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Science China Earth Sciences

Science China Press · China · Est. 1996

ISSN1674-7313eISSN1869-1897

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.667

H-Indexi

115

SNIPi

1.861

Total Worksi

3,468

Total Citationsi

89,260

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.71

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Science China Earth Sciences is a scholarly journal publishing original results in all areas of earth sciences. Offers both basic and applied research in earth sciences, and suggests new directions for future research as well.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,468

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

Region🌍 Global South

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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?

Science China Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1674-7313 / 1869-1897

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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

143

6.2k

2019

139

4.9k

2020

161

2021

156

4.5k

2022

204

3.2k

2023

247

2.3k

2024

289

2025

237

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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geological and Geochemical Analysisearthquake and tectonic studiesGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsClimate variability and modelsHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsPaleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeological and Geophysical StudiesGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Frequently asked questions about Science China Earth Sciences

Is Science China Earth Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Science China Earth Sciences: 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 Science China Earth Sciences?

Science China Earth Sciences 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 3.71.

Is Science China Earth Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Science China Earth Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.