Journal profile · Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Theoretical and Applied Climatology
ISSN 0177-798X · eISSN 1434-4483 · Springer Vienna · GERMANY · Monthly · Founded 1948
Theoretical and Applied Climatology: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.19; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,190; median 139 days to acceptance (157 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 50%; 680 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Theoretical and Applied Climatology is published by Springer Vienna 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 Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Hydrology and Drought Analysis, together about 45.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Theoretical and Applied Climatology is dedicated to form an open and interdisciplinary forum that allows for the scientific exchange between climate related disciplines and climatology as part of atmospheric sciences, as well as between climate related spatial and temporal characteristics, like regional climates or boundary layer climates, from all over the globe. Research papers and reviews on issues relevant to the climate system are published, covering the following topics: climate modelling with all trace constituents of the atmosphere and associated feedbacks, climatic change and climate projections, methods of climate related modelling including artificial intelligence (deep learning, machine learning) micro-, meso- and global climate, climate services, communication, adaptation and mitigation of climate change, applied meteorology, biometeorology, building meteorology and technical meteorology eco-climatology with its complex interactions with ecosystems, including aspects of self-organization, stability and ecosystem services, like carbon sequestration or agricultural and forestry products meteorological measurements, including techniques of remote sensing, network analysis and geo-statistics of climate data
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Editor-in-chief Christian BernhoferPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 13 in mainland China (about 25%); most named Mainland China 13, Germany 6, Hungary 4, United States 3, United Kingdom 3 (53 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Climate variability and modelsEnvironmental Science24.4%
- Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarth and Planetary Sciences11.9%
- Hydrology and Drought AnalysisEnvironmental Science9.5%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science6.4%
- Urban Heat Island MitigationEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science4.2%
- Climate change impacts on agricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Precipitation Measurement and AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences3.7%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECCAB 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
- 3.19LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- h-index
- 82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 155OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,576OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.97OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13.63%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 697LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,000,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,806 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 636 | 128 | 254 |
| 2025 | 680 | 110 | 2,080 |
| 2024 | 476 | 100 | 2,989 |
| 2023 | 473 | 104 | 4,837 |
| 2022 | 453 | 71 | 5,834 |
| 2021 | 409 | 69 | 7,946 |
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
139 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 94 days – 226 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (157 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 159 days
- Sample
- 157 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,400 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 4.5 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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 3,190 / EUR 2,590 / GBP 2,290 | — | — |
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)
- 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)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted5
- brief reportAccepted article types: Research Articles, Reviews, Brief Reports.Research Articles denote a complete, comprehensive report of original research. Research Artic…Length not stated
- original researchAccepted article types: Research Articles, Reviews, Brief Reports.Research Articles denote a complete, comprehensive report of original research. Research Artic…Length not stated
- research articleAccepted article types: Research Articles, Reviews, Brief Reports.Research Articles denote a complete, comprehensive report of original research. Research Artic…Length not stated
- reviewAccepted article types: Research Articles, Reviews, Brief Reports.Research Articles denote a complete, comprehensive report of original research. Research Artic…Length not stated
- surveyAccepted article types: Research Articles, Reviews, Brief Reports.Research Articles denote a complete, comprehensive report of original research. Research Artic…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Generative AI Images
LLMs do not satisfy authorship criteria Model summary
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
Data availability statement required for original research Model summary
All original research must include a Data Availability Statement. Data Availability Statements should provide information on where data supporting the results reported in the article can be found. Statements should include, where applicable, hyperlinks to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. When it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when in…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
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 ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 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 Vienna
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1948
- ISSN
- 0177-798X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1434-4483
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Theoretical and Applied Climatology
What CAS zone is Theoretical and Applied Climatology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Theoretical and Applied Climatology 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 Theoretical and Applied Climatology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.19; CiteScore 5.2, h-index 155.
How long does peer review take at Theoretical and Applied Climatology?
Based on the dates recorded on 157 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 139 days (interquartile range 94–226 days); authors report an average review time of about 4.5 months; the community-reported acceptance is “50%”. 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 Theoretical and Applied Climatology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Reference style: Author–date; 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 Theoretical and Applied Climatology based?
Of the 53 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 13 (about 25%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (13), Germany (6) and Hungary (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Theoretical and Applied Climatology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Theoretical and Applied Climatology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Theoretical and Applied Climatology open access, and what is the APC?
Theoretical and Applied Climatology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,190.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .