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Earth System Science Data is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 19.2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Copernicus Publications.
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ISSN 1866-3508Verify ISSN ↗1866-3516Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) | 4 / 201 | 98th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 19.2.
Earth System Science Data is Q1 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) (rank 4 of 201), by CiteScore 2025.
Earth System Science Data 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 19.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 7.199, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 136.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,509 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 System Science Data is published by Copernicus Publications. Its print ISSN is 1866-3508 and its online ISSN is 1866-3516.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Earth System Science Data has an h-index of 172 and a 2-year mean of 11.4 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 19.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #2 of 186 Scopus journals in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all).
Earth System Science Data published 338 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (27.8%), United States (9.2%) and Germany (9.1%).
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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