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Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Springer.
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ISSN 0026-1165Verify ISSN ↗2186-9057Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atmospheric Science | 61 / 160 | 62nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1986–present (also 1983, 1980–1981, 1976–1978, 1974, 1966–1967, 1920–1922, 1910–1918, 1905–1907), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.7.
Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan is Q2 in Atmospheric Science (rank 61 of 160), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 62nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.185, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 99.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,657 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan is published by Springer. Its print ISSN is 0026-1165 and its online ISSN is 2186-9057.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan has an h-index of 142 and a 2-year mean of 1.5 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #85 of 157 Scopus journals in Atmospheric Science.
Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan published 33 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 85. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Japan (77.8%), China (8.6%) and Taiwan (3.6%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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