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Geoscientific Model Development

Copernicus Publications · Germany · Est. 2008

ISSN1991-9603

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

/ 100

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

1.967

H-Index

200

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.559

Total Works

3,982

Total Citations

236,997

2yr Mean Citedness

3.70

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Aims & Scope

Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of the description, development, and evaluation of numerical models of the Earth system and its components.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 390 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,982

Publisher OrgCopernicus Publications

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

Review Time~14 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

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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9/12 · 75%

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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?

1991-9603

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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?

N/A

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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

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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 and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Modeling and SimulationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Modeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate variability and modelsMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsAtmospheric Ozone and ClimateAtmospheric aerosols and cloudsCryospheric studies and observationsOceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsHydrology and Watershed Management Studies