Journal rankings · indicator year 2015
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Subfield ranking · 2015
Geophysics journal rankings 2015
142 ranked journals · Subfield in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Geophysics has 142 ranked journals in 2015. The median journal has an OJR of 0.88, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.03 on 2014; Q1 starts at OJR 1.53. The top three are Earth-Science Reviews, GSA Today, and Gondwana Research.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2015. 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 2012–2014, the window the 2015 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)
142 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 2014. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2012–2014, the window the 2015 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2012–2014 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 2006 to 2015. | Compare |
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1Earth-Science ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 5.86Q1 | 8.39 0.97 down from 2014 | 318 | 34% | $5,120 | ||
2GSA TodayOAGeological Society of America · United States | 3.88Q1 | 3.47 0.53 down from 2014 | 51 | 20% | — | ||
3Gondwana ResearchElsevier BV · Japan | 3.41Q1 | 6.09 0.39 down from 2014 | 597 | 25% | $3,700 | ||
4GeologyGeological Society of America · United States | 2.97Q1 | 4.82 0.16 down from 2014 | 970 | 35% | — | ||
5Earth and Planetary Science LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.91Q1 | 5.19 0.11 down from 2014 | 1,712 | 43% | $4,670 | ||
6Surveys in GeophysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.84Q1 | 4.93 1.22 up from 2014 | 125 | 34% | $4,290 | ||
7Geological Society of America BulletinGeological Society of America · United States | 2.62Q1 | 4.03 0.57 down from 2014 | 321 | 15% | — | ||
8Journal of PetrologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.56Q1 | 4.19 0.23 down from 2014 | 249 | 55% | $4,353 | ||
9Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.50Q1 | 4.75 0.01 up from 2014 | 1,508 | 43% | $4,090 | ||
10TectonicsWiley · United States | 2.40Q1 | 4.29 0.45 up from 2014 | 298 | 62% | $4,070 | ||
11Chemical GeologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.38Q1 | 3.97 0.02 up from 2014 | 1,039 | 36% | $3,550 | ||
12Solid EarthOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 2.31Q1 | 3.95 0.50 up from 2014 | 155 | 100% | $1,811 | ||
13Journal of Geophysical Research Solid EarthWiley · United States | 2.25Q1 | 3.99 0.33 up from 2014 | 938 | 74% | $4,070 | ||
14Computers & GeosciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.18Q1 | 2.76 0.16 up from 2014 | 712 | 24% | $4,010 | ||
15American Journal of ScienceYale University · United States | 2.17Q1 | 3.71 0.04 up from 2014 | 112 | 68% | — | ||
16LithosElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.12Q1 | 3.90 0.62 down from 2014 | 871 | 22% | $3,350 | ||
17Bulletin of VolcanologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.05Q1 | 3.61 0.25 up from 2014 | 300 | 35% | $4,090 | ||
18Geoscience FrontiersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.05Q1 | 3.60 0.32 up from 2014 | 230 | 100% | $3,000 | ||
19Geostandards and Geoanalytical ResearchWiley · France | 2.00Q1 | 3.03 0.29 up from 2014 | 115 | 11% | $4,200 | ||
20Contributions to Mineralogy and PetrologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.00Q1 | 3.94 0.30 up from 2014 | 362 | 31% | $3,990 | ||
21Basin ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 1.93Q1 | 2.54 0.27 down from 2014 | 132 | 39% | $4,310 | ||
22Geochemistry Geophysics GeosystemsOAWiley · United States | 1.90Q1 | 3.55 0.20 up from 2014 | 864 | 79% | $3,000 | ||
23Precambrian ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.87Q1 | 3.77 1.44 down from 2014 | 692 | 15% | $3,600 | ||
24Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.85Q1 | 3.31 0.09 up from 2014 | 637 | 29% | $3,420 | ||
25Mineralium DepositaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.85Q1 | 2.26 0.60 down from 2014 | 206 | 20% | $3,890 | ||
26Journal of Metamorphic GeologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.77Q1 | 3.46 0.86 down from 2014 | 157 | 20% | $5,000 | ||
27TectonophysicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.77Q1 | 2.95 0.13 down from 2014 | 1,182 | 24% | $3,190 | ||
28Physics of The Earth and Planetary InteriorsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.70Q1 | 3.05 0.07 up from 2014 | 315 | 34% | $3,290 | ||
29Journal of the Geological SocietyGeological Society of London · United Kingdom | 1.68Q1 | 2.73 0.03 down from 2014 | 241 | 58% | — | ||
30Terra NovaWiley · United Kingdom | 1.66Q1 | 2.82 0.02 up from 2014 | 181 | 25% | $3,720 | ||
31Economic GeologyUnited States | 1.63Q1 | 2.50 0.11 up from 2014 | 370 | 16% | — | ||
32Ore Geology ReviewsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.61Q1 | 3.04 0.62 down from 2014 | 498 | 41% | $3,310 | ||
33Geophysical ProspectingWiley · United Kingdom | 1.60Q1 | 2.46 0.15 down from 2014 | 318 | 10% | $4,150 | ||
34Journal of Asian Earth SciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.59Q1 | 2.66 0.03 up from 2014 | 1,097 | 8% | $3,330 | ||
35Journal of Structural GeologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.54Q1 | 2.30 0.76 down from 2014 | 469 | 32% | $3,380 | ||
36Bulletin of the Seismological Society of AmericaSeismological Society of America · United States | 1.53Q1 | 2.74 0.24 down from 2014 | 713 | 15% | — | ||
37Geophysical Journal InternationalOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.51Q2 | 3.02 0.08 up from 2014 | 1,492 | 78% | $3,416 | ||
38Petroleum GeoscienceZoological Society of London · United Kingdom | 1.50Q2 | 1.62 0.12 down from 2014 | 91 | 8% | — | ||
39GeophysicsSociety of Exploration Geophysicists · United States | 1.49Q2 | 2.88 0.31 up from 2014 | 1,039 | 15% | — | ||
40Journal of GeodynamicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.48Q2 | 2.22 0.04 down from 2014 | 236 | 19% | $3,470 | ||
41The Journal of GeologyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 1.46Q2 | 1.62 1.59 down from 2014 | 134 | 7% | — | ||
42Seismological Research LettersSeismological Society of America · United States | 1.42Q2 | 1.97 0.39 up from 2014 | 475 | 8% | — | ||
43Comptes Rendus GéoscienceOAAcadémie des sciences · France | 1.40Q2 | 1.76 0.58 down from 2014 | 153 | 54% | — | ||
44Frontiers in Earth ScienceOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 1.39Q2 | 2.51 0.24 down from 2014 | 39 | 100% | $3,801 | ||
45GeochemistryElsevier BV · Germany | 1.34Q2 | 1.59 0.20 down from 2014 | 141 | 15% | $3,440 | ||
46GeosphereOAGeological Society of America · United States | 1.29Q2 | 2.47 0.09 up from 2014 | 260 | 100% | $2,750 | ||
47Geologica ActaOACartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia · Spain | 1.27Q2 | 1.19 1.76 down from 2014 | 40 | 100% | — | ||
48International Geology ReviewTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.27Q2 | 2.69 0.39 up from 2014 | 296 | 21% | — | ||
49Geological Society London Special PublicationsGeological Society of London · United Kingdom | 1.25Q2 | 2.08 0.21 up from 2014 | 984 | 17% | — | ||
50Australian Journal of Earth SciencesTaylor & Francis · Australia | 1.21Q2 | 1.94 0.04 up from 2014 | 194 | 38% | — |
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with Geophysics highlighted.
- Geophysics142
- Atmospheric Science87
- Paleontology71
- Oceanography57
- Earth-Surface Processes14
- Geology14
- Geochemistry and Petrology6
- Space and Planetary Science2
Journals
Citations made in 2015. Corpus-wide, 78.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
28 additional Geophysics journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2012–2014, 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: 2015. Publication window: 2012–2014. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 142
- Window papers (baseline)
- 51,168 +23.6% from indicator year 2012
- Median OJR
- 0.879 +3.8% from indicator year 2012
- Rising journals (2025)
- 9
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2012–2014 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.