Journal profile · Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY
ISSN 0280-6509 · eISSN 1600-0889 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · SWEDEN · Bimonthly · Founded 1983
TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1; fully open access; APC about USD 1,410; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 7 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal is currently closed for new submissions. Source ↗Publisher website ·
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2021 (Volume 73, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, together about 49.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology was an open access journal focused on all aspects of atmospheric chemical cycling related to Earth science processes. Along with its sister journal Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, Tellus B was an international, peer-reviewed journal of the International Meteorological Institute in Stockholm, an independent non-for-profit body at Stockholm University, Sweden. The two journals served an international community of researchers, policy makers, managers, media and the general public. Topics covered in Tellus B included: Processes affecting the atmospheric composition Air/surface exchange processes Long-range and global transport and dispersion Atmospheric aerosols Atmospheric chemical reactions Cloud physics and chemistry related to cloud radiative effects, physical/chemical transformation and wet removal Biogeochemical cycles of carbon and other atmospheric constituents important to climate, air quality and the environment Types of paper accepted included original research papers, review articles, brief research notes, Letters to the Editor, and special issues. All articles are made freely and permanently available online through gold open access publication.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsEarth and Planetary Sciences20.6%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsEnvironmental Science18.5%
- Atmospheric Ozone and ClimateEarth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
- Atmospheric aerosols and cloudsEnvironmental Science9.7%
- Climate variability and modelsEnvironmental Science4%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science3.4%
- Marine and coastal ecosystemsEarth and Planetary Sciences3%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science2.9%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, Crossref, Sherpa RomeoPublisher website
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
- 1LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 170OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,433OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.14OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 4LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,495 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 220 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 236 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,150 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,313 | 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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted16, with length limits
- articles for special collectionsArticles for Special Collections should be proposed to and discussed with the Editor-in-Chief before submission through the website.Length not stated
- book reviewOriginal Research Papers must describe the outcomes and application of unpublished original research. These should make a substantial contribution to knowledge …Length not stated
- book reviewsBook ReviewsLength not stated
- brief research notesTypes of paper accepted include original research papers, review articles, brief research notes, Letters to the Editor, and special issues and conference procee…Length not stated
- letterOriginal Research Papers must describe the outcomes and application of unpublished original research. These should make a substantial contribution to knowledge …Length not stated
- letters to the editorOriginal Research Papers must describe the outcomes and application of unpublished original research. These should make a substantial contribution to knowledge …Length not stated
- original researchOriginal Research Papers must describe the outcomes and application of unpublished original research. These should make a substantial contribution to knowledge …Length not stated
- original research paperOriginal Research Papers must describe the outcomes and application of unpublished original research. These should make a substantial contribution to knowledge …Length not stated
- original research papersOriginal Research Papers must describe the outcomes and application of unpublished original research.Length not stated
- research notesResearch NotesLength not stated
- research paperOriginal Research Papers must describe the outcomes and application of unpublished original research. These should make a substantial contribution to knowledge …main text ≤ 10,000 words
- reviewOriginal Research Papers must describe the outcomes and application of unpublished original research. These should make a substantial contribution to knowledge …Length not stated
- review articleOriginal Research Papers must describe the outcomes and application of unpublished original research. These should make a substantial contribution to knowledge …main text ≤ 10,000 words
- review articlesTypes of paper accepted include original research papers, review articles, brief research notes, Letters to the Editor, and special issues and conference procee…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews can cover topics such as current controversies or the historical development of studies as well as issues of regional or temporal focus.Length not stated
- special issues and conference proceedingsTypes of paper accepted include original research papers, review articles, brief research notes, Letters to the Editor, and special issues and conference procee…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest Competing interests
Competing interests must be declared Model summary
If any of the authors have any competing interests then these must be declared. A short paragraph should be placed before the references. See our guidelines for competing interests. If there are no competing interests to declare then the following statement should be present: The author(s) has/have no competing interests to declare.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data accessibility statement required Model summary
If data, structured methods or code used in the research project have been made openly available, a statement should be added to inform the reader how/where to access these files.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics per Declaration of Helsinki Model summary
Research involving human subjects, human material, or human data, must have been performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY license; authors retain copyright Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms. If a submission is rejected or withdrawn prior to publication, all rights return to the author(s): Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provided immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There was no embargo on the journal’s publications. Submission and acceptance dates, along with publication dates, were made available on the PDF format for each paper. Authors of articles published remain the copyright hol…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-blind peer review Model summary
The journal uses a single-blind peer review process where the reviewers are aware of the authors of the submissions they are invited to review.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- SWEDEN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1983
- ISSN
- 0280-6509
- Electronic ISSN
- 1600-0889
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 73, Issue 1 (2021)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY
What CAS zone is TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL 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 TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1; CiteScore 7.6, h-index 170.
How long does peer review take at TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. 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 TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Which databases index TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY open access, and what is the APC?
TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,410.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .