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Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Copernicus Publications.
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ISSN 2193-0856Verify ISSN ↗2193-0864Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geology | 106 / 333 | 68th | Q2 |
| Oceanography | 64 / 154 | 58th | Q2 |
| Atmospheric Science | 83 / 160 | 48th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.6.
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems is Q2 in Geology (rank 106 of 333), Q2 in Oceanography (rank 64 of 154) and Q3 in Atmospheric Science (rank 83 of 160), by CiteScore 2025.
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems 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 3.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 68th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.551, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 32.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,035 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.
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems is published by Copernicus Publications. Its print ISSN is 2193-0856 and its online ISSN is 2193-0864.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems has an h-index of 38 and a 2-year mean of 1.74 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #97 of 303 Scopus journals in Geology.
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems published 42 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 49. 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 (2023–2026), authors are most often from Germany (18.7%), China (18.3%) and United States (11.8%).
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.
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