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Planetary Science Journal

IOP Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2020

ISSN2632-3338eISSN2632-3338

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.518

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.275

Total Worksi

1,514

Total Citationsi

13,868

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,514

Publisher OrgInstitute of Physics

OA Since2019

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2632-3338 / 2632-3338

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Portico, 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

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

1.1k

2020

244

2021

275

4.9k

2022

246

2.7k

2023

281

2.1k

2024

309

962

2025

205

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.

Astronomy and AstrophysicsQ1

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

GeophysicsQ1

Space and Planetary ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Scopus Categories

Space and Planetary ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)GeophysicsAstronomy and Astrophysics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Astro and Planetary SciencePlanetary Science and ExplorationStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesAstrophysics and Star Formation StudiesGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchIsotope Analysis in EcologyAtmospheric Ozone and ClimateSpace Science and Extraterrestrial LifeHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

Frequently asked questions about Planetary Science Journal

Is Planetary Science Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Planetary Science Journal: 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 Planetary Science Journal?

Planetary Science Journal 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 3.34.

Is Planetary Science Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Planetary Science Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Planetary Science Journal?