,614 |
| 2023 | 387 | 172 | 3,215 |
| 2022 | 483 | 143 | 6,791 |
| 2021 | 550 | 159 | 12,475 |
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
184 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 131 days – 258 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (127 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 202 days
- Sample
- 127 articles with submission and acceptance dates (925 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)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 41%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 196 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 daysPublisher 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 3,920 / EUR 3,290 / GBP 2,620 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 0899-8418
- Electronic ISSN
- 1097-0088
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 46, Issue 11 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Climatology
What CAS zone is International Journal of Climatology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Climatology 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 International Journal of Climatology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.18; CiteScore 7.1, h-index 247.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Climatology?
Based on the dates recorded on 127 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 184 days (interquartile range 131–258 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 41% (2025). 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.
Which databases index International Journal of Climatology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Climatology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is International Journal of Climatology open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Climatology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,920.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .