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Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2002

ISSN1474-7065eISSN1873-5193

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.926

H-Indexi

126

SNIPi

1.094

Total Worksi

3,744

Total Citationsi

102,323

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth is an international interdisciplinary journal that publishes refereed communications in the areas of Chemistry and the Environment, Geochemistry and Geosciences. It aims to provide a platform for innovative research that contributes to the understanding of various Earth phenomena and their implications for environmental sustainability and resource management.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyThirty-Six No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,744

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1474-7065 / 1873-5193

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

2.2k

2019

110

2.6k

2020

1.8k

2021

212

3.5k

2022

156

2.3k

2023

270

2.6k

2024

376

1.3k

2025

470

279

2026

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.

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ1

GeophysicsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, MultidisciplinaryMeteorology & Atmospheric SciencesWater Resources

Scopus Categories

Geochemistry and PetrologyGeophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesWater resources management and optimizationFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementGroundwater flow and contamination studiesHydrology and Drought AnalysisSoil and Unsaturated FlowClimate variability and modelsearthquake and tectonic studiesGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistryEarthquake Detection and Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Is Physics and Chemistry of the Earth a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physics and Chemistry of the Earth: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth?

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 3.48.

Is Physics and Chemistry of the Earth indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.