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Journal of Applied Volcanology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.4), DOAJ. Published by Springer International Publishing AG.
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ISSN 2191-5040Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geophysics | 34 / 183 | 81st | Q1 |
| Safety Research | 24 / 108 | 78th | Q1 |
| Geochemistry and Petrology | 40 / 164 | 75th | Q1 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.4.
Journal of Applied Volcanology is Q1 in Geophysics (rank 34 of 183), Q1 in Safety Research (rank 24 of 108) and Q1 in Geochemistry and Petrology (rank 40 of 164), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Applied Volcanology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.4, quartile Q1, 81st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.547, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 37.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,990 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.
Journal of Applied Volcanology is published by Springer International Publishing AG. Its ISSN is 2191-5040.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Applied Volcanology has an h-index of 42 and a 2-year mean of 2.62 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #37 of 159 Scopus journals in Geophysics.
Journal of Applied Volcanology published 9 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 19. 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 70 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (20.3%), United Kingdom (16.9%) and New Zealand (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.
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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