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Earthquake Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by KeAi Communications Co..
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ISSN 1674-4519Verify ISSN ↗1867-8777Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: KeAi Communications Co.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geology | 75 / 333 | 77th | Q1 |
| Geophysics | 42 / 183 | 77th | Q1 |
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 75 / 244 | 69th | Q2 |
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 4.9.
Earthquake Science is Q1 in Geology (rank 75 of 333), Q1 in Geophysics (rank 42 of 183) and Q2 in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (rank 75 of 244), by CiteScore 2025.
Earthquake Science 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 4.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 77th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.781, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 36.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,000 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.
Earthquake Science is published by KeAi Communications Co. Its print ISSN is 1674-4519 and its online ISSN is 1867-8777.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Earthquake Science has an h-index of 35 and a 2-year mean of 2.82 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #56 of 303 Scopus journals in Geology.
Earthquake Science published 38 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 54. 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.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.4 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.
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