Journal rankings · indicator year 2025
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Field ranking · 2025
Earth and Planetary Sciences journal rankings 2025
389 ranked journals · Field in Physical Sciences
Earth and Planetary Sciences has 389 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.76, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.05. No journal’s likely rank range stays within the top 4, so the intro names none.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. 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 2022–2024, the window the 2025 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 Sciences389 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different. | 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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025. A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change. | Compare |
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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #6 of 389Journal of Archaeological ResearchSpringer Nature · Netherlands | 4.67Q1 | 5.45 0.38 down from 2024 | 32 | 85% | $3,190 | ||
Rank 2; likely between #1 and #5 of 389Nature GeoscienceNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 4.60Q1 | 13.71 0.98 up from 2024 | 691 | 46% | $12,690 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 3; likely between #1 and #5 of 389Earth-Science ReviewsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.46Q1 | 12.01 1.03 up from 2024 | 821 | 40% | $5,120 | ||
Rank 4; likely between #1 and #7 of 389Geoscience FrontiersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 4.45Q1 | 13.83 2.01 up from 2024 | 431 | 99% | $3,000 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 5; likely between #2 and #8 of 389Earth system science dataOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.94Q1 | 13.18 0.18 up from 2024 | 794 | 100% | $1,509 | ||
Rank 6; likely between #1 and #14 of 389Cambridge Prisms Coastal FuturesOACambridge University Press | 3.79Q1 | 7.44 1.11 down from 2024 | 60 | 100% | $3,893 | ||
Rank 7; likely between #4 and #9 of 389Gondwana ResearchElsevier BV · Japan | 3.64Q1 | 9.39 1.24 down from 2024 | 646 | 25% | $3,700 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 8; likely between #4 and #9 of 389Nature Reviews Earth & EnvironmentNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 3.53Q1 | 33.41 0.52 down from 2024 | 352 | 29% | — | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 9; likely between #4 and #10 of 389International Journal of Geoheritage and ParksOAElsevier BV · United States | 3.24Q1 | 4.64 2.18 down from 2024 | 120 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 10; likely between #8 and #12 of 389Surveys in GeophysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.73Q1 | 6.65 1.33 down from 2024 | 167 | 56% | $4,290 | ||
Rank 11; likely between #10 and #18 of 389Global Biogeochemical CyclesWiley · United States | 2.16Q1 | 7.31 0.12 up from 2024 | 350 | 71% | $4,070 | ||
Rank 12; likely between #10 and #31 of 389Journal of Anthropological ArchaeologyElsevier BV · United States | 2.06Q1 | 2.34 0.11 up from 2024 | 168 | 64% | $3,370 | ||
Rank 13; likely between #11 and #20 of 389Coastal EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.05Q1 | 5.70 0.57 up from 2024 | 411 | 62% | $4,250 | ||
Rank 14; likely between #12 and #20 of 389Earth and Planetary Science LettersElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.99Q1 | 5.04 0.63 down from 2024 | 1,239 | 60% | $4,670 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 15; likely between #12 and #23 of 389Science China Earth SciencesSpringer Science+Business Media · China | 1.95Q1 | 5.05 0.69 down from 2024 | 595 | 4% | $3,990 | ||
Rank 16; likely between #10 and #45 of 389The Seismic RecordOAUnited States | 1.94Q1 | 5.52 0.16 down from 2024 | 98 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 17; likely between #12 and #29 of 389Mineralium DepositaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.88Q1 | 4.53 0.37 down from 2024 | 240 | 47% | $3,890 | ||
Rank 18; likely between #10 and #68 of 389State of the PlanetPublisher not listed | 1.86Q1 | 5.56 0.06 up from 2024 | 54 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 19; likely between #16 and #28 of 389GeologyGeological Society of America · United States | 1.81Q1 | 4.54 0.03 up from 2024 | 687 | 53% | — | ||
Rank 20; likely between #11 and #64 of 389Ocean-Land-Atmosphere ResearchOAPublisher not listed | 1.81Q1 | 5.00 2.36 down from 2024 | 63 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 21; likely between #12 and #43 of 389Economic GeologyUnited States | 1.75Q1 | 4.23 0.14 up from 2024 | 258 | 41% | — | ||
Rank 22; likely between #12 and #50 of 389Geoscientific model developmentOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 1.67Q1 | 4.98 1.25 down from 2024 | 1,139 | 100% | $1,725 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 23; likely between #17 and #44 of 389Elementa Science of the AnthropoceneOABioOne · United States | 1.67Q1 | 4.15 2.35 down from 2024 | 304 | 100% | $1,450 | ||
Rank 24; likely between #14 and #57 of 389Quaternary Science AdvancesOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.65Q1 | 3.54 0.25 up from 2024 | 190 | 100% | $1,760 | ||
Rank 25; likely between #17 and #49 of 389Limnology and Oceanography LettersOAWiley · United States | 1.64Q1 | 4.84 0.48 down from 2024 | 216 | 100% | $3,700 | ||
Rank 26; likely between #16 and #53 of 389PalaeontologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.63Q1 | 3.36 0.90 up from 2024 | 108 | 67% | $5,000 | ||
Rank 27; likely between #13 and #80 of 389Cambridge Archaeological JournalCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.61Q1 | 1.78 0.07 down from 2024 | 139 | 100% | $3,550 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 28; likely between #20 and #49 of 389Computers & GeosciencesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.59Q1 | 4.42 0.77 down from 2024 | 491 | 37% | $4,010 | ||
Rank 29; likely between #12 and #116 of 389Virtual Archaeology ReviewOATechnical University of Valencia · Spain | 1.59Q1 | 1.46 0.66 down from 2024 | 60 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 30; likely between #25 and #42 of 389Journal of Geophysical Research Solid EarthWiley · United States | 1.56Q1 | 4.06 0.64 down from 2024 | 1,616 | 73% | $4,070 | ||
Rank 31; likely between #20 and #57 of 389Geosystems and GeoenvironmentOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.56Q1 | 5.03 0.57 up from 2024 | 237 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
Rank 32; likely between #25 and #45 of 389TectonicsWiley · United States | 1.55Q1 | 3.78 0.16 down from 2024 | 415 | 60% | $4,070 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 33; likely between #14 and #86 of 389Earthquake research advancesOAPublisher not listed | 1.55Q1 | 3.49 0.87 down from 2024 | 113 | 100% | $800 | ||
Rank 34; likely between #12 and #111 of 389Intelligent Marine Technology and SystemsSpringer Science+Business Media | 1.55Q1 | 5.38 1.99 up from 2024 | 48 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 35; likely between #21 and #54 of 389Advances in Climate Change ResearchOAKeAi · China | 1.55Q1 | 5.49 0.34 up from 2024 | 270 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
Rank 36; likely between #17 and #77 of 389Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural HeritageElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.53Q1 | 2.97 0.02 up from 2024 | 151 | 53% | $2,810 | ||
Rank 37; likely between #27 and #44 of 389Atmospheric chemistry and physicsOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 1.53Q1 | 5.88 0.82 down from 2024 | 2,270 | 100% | $1,725 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 38; likely between #18 and #73 of 389AntiquityCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.51Q1 | 1.69 0.31 up from 2024 | 581 | 80% | $3,550 | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 39; likely between #26 and #51 of 389Global and Planetary ChangeElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.51Q1 | 4.86 0.48 up from 2024 | 676 | 27% | $3,120 | ||
Rank 40; likely between #14 and #108 of 389Frontiers in Environmental ArchaeologyOAFrontiers Media | 1.47Q1 | 2.24 0.14 up from 2024 | 55 | 100% | $2,353 | ||
Rank 41; likely between #20 and #82 of 389Geoscience LettersOASpringer Nature · Germany | 1.46Q1 | 3.77 0.50 down from 2024 | 160 | 100% | $1,390 | ||
Rank 42; likely between #27 and #61 of 389Journal of PetrologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.46Q1 | 3.63 0.05 down from 2024 | 324 | 56% | $4,353 | ||
Rank 43; likely between #35 and #53 of 389Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.44Q1 | 4.97 0.35 down from 2024 | 1,163 | 50% | $4,090 | ||
Rank 44; likely between #32 and #59 of 389Journal of Geophysical Research Earth SurfaceWiley · United States | 1.43Q1 | 3.92 0.90 down from 2024 | 504 | 72% | $4,070 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 45; likely between #34 and #55 of 389BiogeosciencesOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 1.43Q1 | 4.66 0.26 down from 2024 | 862 | 100% | $1,628 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 46; likely between #21 and #94 of 389Tropical Cyclone Research and ReviewOAKeAi | 1.43Q1 | 5.24 0.49 up from 2024 | 67 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 47; likely between #16 and #120 of 389SeismicaOAPublisher not listed | 1.41Q1 | 3.68 1.57 down from 2024 | 125 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 48; likely between #17 and #129 of 389Vegetation History and ArchaeobotanySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.37Q1 | 3.08 1.03 up from 2024 | 147 | 46% | $3,790 | ||
Rank 49; likely between #40 and #66 of 389Limnology and OceanographyWiley · United States | 1.36Q1 | 3.75 0.62 down from 2024 | 656 | 73% | $3,530 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 50; likely between #20 and #123 of 389Progress in Physical Geography Earth and EnvironmentSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.36Q1 | 3.95 0.53 down from 2024 | 118 | 37% | $3,650 |
21 Earth and Planetary Sciences journals are labelled rising: their OJR moved up between 2022 and 2025 clearly faster than the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is rising when its OJR grew from 2022 to 2025 faster than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is +10% or more, and it is at least 2 standard errors above zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays above zero, though not necessarily above +10%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the low end of the range, so the surest rises come first.
Full rising list for Earth and Planetary Sciences
- 1RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIAOAPaleontology+262% vs groupOJR 0.14 → 0.45range +109% to +528%
- 2Gondwana ResearchGeophysics+94% vs groupOJR 2.10 → 3.64range +64% to +128%
- 3Journal of Sea ResearchOAOceanography+92% vs groupOJR 0.67 → 1.16range +39% to +164%
- 4National Remote Sensing BulletinAtmospheric Science+68% vs groupOJR 0.25 → 0.38range +36% to +108%
- 5Geological JournalGeophysics+52% vs groupOJR 0.65 → 0.89range +30% to +78%
- 6Ore Geology ReviewsOAGeophysics+32% vs groupOJR 1.01 → 1.19range +19% to +45%
- 7Cambridge Archaeological JournalPaleontology+71% vs groupOJR 1.05 → 1.61range +14% to +156%
- 8The Anatomical RecordPaleontology+33% vs groupOJR 0.74 → 0.88range +14% to +56%
- 9Papers in PalaeontologyPaleontology+41% vs groupOJR 1.03 → 1.29range +12% to +77%
- 10Nature Reviews Earth & EnvironmentAtmospheric Science+44% vs groupOJR 2.74 → 3.53range +9.2% to +90%
- 11Sedimentary GeologyEarth-Surface Processes+29% vs groupOJR 1.07 → 1.24range +8.3% to +53%
- 12The international archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences/International archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciencesOAGeology+19% vs groupOJR 0.41 → 0.44range +8.3% to +31%
- 13Aquatic BotanyOceanography+43% vs groupOJR 0.67 → 0.85range +7.8% to +90%
- 14AntiquityPaleontology+43% vs groupOJR 1.18 → 1.51range +6.2% to +93%
- 15Geoscience FrontiersGeophysics+49% vs groupOJR 3.34 → 4.45range +5.8% to +109%
- 16Earth and Planetary Science LettersGeophysics+13% vs groupOJR 1.97 → 1.99range +5.1% to +21%
- 17Journal of Sedimentary EnvironmentsGeochemistry and Petrology+42% vs groupOJR 0.47 → 0.59range +2.6% to +96%
- 18Journal of Applied GeophysicsGeophysics+16% vs groupOJR 0.90 → 0.94range +2.5% to +32%
- 19TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCESOAGeophysics+51% vs groupOJR 0.41 → 0.55range +2.3% to +122%
- 20Journal of Earth System ScienceGeophysics+19% vs groupOJR 0.68 → 0.72range +2.1% to +38%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -85% to +588% (ratio scale)
41 Earth and Planetary Sciences journals are labelled falling: their OJR moved between 2022 and 2025 clearly behind the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is falling when its OJR changed from 2022 to 2025 by less than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is -9.1% or less (rounded), and it is at least 2 standard errors below zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays below zero, though not necessarily below -9.1%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the high end of the range, so the surest falls come first.
- 1Aerosol Science and TechnologyAtmospheric Science-50% vs groupOJR 1.41 → 0.63range -62% to -35%
- 2Journal of Geophysical Research AtmospheresAtmospheric Science-37% vs groupOJR 1.86 → 1.05range -42% to -32%
- 3Atmospheric chemistry and physicsOAAtmospheric Science-36% vs groupOJR 2.68 → 1.53range -41% to -31%
- 4Frontiers in Earth ScienceOAGeophysics-30% vs groupOJR 1.30 → 0.81range -36% to -24%
- 5GeoheritageGeology-36% vs groupOJR 2.10 → 1.21range -46% to -23%
- 6LithosGeophysics-29% vs groupOJR 1.24 → 0.79range -35% to -22%
- 7The Leading EdgeGeophysics-41% vs groupOJR 0.37 → 0.19range -56% to -21%
- 8The cryosphereOAAtmospheric Science-28% vs groupOJR 2.04 → 1.31range -37% to -19%
- 9Frontiers in Marine ScienceOAOceanography-21% vs groupOJR 1.63 → 1.16range -25% to -16%
- 10ElementsGeochemistry and Petrology-40% vs groupOJR 0.51 → 0.28range -57% to -15%
- 11SOLAOAAtmospheric Science-39% vs groupOJR 0.52 → 0.28range -57% to -14%
- 12Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyAtmospheric Science-29% vs groupOJR 2.01 → 1.28range -43% to -13%
- 13Climate of the pastOAAtmospheric Science-27% vs groupOJR 1.58 → 1.03range -39% to -13%
- 14Journal of Physical OceanographyOceanography-23% vs groupOJR 1.22 → 0.84range -32% to -12%
- 15Journal of Geophysical Research OceansOceanography-18% vs groupOJR 1.52 → 1.12range -25% to -10%
- 16PhycologiaOceanography-41% vs groupOJR 0.73 → 0.39range -61% to -10%
- 17Journal of Geophysical Research Earth SurfaceAtmospheric Science-22% vs groupOJR 2.05 → 1.43range -33% to -9.9%
- 18Journal of Archaeological Science ReportsPaleontology-20% vs groupOJR 1.14 → 0.82range -28% to -9.7%
- 19Journal of HydrometeorologyAtmospheric Science-23% vs groupOJR 1.26 → 0.87range -34% to -9.6%
- 20Journal of Applied Meteorology and ClimatologyAtmospheric Science-26% vs groupOJR 1.05 → 0.70range -40% to -9.5%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -63% to +173% (ratio scale)
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, compared.
- Geophysics144
- Atmospheric Science84
- Paleontology77
- Oceanography50
- Earth-Surface Processes16
- Geology9
- Geochemistry and Petrology6
- Space and Planetary Science3
Journals
The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated
Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
73 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 2022–2024, 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: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 389
- Window papers (baseline)
- 224,825 -2.8% from indicator year 2022
- Median OJR
- 0.76 -1.3% from indicator year 2022
- Rising journals (2025)
- 21Comparison-group list (21)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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 |
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| 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.