Die Erde

Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Berlin · Germany · Est. 1853

ISSN0013-9998eISSN0013-9998

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3 · Scopus CiteScore 2.7. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.223

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

2.7

SNIPi

0.627

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

DIE ERDE is a scientific journal in Geography, with four issues per year with about 60 to 80 pages each. It covers all aspects of geographical research, focusing on both earth system studies and regional contributions. DIE ERDE invites contributions from any subfield of both Physical and Human Geography as well as from neighbouring disciplines.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1853

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications23

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Berlin

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0013-9998 / 0013-9998

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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2013

2016

2021

2023

2024

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

EcologyQ3

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Atmospheric ScienceQ4

Energy (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

GeographyGeography, PhysicalGeosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Energy (miscellaneous)Atmospheric ScienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Ecology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Space Science and Extraterrestrial LifeMethane Hydrates and Related PhenomenaSpace exploration and regulationEarth Systems and Cosmic EvolutionGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Frequently asked questions about Die Erde

Is Die Erde a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Die Erde: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Die Erde?

Die Erde is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 2.7.

Is Die Erde indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Die Erde is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.