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Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1967

ISSN1872-7395

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 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

0.776

H-Indexi

191

SNIPi

0.843

Total Worksi

7,723

Total Citationsi

285,799

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.52

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Aims & Scope

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

Annual Volume~ 100 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,723

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1872-7395

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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

120

1.9k

2019

143

2.1k

2020

111

1.2k

2021

652

2022

421

2023

281

2024

124

201

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.

GeophysicsQ1

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q1

Astronomy and AstrophysicsQ2

Space and Planetary ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geochemistry & Geophysics

Scopus Categories

Space and Planetary ScienceGeophysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

High-pressure geophysics and materialsearthquake and tectonic studiesGeological and Geochemical AnalysisGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism StudiesSeismic Waves and AnalysisGeophysical and Geoelectrical MethodsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarthquake Detection and AnalysisGeophysics and Gravity MeasurementsDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Is Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors: 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 Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors?

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 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 1.52.

Is Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors?