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Geoscientific Model Development

Copernicus Publications · Germany · Est. 2008

ISSN1991-9603

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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.134

H-Indexi

200

SNIPi

1.559

Total Worksi

3,982

Total Citationsi

236,997

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 401 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,982

Publisher OrgCopernicus Publications

OA Since2007

Visit Journal Website

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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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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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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

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

235

22k

2019

292

20k

2020

351

12k

2021

398

12k

2022

347

5.7k

2023

408

3.5k

2024

448

1.5k

2025

330

215

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 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

Frequently asked questions about Geoscientific Model Development

Is Geoscientific Model Development a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Geoscientific Model Development: 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 Geoscientific Model Development?

Geoscientific Model Development 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 3.70.

Is Geoscientific Model Development indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Geoscientific Model Development is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.