Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
Copernicus Publications · Germany · Est. 2012
✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Aims & Scope
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (GI) is a not-for-profit open-access interdisciplinary electronic journal for swift publication of original articles and short communications in the area of geoscientific instruments. It covers four main areas: (i) atmospheric and geospace sciences, (ii) Earth science, (iii) ocean science, and (iv) urban environmental monitoring. A unique feature of the journal is the emphasis on the synergy between science and technology that facilitates advances in GI. These advances include but are not limited to the following: concepts, design, and description of instrumentation; concepts, design, and description of data systems; retrieval techniques of scientific products from measurements; calibration and data quality assessment; uncertainty in measurements; newly developed and planned research platforms and community instrumentation capabilities; major national and international field campaigns and observational research programmes; new observational strategies to address societal needs in areas such as monitoring climate change, preventing natural disasters, and urban health monitoring; networking of instruments for enhancing high temporal and spatial resolution of observations; urban instrumentation and remote sensing; model-calibrated remote sensing; advanced data analytics and assimilation methods; multi-scale and multi-physical sensing; new concept in measurements system architecture; Internet of things (IoT) and massive low-cost instrumentation; citizen science data management; human sensing.
General Information
Submission Info
Ethics & Quality
Think.Check.Submit Compliance
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
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.
Subject Classification
Web of Science Categories
Scopus Categories
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Frequently asked questions about Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
Is Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems a predatory journal?
PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems: 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 Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems?
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems 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 1.29.
Is Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.
What is the aims and scope of Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems?
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (GI) is a not-for-profit open-access interdisciplinary electronic journal for swift publication of original articles and short communications in the area of geoscientific instruments. It covers four main areas: (i) atmospheric and geospace sciences, (ii) Earth science, (iii) ocean science, and (iv) urban environmental monitoring. A unique feature of the journal is the emphasis on the synergy between science and technology that facilitates advances in GI. These advances include but are not limited to the following: concepts, design, and de
You May Also Like
See all →Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref