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Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1978

ISSN2169-9356

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

1.803

H-Indexi

147

SNIPi

1.538

Total Worksi

7,883

Total Citationsi

239,989

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geochemistry & Geophysics; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Geochemistry and Petrology; Geophysics; Space and Planetary Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,883

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2169-9356

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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

736

25k

2019

725

21k

2020

780

18k

2021

628

12k

2022

538

6.5k

2023

524

3.7k

2024

638

1.8k

2025

410

122

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

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ1

GeophysicsQ1

Space and Planetary ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geochemistry & Geophysics

Scopus Categories

Space and Planetary ScienceGeochemistry and PetrologyEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Geophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

earthquake and tectonic studiesHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsGeological and Geochemical AnalysisSeismic Waves and AnalysisSeismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesEarthquake Detection and AnalysisGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism StudiesGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchSeismology and Earthquake StudiesRock Mechanics and Modeling

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Is Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth: 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 Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 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 2.97.

Is Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth?