Weather is a monthly peer-reviewed hybrid open access scientific journal covering the atmospheric sciences. It was established in 1946 and is published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the Royal Meteorological Society, of which it is the 'house' journal of the Society. The editors-in-chief are Edward Graham and Simon Lee.
| Discipline | Atmospheric science |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Edward Graham and Simon Lee |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1946-present |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the Royal Meteorological Society |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Hybrid | |
| 2.3 (2023) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Weather |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1477-8696 |
| Links | |
The SCImago Journal Rank describes Weather as a "trade journal" that acts as a bridge between professional scientists and amateur weather enthusiasts; it has a position of 90th out of 137 in the category atmospheric science journals, with a rating 0.369, and an H-Index of 44.[1]
Elsevier's abstract and citation database Scopus gives a CiteScore of 2.8 for Weather in 2023, placing it 96th out of 148 journals in the Atmospheric sciences category.[2]
History
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Weather was first published in May 1946 with a foreword by the Society President Gordon Manley; it has been published monthly ever since. Manley noted the greater number of people who make interest in the weather their hobby, or have a professional interest, such as farmers and seamen etc.; he commented that:
"The Society accordingly has decided that the increasingly widespread interest in the science of weather manifest in an air age justifies the production of a new monthly magazine for the exchange and dissemination of information by means of articles, notes and correspondence. It is hoped with the aid of this magazine to reach not only the many Fellows who have expressed a desire for comments on current events, but also the wider public which nowadays increasingly demands some subject of universal interest as a recreation for the mind."[3]
Although initially a black-and-white publication, it has been printed in colour with an A4 format from 2004, with photographs of clouds and satellite images forming an integral part. It is now available online through the Wiley publisher.[4]
Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 2.3.".[8]
References
edit- ^ SCImago Journal Rank, for Earth and Planetary Sciences - Atmospheric science, 2022
- ^ a b "Source details: Weather". Scopus Preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ Manley, Gordon (1946). "Foreword by the President of the Royal Meteorological Society". Weather. 1: 1. doi:10.1002/j.1477-8696.1946.tb00010.x.
- ^ "Weather". Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ "Serials cited". CAB Abstracts. CABI. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ a b c d "Weather". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ "Content/Database Overview - GEOBASE Source List". Engineering Village. Elsevier. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences". 2022 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2022.