Journal Information

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science is an open access, international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing the highest quality research relevant to all aspects of the physical, chemical, and biological components of the climate and atmospheric sciences.

Abstracting & Indexing

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science is currently indexed in:

  • Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
  • Baidu
  • CAB Abstracts
  • CLOCKSS
  • CNKI
  • CNPIEC
  • Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  • Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  • Current Contents/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
  • DOAJ
  • Dimensions
  • Engineering Village – GEOBASE
  • Google Scholar
  • INIS Atomindex
  • INSPEC
  • Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  • Meta
  • Naver
  • OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  • Ovid Discovery
  • Portico
  • ProQuest
  • SCImago
  • SCOPUS
  • Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  • Semantic Scholar
  • TD Net Discovery Service
  • Wanfang
  • eLibrary.ru

Aims and Scope

Find out about the journal's aims and scope.

Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals

We are proud to acknowledge that over 50% of the articles published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science in 2025 were related to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Springer Nature supports the SDGs through a dedicated SDG Programme and is a signatory of the SDG Publishers Compact.

Content types

Please see the detailed outline of the content types that npj Climate and Atmospheric Science considers.

About the Editors

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science international Editors span the breadth of the research areas covered by the journal.

Open Access

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science is a fully open access journal. More on Creative Commons Attribution licenses and the benefits of publishing open access can be found in this section.

Article Processing Charges

To allow immediate global open access to all articles, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science levies an article processing charge (APC). Current APCs and waiver information are available in this section.

Journal Impact

Find out about journal metrics for npj Climate and Atmospheric Science.

About the Partner

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science is a high-quality Nature Portfolio journal published by Springer Nature in partnership with the Center of Excellence for Climate Change Research.

About Nature Partner Journals

The npj Series are online-only, open access journals that drive high impact open science.