Focus and Scope

Atmosfera is an international, peer-reviewed journal published quarterly from 1988 to 2022. As of 2023, the manuscripts are published according to the continuous publication model. This journal is devoted to original research in the atmospheric sciences, climate change, interactions with the hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere and human systems. 

It is published by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, through the Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático.

All papers published are Open Access for readers and there are no publication fees for authors.  The journal is indexed in Scopus, SCimago, Science Citation Index, LatinIndex, SciELO, among other databases. It has continuously increased its visibility and impact, with an Impact Factor of 1.0 (2024), as determined by the Journal Citation Report (Clarivate/ Web of Science).

SCImago Journal & Country Rank   Atmósfera - CCA UNAM

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2026-05-28

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Vol. 40 (2026)

Published: 2026-02-06

The future of Mexican beans’ wild relatives: Identifying conservation areas

Ángela P. Cuervo-Robayo, Wolke Tobón-Niedfeldt, Carolina Ureta, Juan M. Barrios, Susana Gama-López, Enrique Martínez-Meyer, Alfonso Delgado-Salinas

261-279

Superrotation of the Venus’ atmosphere computed with a thermodynamic model

Víctor M. Mendoza, Blanca Mendoza, Marni Pazos, Arturo I. Quintanar, René Garduño

127-151

Comparison of rainfall patterns and rainfed maize yields in the Pacific region of Nicaragua and the Atlantic region of Colombia, 2007-2023

Guadalupe Azuara-García, Zaira Ramírez Apud-López, Daniela García-Medrano, Yeimi Alvarino-Daza, Benjamín Ortiz-Espejel

109-126

Historical study of the evolution of climate patterns in Puerto Ángel, Oaxaca (1941-1978)

Jorge Castro-López, Laura Fabiola Vital-Martínez, Javier Salinas-Luna, Juan Mentado-Morales, Ricardo Rodrigo Hernández-Hernández , Miguel Ángel Ahumada-Sempoal

95-108

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