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Solid Earth

Copernicus Publications · Germany · Est. 2004

ISSN1869-9510eISSN1869-9529

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

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.953

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.154

Total Worksi

1,250

Total Citationsi

33,388

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 72 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,250

Publisher OrgCopernicus Publications

OA Since2009

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

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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10/11 · 91%

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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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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

118

3.2k

2019

130

2.9k

2020

139

2021

1.3k

2022

485

2023

326

2024

132

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.

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ1

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ1

GeologyQ1

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

Frequently asked questions about Solid Earth

Is Solid Earth a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Solid Earth: 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 Solid Earth?

Solid 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 1.94.

Is Solid Earth indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Solid Earth is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.