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Best Geophysics journals

175 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Geophysics. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 45 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Reviews of Geophysics 69.2 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Surveys in Geophysics 14.7 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Petroleum Science 11.3 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
4 Economic Geology 10.3 98th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Mineralium Deposita 9.9 97th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Earth and Planetary Science Letters 9.7 96th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Earthquake Research Advances 9.2 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
8 Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources 9 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
9 Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 8.8 95th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Geophysical Research Letters 8.1 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Earthquake Spectra 7.7 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
12 Energy Geoscience 7.7 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
13 Journal of Geodesy 7.6 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
14 Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 7.5 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
15 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 7 91st Q1 SCIE – No
16 Planetary Science Journal 6.9 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
17 Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control 6.8 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
18 Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 6.6 89th Q1 SCIE – No
19 Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 6.5 89th Q1 SCIE – No
20 Geodesy and Geodynamics 6.5 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
21 Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 6.4 88th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Geophysics 6.2 87th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Journal of Petrology 6.2 87th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Advances in Geophysics 6 86th Q1 – – No
25 Seismological Research Letters 6 86th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 6 85th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 6 84th Q1 SCIE – No
28 Tectonics 5.9 84th Q1 SCIE – No
29 Geophysical Journal International 5.8 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
30 Advances in Space Research 5.6 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
31 Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 5.5 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
32 Earth Surface Dynamics 5.4 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
33 Journal of Applied Volcanology 5.4 81st Q1 – – Yes
34 Lithologic Reservoirs 5.2 81st Q1 – – No
35 American Mineralogist 5.1 80th Q1 SCIE – No
36 Tectonophysics 5.1 80th Q1 SCIE – No
37 Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 5 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
38 Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 5 78th Q1 SCIE – No
39 Solid Earth 5 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
40 Petroleum Geology and Experiment 5 77th Q1 – – Yes
41 Earthquake Science 4.9 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
42 Active Volcanoes of the World 4.8 76th Q1 – – No
43 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 4.7 76th Q1 SCIE – No
44 Advances in Meteorology 4.6 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
45 Journal of Applied Geophysics 4.5 75th Q1 SCIE – No
46 Geochemistry 4.5 74th Q2 SCIE – No
47 Climate Change Research 4.4 74th Q2 – – No
48 Acta Geophysica 4.3 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
49 Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 4.3 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
50 Volcanica 4.1 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
51 Geoenergy 4 71st Q2 – – No
52 Pure and Applied Geophysics 4 70th Q2 SCIE – No
53 Solid Earth Sciences 3.9 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
54 Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica 3.9 69th Q2 SCIE – No
55 New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 3.8 69th Q2 SCIE – No
56 Journal of Geodynamics 3.8 68th Q2 SCIE – No
57 Marine Geophysical Research 3.8 68th Q2 SCIE – No
58 Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 3.8 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
59 Bulletin of Geological Science and Technology 3.7 66th Q2 – – Yes
60 Journal of Geomechanics 3.6 66th Q2 – – Yes
61 Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 3.5 65th Q2 SCIE – No
62 Journal of Natural Gas Geoscience 3.4 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
63 Aquatic Geochemistry 3.4 64th Q2 SCIE – No
64 Journal of Seismology 3.4 64th Q2 SCIE – No
65 Chinese Journal of Geophysics 3.3 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
66 Journal of Mining and Environment 3.1 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
67 Earthquake Engineering and Resilience 3.1 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
68 Journal of Geophysics and Engineering 3.1 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
69 Near Surface Geophysics 3.1 61st Q2 SCIE – No
70 Geophysical Prospecting 3 60th Q2 SCIE – No
71 Petroleum Geology and Oilfield Development in Daqing 3 60th Q2 – – No
72 GEUS Bulletin 3 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
73 Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 3 59th Q2 SCIE – No
74 Acque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater 2.9 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
75 Progress in Landslide Research and Technology 2.9 58th Q2 – – No
76 Advances in Earth Science 2.8 57th Q2 – – No
77 Geophysical Prospecting for Petroleum 2.8 57th Q2 – – No
78 Annals of Geophysics 2.8 56th Q2 SCIE – Yes
79 Leading Edge 2.6 56th Q2 ESCI – No
80 Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology 2.6 55th Q2 – – Yes
81 Advances in Science and Research 2.5 54th Q2 – – Yes
82 Marine Origin Petroleum Geology 2.5 54th Q2 – – No
83 Journal of Geodetic Science 2.5 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
84 Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics 2.4 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
85 SOCAR Proceedings 2.4 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
86 Bulletin of Geophysics and Oceanography 2.3 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
87 Geochemical Journal 2.3 51st Q2 SCIE – No
88 International Journal of Geophysics 2.3 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
89 Mineralogy and Petrology 2.3 50th Q2 SCIE – No
90 Norwegian Journal of Geology 2.2 50th Q2 SCIE – Yes
91 Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2.2 49th Q3 SCIE – No
92 Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy 2.1 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
93 Exploration Geophysics 2.1 48th Q3 SCIE – No
94 Geologiya i Geofizika Yuga Rossii 2.1 47th Q3 – – Yes
95 Russian Geology and Geophysics 2.1 47th Q3 SCIE – No
96 Interpretation 2 46th Q3 SCIE – No
97 Torrential Rain and Disasters 1.9 46th Q3 – – Yes
98 Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 1.9 45th Q3 SCIE – No
99 Geoloski Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva 1.8 45th Q3 – – Yes
100 Periodico di Mineralogia 1.8 44th Q3 SCIE – No
101 Geofizika 1.8 43rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
102 Acta Seismologica Sinica 1.7 43rd Q3 – – Yes
103 First Break 1.7 42nd Q3 – – No
104 Geology and Exploration 1.7 42nd Q3 – – Yes
105 Geological Review 1.7 41st Q3 – – No
106 Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 1.7 41st Q3 SCIE – No
107 Geochemistry International 1.6 40th Q3 SCIE – No
108 Geodynamics and Tectonophysics 1.6 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
109 Applied Geophysics 1.6 39th Q3 SCIE – No
110 Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 1.6 39th Q3 ESCI – No
111 Mausam 1.5 37th Q3 SCIE – No
112 Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal 1.4 37th Q3 ESCI – Yes
113 Bulletin of Geography, Physical Geography Series 1.4 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
114 Geological Survey of China 1.4 36th Q3 – – Yes
115 Physical Oceanography 1.4 35th Q3 ESCI – No
116 Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Dynamics 1.3 35th Q3 – – No
117 Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia 1.3 34th Q3 SCIE – No
118 Georesursy 1.3 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
119 Geodynamics 1.3 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
120 Geomagnetism and Aeronomy 1.3 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
121 Journal of Volcanology and Seismology 1.3 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
122 Journal of the Geological Survey of Brazil 1.2 31st Q3 – – Yes
123 Solar-Terrestrial Physics 1.2 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
124 Geofisica Internacional 1.2 30th Q3 SCIE – Yes
125 Earthquake 1.1 30th Q3 – – No
126 CTyF - Ciencia, Tecnologia y Futuro 1.1 29th Q3 SCIE – Yes
127 Geologija 1.1 29th Q3 – – Yes
128 Fundamental and Applied Hydrophysics 1.1 28th Q3 – – No
129 Problemy Arktiki i Antarktiki 1.1 28th Q3 – – No
130 Journal of Seismological Research 1 27th Q3 – – No
131 Turk Deprem Arastirma Dergisi 1 27th Q3 – – No
132 Scientific Contributions Oil and Gas 1 26th Q3 – – No
133 Boletin Geologico 1 25th Q3 – – Yes
134 Revista Brasileira de Geografia Fisica 1 25th Q3 – – Yes
135 Nafta - Gaz 1 24th Q4 ESCI – No
136 Marine Geology and Quaternary Geology 0.9 24th Q4 – – No
137 Russian Journal of Pacific Geology 0.9 24th Q4 SCIE – No
138 Momento 0.9 23rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
139 Riset Geologi dan Pertambangan 0.8 22nd Q4 ESCI – No
140 Kartografija i Geoinformacije 0.8 21st Q4 – – Yes
141 Ukrainian Antarctic Journal 0.8 21st Q4 – – Yes
142 Quaderni di Geofisica 0.8 20th Q4 ESCI – No
143 Journal of Seismic Exploration 0.8 19th Q4 SCIE – No
144 Lithosphere (Russian Federation) 0.8 19th Q4 – – Yes
145 Bulletin of Kamchatka Regional Association Educational-Scientific Center. Earth Sciences 0.8 18th Q4 – – Yes
146 U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 0.8 18th Q4 – – No
147 Acta Geologica Slovaca 0.8 17th Q4 – – No
148 Visnyk of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Geology 0.8 17th Q4 ESCI – Yes
149 Geophysica 0.8 16th Q4 – – No
150 Prospecting and Development of Oil and Gas Fields 0.7 16th Q4 – – No
151 Journal of the Earth and Space Physics 0.7 15th Q4 – – Yes
152 Mongolian Geoscientist 0.7 15th Q4 – – Yes
153 Geologiya Nefti i Gaza 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
154 Geophysical Research 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
155 Geology and Mineral Resources of Siberia 0.7 13th Q4 – – No
156 Geodeziya i Kartografiya 0.7 12th Q4 – – No
157 Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining 0.6 11th Q4 – – Yes
158 Aguas Subterraneas 0.6 10th Q4 – – Yes
159 Journal of the Geothermal Research Society of Japan 0.5 10th Q4 – – No
160 Revista Brasileira de Geofisica 0.5 9th Q4 – – Yes
161 Uranium Mining and Metallurgy 0.5 9th Q4 – – No
162 Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences 0.5 8th Q4 – – No
163 Iranian Journal of Geophysics 0.5 7th Q4 – – No
164 Navigation: Science and Technology 0.4 7th Q4 – – No
165 Astronomy and Geophysics 0.4 6th Q4 SCIE – No
166 Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences 0.4 6th Q4 – – No
167 Advances in Volcanology 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
168 Workshop Solar Influences on the Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Atmosphere 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
169 Advances in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
170 Geodezia es Kartografia 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
171 International Journal of Exploration Geophysics, Remote Sensing and Environment 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
172 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering proceedings 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
173 Kartograficke Listy 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
174 Azerbaijan Geologist 0 1st Q4 – – No
175 Official Publication - EuroSDR 0 0th Q4 – – No

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