Scope
Journal of Climate publishes research on the physical, dynamical, and chemical processes governing Earth's climate system across timescales from seasonal to centennial. The journal focuses on climate variability and change, ocean-atmosphere coupling, paleoclimate reconstructions, climate model development and intercomparison, and analyses of observational and reanalysis datasets.
What it costs to publish
Reported: Optional open access: USD 1,300
Charges differ by publication route. Subscription is not open access; the APC does not include every possible extra charge.
USD 1,300
Source-linked report, not independently confirmed. Research notes (English): Open Choice fee in addition to page charges. Makes the early online release and final paper immediately open. This fee cannot be waived.
Basis / unit: article. Tax terms (source language): Not stated.
USD 120
Source-linked report, not independently confirmed. Research notes (English): JCLI is in the hybrid group JAMC, JAS, JCLI, JHM, JPO, JTECH, MWR, WAF. The AMS page prints the amount with a dollar sign. ISSN 0894-8755; eISSN 1520-0442. Comment and reply correspondence in all AMS journals: no author charge. Open Choice is additional and optional.
Basis / unit: typeset page. Tax terms (source language): Not stated on the charge page.
No agreement found
None of the agreements we track covers this journal.
Check before submitting: eligibility depends on your institution, the corresponding author and the article type.
APC, page charges, over-length, S2O: what each one means
- APC
- Article processing charge: a fee per article to publish it open access. It is not the whole cost.
- Page charges
- A fee per printed or typeset page. It can apply with or without an APC.
- Over-length
- Pages beyond a length limit, billed at a different rate. Each page pays one rate, never both.
- S2O
- Subscribe to Open: subscribers keep the journal free to read, decided year by year. Page charges can still apply.
- Agreement
- A deal between an institution or country and a publisher that may cover the APC. Never automatic.
No funds to pay?
Research checked: 2026-10-13Waivers and funding: eligibility is not guaranteed.
- Source-linked policyResearch notes (English), not independently confirmed: Authors for whom projected page-charge costs are too great a burden because of legitimate funding constraints or other circumstances they describe. At initial submission, before peer review. Decision within 5 business days after the initial submission requirements check. A later request needs a signed letter from the department head or funding-agency administrator. Email requesting a partial waiver. Part of the page charges. Open Choice fee.Publisher policy ↗
- Source-linked policyResearch notes (English), not independently confirmed: Authors who cannot cover any page charges for legitimate circumstances. Ineligible if the corresponding author or a coauthor received a full page-charge waiver in any AMS journal in the past 12 months for a paper that was not rejected or withdrawn. A denied manuscript stays ineligible for a full waiver for 12 months. Guidelines last updated 10 February 2025. Limited funds. At initial submission. The waiver committee meets quarterly; the decision can take up to three months and peer review waits. Email requesting a full waiver and completion of the full-waiver application. Late questions and early billing go to the billing address. Page charges, in full if granted. Open Choice fee.Publisher policy ↗
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