Geophysics Journals

Ultimate Ranking List of Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals in Geophysics

By the only real (centennial) impact. Denoised for short-term (2-, 3-year) "impact" or "Impact Factors"*. Data are from years in which the journals existed under registered titles — not what publishers claim, because title registration guarantees quality assurance uniformly as under declared academic scopes and terms. Latest data: 12/2020. Next update: 12/2025.

	100-yrs output	100-yrs cites	50-yrs output	50-yrs cites	100-yrs cites/out.	50 years cites/out.	Centennial IMPACT ₅₀CI
001 Journal of Geophysics			550	17,700	(36.87)	32.18	32.18
002 Reviews of Geophysics **	940	68,750			(73.14)		(83.38**)
003 Journal of Petrology	2,100	34,125			16.25		19.50
004 Tectonophysics	25,504	377,969			14.82		16.60
005 Journal of Geodesy			3,168	57,024		18.00	8.64
006 Geophysics	16,050	81,320			5.07		8.52
007 Surveys in Geophysics			1,120	9,632		8.60	8.26
008 Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology	6,880	37,840			5.50		8.03
009 Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors	5,106	36,593			7.17		7.60
010 Tectonics			4,432	42,658		9.63	7.31
011 Earth and Planetary Science Letters	23,613	108,342			4.59		4.96
012 Earthquake Spectra			1,960	11,200		5.71	4.11
013 Geophysical Prospecting	3,144	8,253			2.63		3.52
014 Journal of Geodynamics			1,630	7,172		4.40	3.17
015 Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics			2,982	9,798		3.29	2.83
016 Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica			576	3,456		6.00	2.76
017 Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences	8,834	21,454			2.43		2.72
018 Mineralogy and Petrology	3,297	6,123			1.86		2.68
019 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America	12,811	15,596			1.22		2.66
020 Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans			12,750	35,190		2.76	2.32
021 Marine and Petroleum Geology			3,913	12,341		3.15	2.27
022 Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth			16,337	40,579		2.48	2.08
023 Meteoritics and Planetary Science	4,323	5,895			1.36		1.82
024 Journal of Physical Oceanography			7,280	12,480		1.71	1.68
025 Pure and Applied Geophysics	11,960	10,764			0.90		1.46
026 Geophysical Research Letters			28,384	40,802		1.43	1.32
027 Journal of Geophysical Research			90,770	160,622		1.93	1.24
028 Journal of Applied Geophysics			4,884	10,175		2.08	1.16
029 Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets			6,001	11,296		1.88	1.09
030 Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica	2,277	1,771			0.78		1.00
031 Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres			30,463	41,608		1.37	0.99
032 Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics			19,684	21,238		1.08	0.91
033 Geophysical Journal International			11,840	17,020		1.44	0.86
034 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth			1,206	2,814		2.33	0.84
035 Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems			5,020	9,985		1.99	0.80
036 Nature Geoscience			3,565	11,005		3.09	0.74
037 Journal of Seismology			1,236	1,957		1.58	0.73
038 Journal of Geophysical Research - Eearth Surface			3,051	5,311		1.74	0.70
039 Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences			2,484	5,400		2.17	0.65
040 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering			10,825	8,227		0.76	0.50
041 Earth Surface Dynamics			162	405		2.50	0.35
042 Geodesy and Geodynamics			520	780		1.50	0.33
043 Petroleum Science and Technology			4,884	2,849		0.58	0.27
044 Applied Geophysics			704	320		0.45	0.14
045 Petroleum Science			1,003	472		0.47	0.12
046 International Journal of Geophysics							< 0.10
047 Earth Surface Dynamics							< 0.10
048 Seismological Research Letters							< 0.10
049 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering							< 0.10
050 Solid Earth							< 0.10
051 Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences							< 0.10
052 Journal of Seismic Exploration							< 0.10
053 Astronomy and Geophysics **							(< 0.10**)
054 MAUSAM							< 0.10
055 Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration							< 0.10
056 Advances in Geophysics							< 0.10
057 Russian Geology and Geophysics							< 0.10
058 Geodinamica Acta							< 0.10
059 Near Surface Geophysics							< 0.10
060 Earthquake Science							< 0.10
061 Marine Geophysical Researches							< 0.10
062 Interpretation							< 0.10
063 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research							< 0.10
064 Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics							< 0.10
065 Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics							< 0.10
066 Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics							< 0.10
067 Advances in Meteorology							< 0.10
068 Acta Geophysica							< 0.01
069 Leading Edge							< 0.01
070 Journal of Geophysics and Engineering							< 0.01
071 Petroleum Science							< 0.01
072 Annals of Geophysics							< 0.01
073 Journal of Volcanology and Seismology							< 0.01
074 Acta Geophysica Sinica							< 0.01
075 Journal of Applied Volcanology							< 0.01
076 Exploration Geophysics							< 0.01
077 Geophysica							< 0.01
078 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources							< 0.01
079 International Association of Geodesy Symposia							< 0.01
080 Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia							< 0.01
081 Magyar Geofizika							< 0.01
082 SOCAR Proceedings							< 0.01
083 Geodynamics and Tectonophysics							< 0.01
084 Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control							< 0.01
085 Geomagnetism and Aeronomy							< 0.01
086 Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami							< 0.01
087 Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy							< 0.01
088 Acta Seismologica Sinica							< 0.01
089 Geophysical Monograph Series							< 0.01
090 Russian Journal of Pacific Geology							< 0.01
091 Journal of the Geothermal Research Society of Japan							< 0.01
092 Journal of the Earth and Space Physics							< 0.01
093 Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics							< 0.01
094 Iranian Journal of Geophysics							< 0.01
095 Physical Oceanography							< 0.01
096 Bulletin of the International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering							< 0.01
097 Earthquake							< 0.01
098 Solnecno-Zemnaa Fizika							< 0.01
099 Revista Brasileira de Geofisica							< 0.01
100 Georesursy							< 0.01

*Short-term "impact" and "Impact Factors" such as 2- and 3-year were created by one Eugene Garfield - owner of Clarivate monopoly known as "a man who has done enormous harm to true science" [Colquhoun, D. (2007) Physiology News 69:12-14] Short-term "impacts" are meaningless, and are used to increase corporate profit margin of Clarivate, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, and similar predators that monopolized scientific publishing process.

**Non-research journals