Atmosphere (journal)  Atmosphere is a monthly peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering research related to the Earth's atmosphere. The journal is published by MDPI and was established in 2010. The founding editor-in-chief was Daniela Jacob (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology) until 2014. She was succeeded by Robert Talbot (University of Houston). The journal is abstracted and indexed in:  According to the "Journal Citation Reports", the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 1.704.