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Geoscience Letters

SpringerOpen · United Kingdom · Est. 2014

ISSN2196-4092eISSN2196-4092

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

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

170

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 146d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.941

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.402

Total Worksi

464

Total Citationsi

8,418

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications464

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~25 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoGerman National Library; National Library of the NetherlandsCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SpringerOpen

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2196-4092 / 2196-4092

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, German National Library; National Library of the Netherlands, CLOCKSS

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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

Citations received

847

2019

581

2020

923

2021

812

2022

723

2023

303

2024

161

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)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, MultidisciplinaryMeteorology & Atmospheric Sciences

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Climate variability and modelsearthquake and tectonic studiesMeteorological Phenomena and SimulationsOceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesEarthquake Detection and AnalysisTropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchGeological and Geophysical StudiesHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsGeological and Geochemical AnalysisGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Frequently asked questions about Geoscience Letters

Is Geoscience Letters a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Geoscience Letters: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Geoscience Letters?

Geoscience Letters 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 2.43.

Is Geoscience Letters indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Geoscience Letters is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Geoscience Letters?