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Solid Earth

Copernicus Publications · Germany · Est. 2004

ISSN1869-9510eISSN1869-9529

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total65

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.08

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.154

Total Works

1,250

Total Citations

33,388

2yr Mean Citedness

1.94

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Aims & Scope

Solid Earth (SE) is a not-for-profit journal that publishes multidisciplinary research on the composition, structure, and dynamics of the Earth from the surface to the deep interior at all spatial and temporal scales. The journal invites contributions encompassing observational, experimental, and theoretical investigations in the form of short communications, research articles, method articles, review articles, and discussion and commentaries on all aspects of the solid Earth (for details see manuscript types ). Being interdisciplinary in scope, SE covers the following disciplines: geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology, volcanology; geodesy and gravity; geodynamics: numerical and analogue modeling of geoprocesses; geoelectrics and electromagnetics; geomagnetism; geomorphology, morphotectonics, and paleoseismology; rock physics; seismics and seismology; stratigraphy, sedimentology, and palaeontology; rock deformation, structural geology, and tectonics.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 70 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,250

Publisher OrgCopernicus Publications

OA Since2009

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

Review Time~28 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Copernicus Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1869-9510 / 1869-9529

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ1

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ1

GeologyQ1

GeophysicsQ1

PaleontologyQ1

Soil ScienceQ1

StratigraphyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geochemistry & Geophysics

Scopus Categories

PaleontologyEarth-Surface ProcessesSoil ScienceGeochemistry and PetrologyGeophysicsGeologyStratigraphy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

earthquake and tectonic studiesGeological and Geochemical AnalysisHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsSeismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesSeismic Waves and AnalysisGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchGeological and Geophysical Studies WorldwideHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisGeochemistry and Geologic MappingGeological formations and processes