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Best Geophysics journals

175 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Geophysics. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 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

Rank and percentile are within the Geophysics Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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