Journal profile · METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
ISSN 1942-2466 · Wiley-Blackwell · UNITED STATES
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems: CAS Zone 2 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.57; fully open access; APC about USD 2,650; median 220 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 51% (journal website); 319 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 2 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 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, together about 48.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JAMES is a Gold Open Access journal that publishes original research articles advancing the development and application of models at all scales in understanding the physical Earth system and its coupling to biological, geological and chemical systems.
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 Science22%
- Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarth and Planetary Sciences19.9%
- Atmospheric aerosols and cloudsEnvironmental Science6.8%
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesEarth and Planetary Sciences6.5%
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences5.5%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsEarth and Planetary Sciences4.8%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 4.57LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 154OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,674OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.52OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 283LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 290Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,207,050Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,891 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 215 | 215 | 124 |
| 2025 | 319 | 319 | 1,101 |
| 2024 | 272 | 272 | 2,420 |
| 2023 | 245 | 245 | 3,452 |
| 2022 | 273 | 273 | 7,386 |
| 2021 | 218 | 218 | 7,572 |
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
220 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 179 days – 267 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 258 days
- Sample
- 104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (562 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 51%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 70 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 236 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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 | USD 2,650 / GBP 2,010 / EUR 2,430 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,650 / EUR 2,400 / GBP 2,010 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,100 / GBP 1,587 / EUR 1,896 | Yes | — |
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1942-2466
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
What CAS zone is Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems is in Zone 2 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.57; CiteScore 8, h-index 154.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems?
Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 220 days (interquartile range 179–267 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 51% (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 Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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: .