Journal History

2010 The inaugural issue was released. Atmosphere was published as a quarterly journal.
Atmosphere was indexed in CAPlus / SciFinder - Chemical Abstracts (CAS).
2012 Atmosphere received its first CiteScore (2011) of 0.8.
2013 Atmosphere was indexed in Ei Compendex (Elsevier), starting with Volume 4 (Issue 1).
Atmosphere was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 4 (Issue 2).
Atmosphere was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), and Current Contents—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 4 (Issue 1).
2014 Atmosphere received its first Impact Factor (1.048).
Atmosphere received its CiteScore (2013) of 1.8.
2015 Atmosphere adopted a monthly publication schedule.
Atmosphere received its Impact Factor (1.132).
Atmosphere received its CiteScore (2014) of 2.2.
2016 Atmosphere held the 1st International Electronic Conference on Atmospheric Science.
Atmosphere received its Impact Factor (1.221).
Atmosphere received its CiteScore (2015) of 2.0.
2017 Atmosphere established the following sections:
  • Aerosols;
  • Air Quality;
  • Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions;
  • Climatology and Meteorology;
  • Biometeorology.
Atmosphere held the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Atmospheric Sciences.
Atmosphere announced the first edition of the Travel Award.
Atmosphere received its Impact Factor (1.487).
Atmosphere received its CiteScore (2016) of 1.8.
2018 Atmosphere published its 1,000th paper.
Atmosphere announced the first edition of the Reviewer Awards.
Atmosphere announced the second edition of the Travel Award.
Atmosphere received its Impact Factor (1.704).
Atmosphere received its CiteScore (2017) of 2.0.
2019 Atmosphere established the following sections:
  • Air Quality and Human Health;
  • Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling;
  • Meteorology;
  • Planetary Atmospheres;
  • Upper Atmosphere.

-Climatology and Meteorology was divided into two sections: Climatology and Meteorology.

Atmosphere became an affiliated journal of the Italian Aerosol Society (IAS).
Atmosphere
 announced the second edition of the Reviewer Awards.
Atmosphere
 announced the third edition of the Travel Award.
Atmosphere 
received its Impact Factor (2.046).
Atmosphere 
received its CiteScore (2018) of 2.3.
2020 Atmosphere became an affiliated journal of the Working Group of Air Quality in European Citizen Science Association (ECSA).
Atmosphere held the third International Electronic Conference on Atmospheric Sciences.
Atmosphere
 announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award.
Atmosphere announced the third edition of the Reviewer Awards.
Atmosphere announced the fourth edition of the Travel Award.
Atmosphere received its Impact Factor (2.397).
Atmosphere received its CiteScore (2019) of 2.5.
2021 Atmosphere established the following section:
  • Air Pollution Control.
Atmosphere held the fourth International Electronic Conference on Atmospheric Sciences.
Atmosphere
 announced the second edition of the Young Investigator Award.
Atmosphere
 announced the first edition of Best PhD Thesis Award.
Atmosphere
 announced the fourth edition of the Reviewer Awards.
Atmosphere
 announced the fifth edition of the Travel Award.
Atmosphere
 received its Impact Factor (2.686).
Atmosphere
 received its CiteScore of (2020) 2.9.
2022 Atmosphere held the 5th International Electronic Conference on Atmospheric Sciences.
Atmosphere received its Impact Factor (3.110).
Atmosphere received its CiteScore (2021) of 3.7.
2024 -Air Quality and Human Health was renamed as Air Quality and Health.
-Biometeorology was renamed as Biometeorology and Bioclimatology.

Editor-in-Chief

2010–2014 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Daniela Jacob
2014–2020 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Robert W. Talbot
2020–2022 Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Allison C. Aiken
2022–2024 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ilias Kavouras
2024–present Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Daniele Contini

Section Editor-in-Chief

2019–2023 Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Gunnar W. Schade for the section on Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions
2019–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Prashant Kumar for the section on Air Quality
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Francesca Costabile for the section on Air Quality and Human Health
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andreas Matzarakis for the section on Biometeorology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Anthony R. Lupo for the section on Meteorology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Sergey Pulinets for the section on Upper Atmosphere
2019–2024 Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Scott Osprey for the section on Climatology
Section Editor-in-Chief:
 Dr. Daniele Contini for the section on Air Quality and Human Health
Section Editor-in-Chief:
Dr. Patricia K. Quinn for the section on Aerosols
2022–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yoshizumi Kajii for the section on Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Viney Aneja for the section on Air Pollution Control
2024–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Eugene Rozanov for the section on Climatology
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