Journal of Climate

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Scope

The Journal of Climate (JCLI) (ISSN: 0894-8755; eISSN: 1520-0442) publishes research that advances basic understanding of the dynamics and physics of the climate system on large spatial scales, including variability of the atmosphere, oceans, land surface, and cryosphere; past, present, and projected future changes in the climate system; and climate simulation and prediction.

2025 Impact Factor: 4.31

Submission Types

  • Articles: Up to 7500 words, including the body text, acknowledgments, and appendixes. The word limit does not include the title page, abstract, references, captions, tables, and figures. If a submission exceeds the word limit, the author must provide a justification for the length of the manuscript and request the Chief Editor’s approval of the overage. This request may be uploaded in a document with the "Cover Letter" item type or entered in the comment field in the submission system.
  • Reviews: Synthesis of previously published literature that may address successes, failures, and limitations. Requires Review Proposal. For more information, see Review Articles.
  • Comment and Reply Exchange: Comments are written in response to a published article and should be submitted within 2 years of the publication date of the original article (although the editor can waive this limit in extenuating circumstances). The author of the original article has the opportunity to write a Reply. These exchanges are published together. 
  • Corrigenda: The corrigendum article type is available for authors to address errors discovered in already published articles. For more information, see Corrigenda.

Editors and Staff Contacts


Co-Chief Editors

Isla Simpson, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Darryn Waugh, The Johns Hopkins University

Editors

Russell Blackport, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Qinghua Ding, University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael N. Evans, University of Maryland
Melissa Gervais, The Pennsylvania State University
Andy Hoell, NOAA/Physical Sciences Laboratory
Robert Jnglin Wills, ETH Zurich
Daehyun Kim, University of Washington
Yu Kosaka, University of Tokyo
Charles Koven, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Young-Oh Kwon, WHOI
Matthieu Lengaigne, IRD/MARBEC
Jian Lu, Ocean University of China
Shawn Marshall, University of Calgary
Karen McKinnon, UCLA
Hiroyuki Murakami, NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Ingo Richter, JAMSTEC
Agus Santoso, University of New South Wales
Tomoki Tozuka, The University of Tokyo
Hailan Wang, NOAA Climate Prediction Center
Song Yang, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Mark Zelinka, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Associate Editors

Akintomide Afolayan Akinsanola, University of Illinois Chicago/Argonne National Laboratory
Richard P. Allan, University of Reading
Alyssa Atwood, Florida State University
Robin Chadwick, Met Office and University of Exeter
Andrew Charlton-Perez, University of Reading
Ruyan Chen, Donghai Laboratory, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China
Laura Ciasto, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Climate Prediction Center
Peter Clark, Oregon State University
Kyle Clem, Victoria University of Wellington
Benjamin Cook, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Frances Davenport, Colorado State University
Timothy DelSole, George Mason University
Wenhao Dong, Tsinghua University, China
Xiquan Dong, University of Arizona
Yan Du, State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, SCSIO, CASF
Paul Field, Met Office
Dan Fu, Texas A&M University
Jason C. Furtado, University of Oklahoma
Bolan Gan, Ocean University of China
Chaim Garfinkel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Tao Geng, Laoshan Laboratory/Ocean University of China
Peter Gent, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Dennis Hartmann, University of Washington
Michiya Hayashi, National Institute for Environmental Studies
Shaoneng He, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University
Tomoki Iwakiri, University of Hawaii
Chris Jones, Met Office Hadley Centre and School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, UK
Bor-Ting Jong, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Takahito Kataoka, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Jennifer E. Kay, University of Colorado
Shoichiro Kido, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Zachary Labe, Climate Central
John Lanzante, NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Sarah Larson, North Carolina State University
Nathan Lenssen, Colorado School of Mines and NSF NCAR
Laifang Li, The Pennsylvania State University
Xiaofeng Li, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
Xichen Li, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tao Lian, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources
Fei Liu, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Paul Loikith, Portland State University
Riyu Lu, LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhanhong Ma, College of Meteorology and Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology
Justin S. Mankin, Dartmouth College
Elinor Martin, University of Oklahoma
Daniel McCoy, University of Wyoming
Brian Medeiros, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Timothy Merlis, Princeton University
Osamu Miyawaki, Union College
Vincent Moron, Department of Geography and Planning, Aix-Marseille University
Motoki Nagura, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Thando Ndarana, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Kathy Pegion, University of Oklahoma
Bing Pu, University of Kansas
Kandaga Pujiana, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami
Jon Robson, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading
Benjamin Schenkel, University of Oklahoma and NSSL
Shion Sekizawa, Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency
Hyodae Seo, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Jia-Rui Shi, New York University
Ryan Sriver, University of Ilinois at Urbana–Champaign
Lantao Sun, Colorado State University
Ken Takahashi, Instituto Geofísico del Perú, Lima, Peru
Ivy Tan, University of Colorado Boulder
Neil Tandon, York University
Gabriele Villarini, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and High Meadows Environmental Institute, Princeton University
Hans von Storch, Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon (Geesthacht, Germany) and Ocean University of China (Qingdao, China)
Casey Wall, Stockholm University
Hui Wang, NOAA/Climate Prediction Center
Lei Wang, Fudan University
Lei Wang, Purdue University
Lin Wang, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lu Wang, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Ziqian Wang, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University
Yuntao Wei, Fudan University
Renguang Wu, Zhejiang University
Xian Wu, The University of Texas at Dallas
Yutian Wu, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Shaocheng Xie, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Da Yang, University of Chicago
Sang-Wook Yeh, Hanyang University
Yujia You, College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University
Qing Yue, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Gan Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Lei Zhang, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pengfei Zhang, The Pennsylvania State University
Renhe Zhang, Fudan University
Wei Zhang, Utah State University
Yang Zhang, Nanjing University
Haikun Zhao, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Cheng Zheng, Stony Brook University
Youtong Zheng, University of Houston
Francis Zwiers, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium


Peer Review Support Staff

Cristina Barletta, Assistant to Isla Simpson, Darryn Waugh, Charles Koven, and Hiroyuki Murakami

Aylin Arruda, Assistant to Melissa Gervais and Daehyun Kim

Hayley Charney, Assistant to Michael N. Evans and Young-Oh Kwon

Jane Foley, Assistant to Qinghua Ding, Andy Hoell, Karen McKinnon, Agus Santoso, Tomoki Tozuka, and Hailan Wang

Colleen Gaffney, Assistant to Song Yang and Mark Zelinka

Tom Justice, Assistant to Yu Kosaka, Jian Lu, and Shawn Marshall

Robbie Matlock, Assistant to Russell Blackport and Robert Jnglin Wills

Andrea Schein, Assistant to Matthieu Lengaigne and Ingo Richter


Production Contacts

Please see the AMS Publications contacts page.


1 2025 Journal Impact Factors by Clarivate Analytics; Meteorology and Atmospheric Science category.