Journal rankings · indicator year 2006
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Subfield ranking · 2006
Geophysics journal rankings 2006
112 ranked journals · Subfield in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Geophysics has 112 ranked journals in 2006. The median journal has an OJR of 0.85, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.05 on 2005; Q1 starts at OJR 1.37. The top three are Earth-Science Reviews, Geology, and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2006. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences (8)
112 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2005. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2003–2005 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2006. | Compare |
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1Earth-Science ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.91Q1 | 3.87 0.49 down from 2005 | 159 | 6% | $5,120 | ||
2GeologyGeological Society of America · United States | 2.79Q1 | 3.97 0.47 up from 2005 | 918 | 10% | — | ||
3Earth and Planetary Science LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.68Q1 | 4.48 0.55 up from 2005 | 1,423 | 7% | $4,670 | ||
4Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.51Q1 | 3.65 0.01 up from 2005 | 1,386 | 3% | $4,090 | ||
5TectonicsWiley · United States | 2.46Q1 | 3.94 1.12 up from 2005 | 239 | 59% | $4,070 | ||
6Geological Society of America BulletinGeological Society of America · United States | 2.42Q1 | 3.28 0.55 up from 2005 | 325 | 3% | — | ||
7American Journal of ScienceYale University · United States | 2.37Q1 | 3.17 0.64 up from 2005 | 97 | 72% | — | ||
8Chemical GeologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.35Q1 | 2.95 0.26 down from 2005 | 690 | 7% | $3,550 | ||
9Basin ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 2.29Q1 | 2.60 0.85 up from 2005 | 92 | 9% | $4,310 | ||
10Journal of PetrologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.26Q1 | 3.64 0.87 up from 2005 | 320 | 32% | $4,353 | ||
11Journal of the Geological SocietyGeological Society of London · United Kingdom | 2.18Q1 | 2.98 0.68 up from 2005 | 293 | 17% | — | ||
12Precambrian ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.12Q1 | 2.88 0.82 up from 2005 | 429 | 4% | $3,600 | ||
13Contributions to Mineralogy and PetrologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.99Q1 | 3.08 0.84 up from 2005 | 322 | 17% | $3,990 | ||
14Geochemistry Geophysics GeosystemsOAWiley · United States | 1.86Q1 | 3.14 0.13 up from 2005 | 500 | 62% | $3,000 | ||
15The Journal of GeologyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 1.82Q1 | 2.32 0.29 up from 2005 | 155 | 15% | — | ||
16Journal of Metamorphic GeologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.82Q1 | 2.70 0.02 down from 2005 | 172 | 12% | $5,000 | ||
17Geostandards and Geoanalytical ResearchWiley · France | 1.73Q1 | 2.59 0.64 up from 2005 | 112 | 0% | $4,200 | ||
18Bulletin of the Seismological Society of AmericaSeismological Society of America · United States | 1.62Q1 | 2.60 0.60 up from 2005 | 656 | 5% | — | ||
19Terra NovaWiley · United Kingdom | 1.59Q1 | 2.24 0.41 up from 2005 | 191 | 22% | $3,720 | ||
20Journal of Structural GeologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.59Q1 | 2.32 0.22 up from 2005 | 433 | 6% | $3,380 | ||
21Bulletin of VolcanologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.55Q1 | 2.08 0.26 up from 2005 | 193 | 13% | $4,090 | ||
22Geophysical Journal InternationalOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.51Q1 | 2.85 0.55 up from 2005 | 932 | 70% | $3,416 | ||
23TectonophysicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.47Q1 | 2.03 0.19 up from 2005 | 795 | 5% | $3,190 | ||
24LithosElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.45Q1 | 2.20 0.53 up from 2005 | 475 | 8% | $3,350 | ||
25Annual Review of Earth and Planetary SciencesAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.42Q1 | 9.43 4.21 up from 2005 | 64 | 12% | — | ||
26American MineralogistMineralogical Society of America · United States | 1.41Q1 | 2.17 0.16 down from 2005 | 722 | 4% | $100 | ||
27Geological MagazineCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.39Q1 | 1.73 0.35 up from 2005 | 147 | 6% | $3,550 | ||
28Journal of Environmental and Engineering GeophysicsUnited States | 1.37Q1 | 1.73 0.75 up from 2005 | 84 | 3% | — | ||
29International Journal of Earth SciencesSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.34Q2 | 1.82 0.07 up from 2005 | 266 | 9% | $3,890 | ||
30Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.31Q2 | 2.08 0.34 up from 2005 | 606 | 8% | $3,420 | ||
31Surveys in GeophysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.24Q2 | 1.52 0.59 up from 2005 | 83 | 18% | $4,290 | ||
32Physics of The Earth and Planetary InteriorsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.22Q2 | 2.43 0.08 up from 2005 | 464 | 2% | $3,290 | ||
33Computers & GeosciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.20Q2 | 1.14 0.16 up from 2005 | 464 | 7% | $4,010 | ||
| 1.18Q2 | 0.21no 2005 value | 173 | — | — | — | ||
35Journal of GeodynamicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.14Q2 | 1.34 0.12 down from 2005 | 234 | 7% | $3,470 | ||
36Eclogae Geologicae HelvetiaeSwiss Geological Society · Switzerland | 1.13Q2 | 1.52 0.58 up from 2005 | 63 | 90% | — | ||
37Pure and Applied GeophysicsBirkhäuser · Switzerland | 1.12Q2 | 1.38 0.28 up from 2005 | 351 | 7% | $3,790 | ||
38Journal of Asian Earth SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.12Q2 | 1.46 0.67 up from 2005 | 354 | 5% | $3,330 | ||
39Physics and Chemistry of MineralsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.10Q2 | 1.70 0.01 down from 2005 | 237 | 6% | $3,490 | ||
40International Geology ReviewTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.09Q2 | 1.87 0.62 up from 2005 | 205 | 2% | — | ||
41Petroleum GeoscienceZoological Society of London · United Kingdom | 1.06Q2 | 1.07 0.53 down from 2005 | 95 | 0% | — | ||
42GSA TodayOAGeological Society of America · United States | 1.04Q2 | 0.61 0.02 up from 2005 | 386 | 3% | — | ||
43GeophysicsSociety of Exploration Geophysicists · United States | 1.03Q2 | 1.74 0.53 down from 2005 | 519 | 7% | — | ||
44Geophysical ProspectingWiley · United Kingdom | 1.03Q2 | 1.51 0.13 up from 2005 | 164 | 6% | $4,150 | ||
45Journal of Applied GeophysicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.03Q2 | 1.05 0.20 down from 2005 | 174 | 2% | $3,180 | ||
46Geological Society London Special PublicationsGeological Society of London · United Kingdom | 1.02Q2 | 0.89 0.15 down from 2005 | 961 | 6% | — | ||
47Near Surface GeophysicsWiley · Netherlands | 0.93Q2 | 0.97no change | 94 | 8% | $3,400 | ||
48Canadian Journal of Earth SciencesNRC Research Press · Canada | 0.93Q2 | 1.22 0.03 down from 2005 | 331 | 3% | — | ||
49Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological SciencesOAJapan Association of Mineralogical Sciences · Japan | 0.92Q2 | 1.88 1.49 up from 2005 | 67 | 79% | — | ||
50Mineralium DepositaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.92Q2 | 1.38 0.34 down from 2005 | 179 | 10% | $3,890 |
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with Geophysics highlighted.
- Geophysics112
- Atmospheric Science66
- Paleontology53
- Oceanography52
- Earth-Surface Processes10
- Geochemistry and Petrology7
- Geology7
- Space and Planetary Science1
Journals
Citations made in 2006. Corpus-wide, 71.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
36 additional Geophysics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2003–2005, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2006. Publication window: 2003–2005. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 112
- Window papers (baseline)
- 32,060 +16.4% from indicator year 2003
- Median OJR
- 0.853 -3.9% from indicator year 2003
- Rising journals (2025)
- 9
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2003–2005 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 96 | 100 | 104 | 106 | 110 | 110 | 112 | 115 | 124 | 125 | 132 | 132 | 137 | 135 | 138 | 142 | 143 | 147 | 143 | 147 | 144 | 144 | 143 | 145 | 144 | 144 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 22,195 | 24,527 | 25,899 | 27,552 | 29,389 | 30,972 | 32,060 | 33,149 | 34,149 | 36,589 | 37,411 | 39,777 | 41,391 | 44,251 | 47,185 | 51,168 | 52,798 | 54,046 | 54,830 | 55,678 | 56,225 | 55,555 | 55,836 | 55,115 | 54,102 | 52,558 | |
| Median OJR | 0.696 | 0.698 | 0.800 | 0.89 | 0.815 | 0.803 | 0.853 | 0.824 | 0.76 | 0.8290 | 0.81 | 0.882 | 0.8469 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.879 | 0.90 | 0.84 | 0.8292 | 0.79 | 0.77 | 0.8472 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.750 | 0.749 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.