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Earth, Planets and Space is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.1), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Springer International Publishing AG.
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ISSN 1343-8832Verify ISSN ↗1880-5981Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geology | 68 / 333 | 79th | Q1 |
| Space and Planetary Science | 38 / 105 | 64th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.1.
Earth, Planets and Space is Q1 in Geology (rank 68 of 333) and Q2 in Space and Planetary Science (rank 38 of 105), by CiteScore 2025.
Earth, Planets and Space is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 5.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 79th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.862, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 101.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,640 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, Planets and Space is published by Springer International Publishing AG. Its print ISSN is 1343-8832 and its online ISSN is 1880-5981.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Earth, Planets and Space has an h-index of 111 and a 2-year mean of 2.8 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #58 of 303 Scopus journals in Geology.
Earth, Planets and Space published 212 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 235. 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Japan (47.4%), China (10.2%) and Germany (4.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (0.8 per 1,000 papers). 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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