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Frontiers of Earth Science

Higher Education Press Limited Company · China · Est. 2010

ISSN2095-0195eISSN2095-0209

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.378

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.599

Total Worksi

941

Total Citationsi

12,662

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Frontiers of Earth Science is a peer-reviewed journal focused on promoting interchange of ideas in the earth science communities globally. Features articles on observations, patterns, processes, and modeling of earth's innerspheres and outerspheres. Promotes communication and knowledge sharing among international earth science communities. Publishes thematic issues periodically focusing on specific areas of earth science. Encourages critical reviews and discussions of recent research papers.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 59 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications941

Publisher OrgHigher Education Press

Region🌍 Global South

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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?

Higher Education Press Limited Company

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2095-0195 / 2095-0209

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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

739

2019

670

2020

983

2021

484

2022

331

2023

142

2024

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 and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesClimate variability and modelsLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesCoal Properties and UtilizationMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsTropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchRemote Sensing in AgricultureFlood Risk Assessment and Management

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers of Earth Science

Is Frontiers of Earth Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers of Earth Science: 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 Frontiers of Earth Science?

Frontiers of Earth Science 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 1.30.

Is Frontiers of Earth Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers of Earth Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.