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Leading Edge

Society of Exploration Geophysicists · United States · Est. 1982

ISSN1938-3789

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.363

H-Indexi

112

SNIPi

0.821

Total Worksi

10,177

Total Citationsi

85,083

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geology; Geophysics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1982

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications10,177

Publisher OrgSociety of Exploration Geophysicists

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed

OA LicenseCC BY 4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1938-3789

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

Peer-reviewed

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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?

Yes

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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

252

1.3k

2019

282

1.1k

2020

214

806

2021

219

465

2022

208

461

2023

201

205

2024

211

104

2025

128

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.

GeologyQ3

GeophysicsQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

GeophysicsGeology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Seismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesSeismic Waves and AnalysisReservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir AnalysisGeological Modeling and AnalysisSeismology and Earthquake StudiesEducational Robotics and EngineeringDrilling and Well Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Leading Edge

Is Leading Edge a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Leading Edge: it is indexed in 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 Leading Edge?

Leading Edge is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.363.

Is Leading Edge indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Leading Edge is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Leading Edge?