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Earth and Planetary Physics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Science Press.
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ISSN 2096-3955Verify ISSN ↗2097-6860Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Science Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 39 / 97 | 60th | Q2 |
| Space and Planetary Science | 52 / 105 | 50th | Q2 |
| Atmospheric Science | 79 / 160 | 50th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.8.
Earth and Planetary Physics is Q2 in Astronomy and Astrophysics (rank 39 of 97), Q2 in Space and Planetary Science (rank 52 of 105) and Q2 in Atmospheric Science (rank 79 of 160), by CiteScore 2025.
Earth and Planetary Physics is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 60th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.651, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 32.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,324 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Earth and Planetary Physics is published by Science Press. Its print ISSN is 2096-3955 and its online ISSN is 2097-6860.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Earth and Planetary Physics has an h-index of 29 and a 2-year mean of 1.55 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #47 of 92 Scopus journals in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Earth and Planetary Physics published 104 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 62 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (88.3%), Macao SAR China (3.2%) and United States (2.4%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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