Journal rankings · indicator year 2012
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Field ranking · 2012
Earth and Planetary Sciences journal rankings 2012
378 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Earth and Planetary Sciences has 378 ranked journals in 2012. The median journal has an OJR of 0.90, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2011; Q1 starts at OJR 1.56. The top three are Earth-Science Reviews, Nature Geoscience, and Geoscientific model development.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2012. 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 2009–2011, the window the 2012 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 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (8)
Up to Physical Sciences378 ranked journals
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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 2011. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2009–2011, the window the 2012 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2009–2011 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 2003 to 2012. | Compare |
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1Earth-Science ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.98Q1 | 9.00 1.55 up from 2011 | 188 | 25% | $5,120 | ||
2Nature GeoscienceNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 5.33Q1 | 8.46 0.30 up from 2011 | 871 | 21% | $12,690 | ||
3Geoscientific model developmentOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 5.26Q1 | 10.22 4.05 up from 2011 | 120 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
4Global Biogeochemical CyclesWiley · United States | 4.41Q1 | 6.56 0.93 down from 2011 | 284 | 68% | $4,070 | ||
5Atmospheric chemistry and physicsOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.94Q1 | 8.68 0.64 down from 2011 | 2,174 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
6Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 3.80Q1 | 3.98 0.96 up from 2011 | 556 | 46% | — | ||
7The cryosphereOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.77Q1 | 6.35 0.86 up from 2011 | 149 | 100% | $1,574 | ||
8BiogeosciencesOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.48Q1 | 5.89 0.21 down from 2011 | 733 | 100% | $1,628 | ||
9Climate of the pastOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.25Q1 | 5.75 0.12 down from 2011 | 207 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
10Quaternary Science ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.15Q1 | 5.09 0.24 down from 2011 | 834 | 18% | $3,920 | ||
11Progress in Physical Geography Earth and EnvironmentSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.10Q1 | 4.56 0.33 up from 2011 | 137 | 12% | $3,650 | ||
12GeologyGeological Society of America · United States | 3.00Q1 | 4.81 0.23 up from 2011 | 976 | 24% | — | ||
13Cambridge Archaeological JournalCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.99Q1 | 1.95 0.56 down from 2011 | 64 | 10% | $3,550 | ||
14Journal of Anthropological ArchaeologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.94Q1 | 3.04 0.68 up from 2011 | 98 | 13% | $3,370 | ||
15GeobiologyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.92Q1 | 4.07 1.16 down from 2011 | 119 | 24% | $4,880 | ||
16ElementsMineralogical Society of America | 2.85Q1 | 5.16 1.72 up from 2011 | 115 | 2% | — | ||
17Limnology and OceanographyWiley · United States | 2.82Q1 | 4.13 0.43 down from 2011 | 696 | 58% | $3,530 | ||
18Earth and Planetary Science LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.82Q1 | 5.30 0.39 up from 2011 | 1,620 | 18% | $4,670 | ||
19Gondwana ResearchElsevier BV · Japan | 2.79Q1 | 6.13 0.15 up from 2011 | 430 | 13% | $3,700 | ||
20Geological Society of America BulletinGeological Society of America · United States | 2.77Q1 | 4.34 0.33 up from 2011 | 374 | 12% | — | ||
21RadiocarbonCambridge University Press · United States | 2.73Q1 | 1.65 1.97 down from 2011 | 335 | 83% | $2,487 | ||
22Global and Planetary ChangeElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.72Q1 | 4.38 0.97 up from 2011 | 339 | 13% | $3,120 | ||
23Surveys in GeophysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.70Q1 | 4.65 0.77 up from 2011 | 104 | 35% | $4,290 | ||
24Journal of PetrologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.69Q1 | 4.76 0.36 up from 2011 | 273 | 39% | $4,353 | ||
25OceanographyOAOceanography Society · United States | 2.69Q1 | 2.39 1.00 down from 2011 | 293 | 100% | $500 | ||
26Earth system science dataOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 2.65Q1 | 5.33 2.85 up from 2011 | 32 | 100% | $1,509 | ||
27Progress In OceanographyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.64Q1 | 4.38 0.32 up from 2011 | 283 | 22% | $3,720 | ||
28American Journal of ScienceYale University · United States | 2.57Q1 | 4.20 0.83 up from 2011 | 119 | 75% | — | ||
29PaleoceanographyAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 2.51Q1 | 4.35 0.20 down from 2011 | 246 | 58% | — | ||
30The Photogrammetric RecordWiley · United Kingdom | 2.45Q1 | 1.96 0.18 up from 2011 | 220 | 15% | $3,030 | ||
31Atmospheric EnvironmentElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.41Q1 | 3.84 0.39 down from 2011 | 2,183 | 16% | $2,910 | ||
32TectonicsWiley · United States | 2.38Q1 | 4.36 0.89 up from 2011 | 276 | 60% | $4,070 | ||
33The HoloceneSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 2.37Q1 | 3.97 0.71 up from 2011 | 393 | 20% | $3,650 | ||
34Chemical GeologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.36Q1 | 3.56 0.09 down from 2011 | 773 | 12% | $3,550 | ||
35Marine ChemistryElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.35Q1 | 3.50 0.01 up from 2011 | 257 | 9% | $3,280 | ||
36Journal of the Geological SocietyGeological Society of London · United Kingdom | 2.34Q1 | 3.36 0.35 down from 2011 | 292 | 33% | — | ||
37Journal of Sedimentary ResearchSociety for Sedimentary Geology · United States | 2.33Q1 | 2.44 0.50 down from 2011 | 191 | 10% | — | ||
38GeomorphologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.32Q1 | 2.83 0.24 down from 2011 | 1,002 | 15% | $3,400 | ||
39Aeolian ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.32Q1 | 2.50 0.18 down from 2011 | 84 | 18% | $3,840 | ||
40Journal of HydrometeorologyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 2.30Q1 | 4.47 1.29 up from 2011 | 293 | 33% | — | ||
41Basin ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 2.27Q1 | 3.37 1.13 up from 2011 | 145 | 11% | $4,310 | ||
42Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.25Q1 | 4.24 0.52 up from 2011 | 1,593 | 16% | $4,090 | ||
43Journal of World PrehistorySpringer Nature · United States | 2.25Q1 | 2.17 0.21 up from 2011 | 39 | 14% | $3,290 | ||
44Permafrost and Periglacial ProcessesWiley · United Kingdom | 2.21Q1 | 4.33 0.30 up from 2011 | 100 | 8% | $4,480 | ||
45Precambrian ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.21Q1 | 5.11 0.93 up from 2011 | 441 | 4% | $3,600 | ||
46Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological SocietyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.18Q1 | 4.22 0.30 up from 2011 | 625 | 19% | $4,320 | ||
47Petroleum GeoscienceZoological Society of London · United Kingdom | 2.15Q1 | 2.28 0.84 up from 2011 | 85 | 3% | — | ||
48Geochemistry Geophysics GeosystemsOAWiley · United States | 2.14Q1 | 3.83 0.07 down from 2011 | 700 | 64% | $3,000 | ||
49Annals of GlaciologyOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.12Q1 | 2.61 0.33 down from 2011 | 251 | 97% | $2,600 | ||
50Aerosol Science and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.12Q1 | 3.23 0.13 down from 2011 | 393 | 97% | — |
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, compared.
- Geophysics137
- Atmospheric Science83
- Paleontology66
- Oceanography52
- Earth-Surface Processes16
- Geology13
- Geochemistry and Petrology9
- Space and Planetary Science2
Journals
Citations made in 2012. Corpus-wide, 75.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
113 additional Earth and Planetary Sciences journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2009–2011, 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: 2012. Publication window: 2009–2011. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 378
- Window papers (baseline)
- 184,763 +16.4% from indicator year 2009
- Median OJR
- 0.90 +4.6% from indicator year 2009
- Rising journals (2025)
- 21Comparison-group list (21)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2009–2011 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 | 270 | 281 | 291 | 298 | 305 | 299 | 308 | 317 | 333 | 343 | 351 | 360 | 378 | 379 | 385 | 393 | 397 | 405 | 407 | 407 | 401 | 402 | 399 | 396 | 387 | 389 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 86,544 | 106,376 | 113,390 | 121,646 | 119,357 | 125,918 | 131,590 | 136,840 | 146,161 | 158,715 | 166,804 | 176,714 | 184,763 | 195,134 | 205,950 | 215,905 | 220,606 | 223,475 | 225,631 | 228,538 | 230,307 | 230,384 | 231,269 | 228,284 | 225,159 | 224,825 | |
| Median OJR | 0.7272 | 0.7268 | 0.8021 | 0.883 | 0.8018 | 0.8633 | 0.8763 | 0.87 | 0.882 | 0.8625 | 0.926 | 0.91 | 0.90 | 0.958 | 0.928 | 0.97 | 0.960 | 0.877 | 0.884 | 0.85 | 0.8764 | 0.84 | 0.77 | 0.750 | 0.745 | 0.76 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 6.5% | 303 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 0.384 per 1,000 | 282 journals |
| Output growth | Median: -8.8% | 362 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 62.6% | 389 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,200 | 236 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 37.4% | 369 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 389 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.76 | 387 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 32.1% | 389 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 41.4% | 389 journals |
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.