Journal profile · METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Weather and Climate
ISSN 0111-5499
Weather and Climate: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 4 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Weather and Climate 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, Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies and Educational Leadership and Practices, together about 27.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Climate variability and modelsEnvironmental Science10.7%
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesSocial Sciences9.1%
- Educational Leadership and PracticesSocial Sciences7.6%
- Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarth and Planetary Sciences7.3%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsEnvironmental Science5.7%
- Geophysics and Gravity MeasurementsEarth and Planetary Sciences5.5%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth 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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
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
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 525 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 34 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 | 23 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- ISSN
- 0111-5499
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Weather and Climate
What CAS zone is Weather and Climate in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Weather and Climate 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 4 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Weather and Climate?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Weather and Climate is indexed in ESCI.
Is Weather and Climate open access, and what is the APC?
Weather and Climate is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .