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International Journal of Geophysics

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1687-8868

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. 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

0.321

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.773

Total Worksi

322

Total Citationsi

4,556

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.92

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geochemistry & Geophysics; Geophysics; Water Science and Technology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 12 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications322

Publisher OrgHindawi Publishing Corporation

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1687-8868

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

341

2019

2020

2021

2022

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.

GeophysicsQ3

Water Science and TechnologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geochemistry & Geophysics

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyGeophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geophysical and Geoelectrical MethodsSeismic Waves and AnalysisGeophysical Methods and Applicationsearthquake and tectonic studiesSeismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesEarthquake Detection and AnalysisIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsGeophysics and Gravity MeasurementsSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Geophysics

Is International Journal of Geophysics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Geophysics: 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 International Journal of Geophysics?

International Journal of 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 0.92.

Is International Journal of Geophysics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Geophysics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Geophysics?