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Geophysical Journal International is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Oxford University Press.
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ISSN 0956-540XVerify ISSN ↗1365-246XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geophysics | 30 / 183 | 83rd | Q1 |
| Geochemistry and Petrology | 38 / 164 | 77th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1922–1943 (also 1945, 1947–1957, 1988–present), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.8.
Geophysical Journal International is Q1 in Geophysics (rank 30 of 183) and Q1 in Geochemistry and Petrology (rank 38 of 164), by CiteScore 2025.
Geophysical Journal International 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 5.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 83rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.123, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 220.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,416 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.
Geophysical Journal International is published by Oxford University Press. Its print ISSN is 0956-540X and its online ISSN is 1365-246X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Geophysical Journal International has an h-index of 295 and a 2-year mean of 3.05 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #29 of 159 Scopus journals in Geophysics.
Geophysical Journal International published 540 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 616. 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 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (35.7%), United States (14%) and France (8.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 18 retracted papers are recorded (0.9 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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