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Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Copernicus Publications.
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ISSN 1023-5809Verify ISSN ↗1607-7946Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geophysics | 60 / 183 | 67th | Q2 |
| Geochemistry and Petrology | 62 / 164 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Statistical and Nonlinear Physics | 27 / 63 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1994–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.8.
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics is Q2 in Geophysics (rank 60 of 183), Q2 in Geochemistry and Petrology (rank 62 of 164) and Q2 in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (rank 27 of 63), by CiteScore 2025.
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 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 3.8, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 67th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.807, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 71.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,412 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.
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics is published by Copernicus Publications. Its print ISSN is 1023-5809 and its online ISSN is 1607-7946.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics has an h-index of 85 and a 2-year mean of 2.59 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #38 of 159 Scopus journals in Geophysics.
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics published 29 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 56. 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 France (14.8%), Germany (11.6%) and United States (9.9%).
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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