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Near Surface Geophysics

EAGE Publishing BV · Netherlands · Est. 2002

ISSN1569-4445eISSN1873-0604

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.513

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.003

Total Worksi

1,302

Total Citationsi

19,231

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geochemistry & Geophysics; Geophysics.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencySix Issues A Year, 2006-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,302

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

EAGE Publishing BV

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1569-4445 / 1873-0604

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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

717

2019

703

2020

460

2021

253

2022

197

2023

2024

2025

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.

GeophysicsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geochemistry & Geophysics

Scopus Categories

Geophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geophysical Methods and ApplicationsSeismic Waves and AnalysisGeophysical and Geoelectrical MethodsSeismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesEarthquake Detection and AnalysisMicrowave Imaging and Scattering AnalysisNMR spectroscopy and applicationsSeismology and Earthquake StudiesSoil Moisture and Remote SensingUnderwater Acoustics Research

Frequently asked questions about Near Surface Geophysics

Is Near Surface Geophysics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Near Surface Geophysics: 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 Near Surface Geophysics?

Near Surface Geophysics 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 0.84.

Is Near Surface Geophysics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Near Surface Geophysics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Near Surface Geophysics?