Journal rankings · indicator year 2008
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Subfield ranking · 2008
Geophysics journal rankings 2008
124 ranked journals · Subfield in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Geophysics has 124 ranked journals in 2008. The median OJR fell 0.07 on 2007 to 0.76, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.25. The top three are Earth-Science Reviews, Geology, and Journal of Petrology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2008. 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 2005–2007, the window the 2008 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)
124 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 2007. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2005–2007, the window the 2008 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2005–2007 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 2008. | Compare |
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1Earth-Science ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.27Q1 | 7.17 2.32 up from 2007 | 151 | 10% | $5,120 | ||
2GeologyGeological Society of America · United States | 2.86Q1 | 4.06 0.08 down from 2007 | 981 | 12% | — | ||
3Journal of PetrologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.80Q1 | 4.31 0.22 up from 2007 | 263 | 38% | $4,353 | ||
4Earth and Planetary Science LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.75Q1 | 4.36 0.35 down from 2007 | 1,621 | 13% | $4,670 | ||
5Chemical GeologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.52Q1 | 3.76 0.51 up from 2007 | 706 | 8% | $3,550 | ||
6Contributions to Mineralogy and PetrologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.30Q1 | 3.73 0.52 up from 2007 | 312 | 23% | $3,990 | ||
7Geochemistry Geophysics GeosystemsOAWiley · United States | 2.17Q1 | 3.80 0.40 up from 2007 | 548 | 62% | $3,000 | ||
8TectonicsWiley · United States | 2.16Q1 | 3.12 0.29 up from 2007 | 240 | 57% | $4,070 | ||
9Journal of the Geological SocietyGeological Society of London · United Kingdom | 2.16Q1 | 3.19 0.47 up from 2007 | 284 | 17% | — | ||
10American Journal of ScienceYale University · United States | 2.12Q1 | 2.25 0.84 down from 2007 | 111 | 68% | — | ||
11Geological Society of America BulletinGeological Society of America · United States | 2.12Q1 | 2.70 0.54 down from 2007 | 385 | 6% | — | ||
12Basin ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 2.02Q1 | 2.74 0.24 down from 2007 | 94 | 12% | $4,310 | ||
13The Journal of GeologyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 2.00Q1 | 2.69 0.10 down from 2007 | 136 | 8% | — | ||
14Bulletin of the Seismological Society of AmericaSeismological Society of America · United States | 1.94Q1 | 2.94 0.42 up from 2007 | 588 | 3% | — | ||
15Precambrian ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.89Q1 | 2.90 0.23 down from 2007 | 446 | 11% | $3,600 | ||
16Bulletin of VolcanologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.85Q1 | 2.34 0.66 up from 2007 | 229 | 13% | $4,090 | ||
17Journal of Metamorphic GeologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.82Q1 | 3.52 0.15 up from 2007 | 165 | 10% | $5,000 | ||
18Terra NovaWiley · United Kingdom | 1.71Q1 | 2.52 0.02 up from 2007 | 196 | 21% | $3,720 | ||
19Geostandards and Geoanalytical ResearchWiley · France | 1.67Q1 | 2.62 0.72 up from 2007 | 95 | 11% | $4,200 | ||
20Surveys in GeophysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.64Q1 | 3.03 1.19 up from 2007 | 70 | 45% | $4,290 | ||
21LithosElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.63Q1 | 2.69 0.18 up from 2007 | 476 | 10% | $3,350 | ||
22GeosphereOAGeological Society of America · United States | 1.62Q1 | 1.93no change | 84 | 56% | $2,750 | ||
23Computers & GeosciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.59Q1 | 1.46 0.12 up from 2007 | 462 | 8% | $4,010 | ||
24Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.58Q1 | 2.73 0.77 up from 2007 | 609 | 8% | $3,420 | ||
25Geophysical Journal InternationalOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.51Q1 | 2.80no change | 1,129 | 73% | $3,416 | ||
26Geological MagazineCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.46Q1 | 1.88 0.06 down from 2007 | 201 | 7% | $3,550 | ||
27American MineralogistMineralogical Society of America · United States | 1.28Q1 | 2.08 0.17 down from 2007 | 746 | 8% | $100 | ||
28Geologica ActaOACartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia · Spain | 1.28Q1 | 2.15 0.52 up from 2007 | 85 | 100% | — | ||
29Annual Review of Earth and Planetary SciencesAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.27Q1 | 8.58 0.60 down from 2007 | 68 | 19% | — | ||
30Physics of The Earth and Planetary InteriorsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.26Q1 | 2.84 0.39 up from 2007 | 371 | 25% | $3,290 | ||
31Journal of Applied GeophysicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.25Q1 | 1.88 0.56 up from 2007 | 146 | 8% | $3,180 | ||
32Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.23Q2 | 1.52 0.09 up from 2007 | 2,958 | 8% | $4,090 | ||
33TectonophysicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.21Q2 | 1.99 0.16 up from 2007 | 766 | 9% | $3,190 | ||
34Petroleum GeoscienceZoological Society of London · United Kingdom | 1.19Q2 | 1.00 0.61 down from 2007 | 82 | 6% | — | ||
35GeophysicsSociety of Exploration Geophysicists · United States | 1.18Q2 | 2.13 0.03 up from 2007 | 851 | 13% | — | ||
36International Geology ReviewTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.18Q2 | 1.73 0.24 down from 2007 | 192 | 4% | — | ||
37Mineralium DepositaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.15Q2 | 1.77 0.18 up from 2007 | 193 | 9% | $3,890 | ||
38Journal of African Earth SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.15Q2 | 1.23 0.09 down from 2007 | 296 | 0% | $3,370 | ||
39International Journal of Earth SciencesSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.14Q2 | 1.50 0.09 down from 2007 | 334 | 21% | $3,890 | ||
40Gondwana ResearchElsevier BV · Japan | 1.14Q2 | 3.23 1.35 up from 2007 | 307 | 8% | $3,700 | ||
41Near Surface GeophysicsWiley · Netherlands | 1.12Q2 | 0.95 0.54 down from 2007 | 127 | 2% | $3,400 | ||
42Journal of GeodynamicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.07Q2 | 1.73 0.25 up from 2007 | 187 | 10% | $3,470 | ||
43Marine Geophysical ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.04Q2 | 1.58 0.50 up from 2007 | 78 | 13% | $3,590 | ||
44Geological JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 1.04Q2 | 1.66 0.30 up from 2007 | 97 | 19% | $3,540 | ||
45Pure and Applied GeophysicsBirkhäuser · Switzerland | 1.03Q2 | 1.38 0.30 up from 2007 | 382 | 8% | $3,790 | ||
46Journal of Structural GeologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.03Q2 | 1.59 0.13 down from 2007 | 453 | 9% | $3,380 | ||
47Journal of Asian Earth SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.00Q2 | 1.33 0.15 up from 2007 | 415 | 2% | $3,330 | ||
| 1.00Q2 | 0.23no 2007 value | 164 | — | — | — | ||
49Economic GeologyUnited States | 0.99Q2 | 1.14 0.10 down from 2007 | 426 | 9% | — | ||
50Journal of SeismologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 0.98Q2 | 1.29 0.11 up from 2007 | 115 | 19% | $3,290 |
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with Geophysics highlighted.
- Geophysics124
- Atmospheric Science71
- Paleontology62
- Oceanography47
- Earth-Surface Processes12
- Geology8
- Geochemistry and Petrology7
- Space and Planetary Science2
Journals
Citations made in 2008. Corpus-wide, 71.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
30 additional Geophysics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2005–2007, 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: 2008. Publication window: 2005–2007. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 124
- Window papers (baseline)
- 34,149 +10.3% from indicator year 2005
- Median OJR
- 0.76 -5.9% from indicator year 2005
- Rising journals (2025)
- 9
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2005–2007 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.