List of scientific journals in earth and atmospheric sciences
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This list presents notable scientific journal
s in earth
and atmospheric sciences and its various subfields.
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
s in earth
Earth science
Earth science is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. It is arguably a special case in planetary science, the Earth being the only known life-bearing planet. There are both reductionist and holistic approaches to Earth sciences...
and atmospheric sciences and its various subfields.
Multi-disciplinary
- American Journal of ScienceAmerican Journal of ScienceThe American Journal of Science is the United States of America's longest-running scientific journal, having been published continuously since its conception in 1818 by Professor Benjamin Silliman, who edited and financed it himself...
- Earth InteractionsEarth InteractionsEarth Interactions is a scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, and Association of American Geographers....
- EosEos (journal)Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, a publication of the American Geophysical Union, is a weekly newspaper of geophysics that carries refereed articles on current research and on the relationship of geophysics to social and political questions, news, book reviews, AGU journal and meeting...
- Geografiska AnnalerGeografiska AnnalerGeografiska Annaler is a scientific journal published by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. The journal is published in two series A and B. Series A deals with arctic research, physical geography, glaciology and quaternary science in general...
- Geoscientific Model DevelopmentGeoscientific Model DevelopmentGeoscientific Model Development is an open access publication of the European Geosciences Union. It is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of the description, development and evaluation of numerical models of the Earth System and its components...
- Nature GeoscienceNature GeoscienceNature Geoscience is a monthly, peer reviewed, scientific journal published by Nature Publishing Group. The Chief Editor is Heike Langenberg. The first issue was published in January 2008.-Scope:...
- Zeitschrift für Geologische Wissenschaften (Journal for the Geological Sciences)
Atmospheric Science
- Agricultural and Forest MeteorologyAgricultural and Forest MeteorologyAgricultural and Forest Meteorology is an international journal for the publication of original articles and reviews on the inter-relationship between meteorology and the fields of plant, animal and soil sciences, ecology, and biogeochemistry The audience of the journal is meteorologists, soil...
- Atmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsAtmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics is an open access publication of the European Geosciences Union. It is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing studies investigating the Earth's atmosphere and the underlying chemical and physical processes. It covers the altitude range from the land and...
- Atmospheric ResearchAtmospheric ResearchAtmospheric Research is a scientific journal dealing with the part of the atmosphere where meteorological events occur; intended for atmospheric scientists , aerosol scientists, and hydrologists...
- Boundary-Layer MeteorologyBoundary-Layer MeteorologyBoundary-Layer Meteorology is an international, monthly, peer peer reviewed, geoscience journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. The co-editors for this publication are John R. Garratt and P.A. Taylor...
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyBulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyThe Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society is a scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society.The official organ of the society, it is devoted to editorials, topical reports to members, articles, professional and membership news, conference announcements, programs and...
- Climate DynamicsClimate DynamicsClimate Dynamics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It covers papers on all apects of the dynamics of the global climate systems. Topics:analytical and numerical modeling research on the structure and behavior of the atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere,...
- Climatic ChangeClimatic ChangeClimatic Change is a scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It deals with the problems of climatic variability and change...
- Climate ResearchClimate Research (journal)Climate Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Inter-Research Science Center that was established in 1990. Its founder was Otto Kinne. Three volumes are published each year...
- Electronic Journal of Severe Storms MeteorologyElectronic Journal of Severe Storms MeteorologyThe Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology is an international, electronic, open access, scientific journal. EJSSM serves the community of meteorology that is concerned with severe storms, including both convective and non-convective severe weather. EJSSM exists to improve understanding,...
- International Journal of BiometeorologyInternational Journal of BiometeorologyThe International Journal of Biometeorology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal which publishes original research papers, review articles, and short communications on studies examining the interactions between living organisms and factors of the natural and artificial physical environment...
- Journal of Applied Meteorology and ClimatologyJournal of Applied Meteorology and ClimatologyThe Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology is a scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society....
- Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic TechnologyJournal of Atmospheric and Oceanic TechnologyThe Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology is a scientific publication by the American Meteorological Society.The journal includes papers describing the instrumentation and methodology used in atmospheric and oceanic research including computational techniques, methods for data acquisition,...
- Journal of ClimateJournal of ClimateThe Journal of Climate is a scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society.The journal publishes articles on climate research, in particular those concerned with large-scale atmospheric and oceanic variability, changes in the climate system , and climate simulation and...
- Journal of Geophysical ResearchJournal of Geophysical ResearchThe Journal of Geophysical Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Geophysical Union 80 times per year. It contains original research on the physical, chemical, and biological processes that contribute to the understanding of the Earth, Sun, and solar system...
: section D (Atmospheres) - Journal of HydrometeorologyJournal of HydrometeorologyThe Journal of Hydrometeorology is a scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society. It covers the modeling, observing, and forecasting of processes related to water and energy fluxes and storage terms, including interactions with the boundary layer and lower atmosphere, and...
- Journal of the Atmospheric SciencesJournal of the Atmospheric SciencesThe Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences is a scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society...
- Meteorological MonographsMeteorological MonographsMeteorological Monographs is a publication of the American Meteorological Society.The AMS Monograph Series has two parts, historical and meteorological...
- Monthly Weather ReviewMonthly Weather ReviewThe Monthly Weather Review is a scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society.Topics covered by the journal include research related to analysis and prediction of observed and modeled circulations of the atmosphere, including technique development, data assimilation, model...
- National Weather DigestNational Weather DigestNational Weather Digest is a scientific journal published quarterly by the National Weather Association and is devoted to peer-reviewed articles, technical notes, correspondence, and official news of the Association.- See also :...
- Tellus. Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and OceanographyTellus ATellus Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography is a scientific journal published by Blackwell Publishing for the International Meteorological Institute in Stockholm, Sweden...
- Tellus. Series B: Chemical and Physical MeteorologyTellus BTellus Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology is a scientific journal published by Blackwell Publishing for the International Meteorological Institute in Stockholm, Sweden...
- Weather and ForecastingWeather and ForecastingWeather and Forecasting is a scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society.Articles on forecasting and analysis techniques, forecast verification studies, and case studies useful to forecasters...
Geology
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin
- Andean GeologyAndean GeologyAndean Geology is a scientific journal published by Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Chile's geology and mining agency. It contains articles that are published in the field of geology and related earth sciences, primarily on issues that are relevant to Chile and the Andes...
- Bulletin of VolcanologyBulletin of VolcanologyThe Bulletin of Volcanology is the official journal of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior published by Springer Science+Business Media...
- Earth Surface Processes and LandformsEarth Surface Processes and LandformsEarth Surface Processes and Landforms is the journal of the British Society for Geomorphology , formerly the British Geomorphological Research Group. The journal was founded in 1976 as Earth Surface Processes and obtained its present name in 1981...
- "Earth and Planetary Science LettersEarth and Planetary Science LettersThe journal has a 2009 impact factor of 4.062, ranking third in the category "Geophysics & Geochemisry"....
- GeoArabiaGeoArabiaGeoArabia is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering petroleum geoscience studies in the Middle East. It is published in Bahrain by Gulf PetroLink and was established in 1996...
- Geological Society of America Bulletin
- GeologyGeology (journal)Geology is a publication of the Geological Society of America . The GSA claims that it is the most widely read scientific journal in the field of earth science...
- Geophysical Journal InternationalGeophysical Journal InternationalGeophysical Journal International is a monthly , peer reviewed, scientific journal, published monthly by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft . Publishing formats are original research papers, research notes, letters, and book...
- International Journal of SpeleologyInternational Journal of SpeleologyThe International Journal of Speleology is since 1978 the official peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Union Internationale de Spéléologie. Since 1981 it has been published by the Società Speleologica Italiana....
- Journal of Geology
- Journal of Geophysical ResearchJournal of Geophysical ResearchThe Journal of Geophysical Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Geophysical Union 80 times per year. It contains original research on the physical, chemical, and biological processes that contribute to the understanding of the Earth, Sun, and solar system...
: sections B (Solid Earth), F (Earth Surface), G (Biogeosciences) - Journal of Sedimentary Research
- Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal ResearchJournal of Volcanology and Geothermal ResearchJournal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research is a scientific journal that publishes recent research on the fields of volcanology and geothermal activity.- See also :* List of scientific journals...
- PalaiosPalaiosPALAIOS is a bimonthly academic journal dedicated to the study of the impact of life on Earth history, combining the fields of palaeontology and sedimentology. It has been published by the Society for Sedimentary Geology since its inception in 1986. Although not an acronym, the title PALAIOS is...
- Revista de la Asociación Geológica de ArgentinaRevista de la Asociación Geológica de ArgentinaRevista de la Asociación Geológica de Argentina is a scientific journal published by Asociación Geológica de Argentina, Argentina's geology association....
- Revista Geológica de Chile
- Scripta GeologicaScripta GeologicaScripta Geologica is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes on vertebrate and invertebrate palaeontology, palaeobotany/palynology, stratigraphy, petrology, and mineralogy, including gemmology with a focus on systematics...
- Sedimentary Geology
- SedimentologySedimentologySedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, mud , and clay, and the processes that result in their deposition. Sedimentologists apply their understanding of modern processes to interpret geologic history through observations of sedimentary rocks and sedimentary...
Mineralogy and Petrology
- Contributions to Mineralogy and PetrologyContributions to Mineralogy and PetrologyContributions to Mineralogy and Petrology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media since 1947. The journal accepts high quality research papers in the fields of igneous and metamorphic petrology, geochemistry and mineralogy.- Subjects covered :Topical...
- Mineralium DepositaMineralium DepositaMineralium Deposita, International Journal for Geology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It is the official journal of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits...
Geophysics
- Astronomy & Geophysics
- Geophysical Journal InternationalGeophysical Journal InternationalGeophysical Journal International is a monthly , peer reviewed, scientific journal, published monthly by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft . Publishing formats are original research papers, research notes, letters, and book...
- Geophysical Research LettersGeophysical Research LettersGeophysical Research Letters is a semi-monthly peer reviewed scientific journal published by the American Geophysical Union that was established in 1974...
- Journal of Geophysical ResearchJournal of Geophysical ResearchThe Journal of Geophysical Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Geophysical Union 80 times per year. It contains original research on the physical, chemical, and biological processes that contribute to the understanding of the Earth, Sun, and solar system...
- Journal of Geophysics and EngineeringJournal of Geophysics and EngineeringThe Journal of Geophysics and Engineering is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research and developments in geophysics and related areas of engineering. Although the journal has a predominantly applied science and engineering focus, it also publishes contributions in all Earth-physics...
- Physics of the Earth and Planetary InteriorsPhysics of the Earth and Planetary InteriorsPhysics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, established in October 1967, is a biweekly, peer reviewed, scientific journal published by Elsevier. The co-editors are G. Helffrich , K. Hirose , M. Jellinek , and K...
- Reviews of GeophysicsReviews of GeophysicsReviews of Geophysics is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Geophysical Union. The current editor-in-chief is Mark B. Moldwin . Although it has a continuous publishing history, it had a different title between 1970 and 1984 .-History:Reviews of Geophysics was...
- Tectonophysics (journal)Tectonophysics (journal)According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2010 impact factor of 2.509.- Notable articles :The three most highly cited papers in Tectonophysics as of September 2011 are given below with the number of citations....
Hydrology
- Journal of HydrologyJournal of HydrologyJournal of Hydrology is a peer-reviewed academic journal about hydrological sciences including water based management and related policy issues....
- Water ResearchWater ResearchWater Research is a journal of the International Water Association, and publishes research on the science and technology of water quality and its management....
- Water Resources ResearchWater Resources ResearchWater Resources Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Geophysical Union. AGU states that WRR is an "interdisciplinary journal integrating research in the social and natural sciences of water."...
Oceanography
- Annual Review of Marine Science
- Journal of Geophysical ResearchJournal of Geophysical ResearchThe Journal of Geophysical Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Geophysical Union 80 times per year. It contains original research on the physical, chemical, and biological processes that contribute to the understanding of the Earth, Sun, and solar system...
: section C (Oceans) - Journal of Physical OceanographyJournal of Physical OceanographyJournal of Physical Oceanography is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Meteorological Society . It was established in January 1971 and is available on the web since 1996...
- Ocean ScienceOcean Science (journal)Ocean Science is an open-access peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the European Geosciences Union. It covers all aspects of oceanography. The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, Chemical Abstracts, GeoRef, and Google Scholar...
- PaleoceanographyPaleoceanography (journal)Paleoceanography is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Geophysical Union. It covers the history of the ocean and its plant and animal life.- Scope :...
External links
- List of geoscience journals and rankings at eigenfactor.orgEigenfactorThe Eigenfactor score, developed by Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom at the University of Washington, is a rating of the total importance of a scientific journal...