Journal profile · Earth and Planetary Sciences-Atmospheric Science
Weather and Climate Dynamics
ISSN 2698-4016 · Copernicus Publications · Germany
Weather and Climate Dynamics: CAS Zone 2 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 14 weeks (community reports); 93 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Weather and Climate Dynamics is published by Copernicus Publications 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 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, together about 65.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Weather and Climate Dynamics (WCD) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of high-quality research on dynamical processes in the atmosphere. It represents a timely effort to establish a seamless perspective on atmospheric flows, on scales from weather to climate (minutes to decades). The scope of the journal includes the following: the dynamics of extreme weather events (case studies and climatological analyses); weather system dynamics in tropical, midlatitude and polar regions; interactions of atmospheric flows with cloud physics and/or radiation; links between the atmospheric water cycle and weather systems; tropical-extratropical and midlatitude-polar interactions; atmospheric teleconnections and stratosphere-troposphere coupling; boundary-layer dynamics and coupling to land, ocean and ice; atmospheric variability and predictability on time scales from minutes to decades; storm track and Hadley cell dynamics; role of atmospheric dynamics in palaeoclimate and climate change projections; and other aspects of weather and climate dynamics. Theoretical studies, idealized numerical studies, full-physics numerical studies, and diagnostic studies using (re)analysis and/or observational data are welcome. The journal is dedicated to promoting studies that advance our understanding of atmospheric dynamics and the implications for weather and climate. Authors should pay particular attention to whether their paper would fit better in other journals published by EGU Publications, such as Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Climate of the Past, Geoscientific Model Development, Earth System Dynamics, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, and Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics. The manuscript types considered for peer-reviewed publication are research articles, review articles, and commentaries/replies. Weather and Climate Dynamics has a two-stage publication process involving preprint posting either on EGUsphere, EGU's preprint repository, or in the scientific discussion forum Weather and Climate Dynamics Discussions (WCDD). This follows the innovative open publication model introduced by Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. This publication model has been designed to: provide a lasting record of scientific discussion (open access to reviews and public comments); maximize the effectiveness and transparency of scientific quality assurance; enable rapid posting of new
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Earth and Planetary Sciences-Atmospheric Science
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 8, United Kingdom 7, Germany 6, Switzerland 6, Israel 4 (46 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Climate variability and modelsEnvironmental Science31%
- Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarth and Planetary Sciences23.3%
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences11.3%
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesEarth and Planetary Sciences6.7%
- Atmospheric Ozone and ClimateEarth and Planetary Sciences4.7%
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamicsEarth and Planetary Sciences3.2%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsEnvironmental Science2.8%
- Cryospheric studies and observationsEarth and Planetary Sciences2.5%
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: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: Google 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 190OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 92LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 486 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 92 | 92 | 52 |
| 2025 | 93 | 93 | 295 |
| 2024 | 74 | 74 | 605 |
| 2023 | 57 | 57 | 657 |
| 2022 | 67 | 67 | 1,954 |
| 2021 | 63 | 63 | 1,604 |
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)
- about 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open 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 | EUR 1,350 | Yes | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | 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)
Article types accepted4
- meeting summariesMeeting summariesLength not stated
- research articlesResearch articlesLength not stated
- review articlesReview articlesLength not stated
- wcd ideasWCD IdeasLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Code availability, Data availability, Preprints
- AI use
AI usage must be described in Methods or Acknowledgements Model summary
Should you have used AI tools to generate (parts of) your manuscript, please describe the usage either in the Methods section or the Acknowledgements.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Code availability
Software/code should be deposited in FAIR-aligned repositories and cited via DOI; manuscript must include a Code availability section Model summary
Authors are encouraged to deposit software, algorithms, and model code in FAIR-aligned repositories/archives whenever possible. These research outputs are then cited in the manuscript using the received DOI and included in the reference list. The manuscript must then include a section entitled "Code availability" or, in the case of data and code, "Code and data availability".
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data should be deposited in reliable repository and linked via DOI Model summary
We recommend that any data set used in your manuscript is submitted to a reliable data repository and linked from your manuscript through a DOI.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Figure colour schemes must be accessible to readers with colour vision deficiencies Model summary
to ensure that your figures' colour schemes allow readers with colour vision deficiencies to correctly interpret your findings (see our guidelines for figures & tables)
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
- Copernicus Publications
- Country or region
- Germany
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2698-4016
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Weather and Climate Dynamics
What CAS zone is Weather and Climate Dynamics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Weather and Climate Dynamics 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.
How long does peer review take at Weather and Climate Dynamics?
Authors report an average review time of about 14 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Weather and Climate Dynamics based?
Of the 46 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (8), United Kingdom (7) and Germany (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Weather and Climate Dynamics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Weather and Climate Dynamics is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Weather and Climate Dynamics open access, and what is the APC?
Weather and Climate Dynamics is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .