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Planetary Science Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by American Astronomical Society.
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ISSN 2632-3338Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geophysics | 17 / 183 | 90th | Q1 |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) | 22 / 194 | 88th | Q1 |
| Space and Planetary Science | 24 / 105 | 77th | Q1 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 23 / 97 | 76th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.9.
Planetary Science Journal is Q1 in Geophysics (rank 17 of 183), Q1 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (rank 22 of 194) and Q1 in Space and Planetary Science (rank 24 of 105), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Planetary Science Journal is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 6.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 90th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.518, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 41.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,800 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.
Planetary Science Journal is published by American Astronomical Society. Its ISSN is 2632-3338.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Planetary Science Journal has an h-index of 46 and a 2-year mean of 4.06 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #12 of 159 Scopus journals in Geophysics.
Planetary Science Journal published 309 papers in 2025. 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (59.6%), France (6.4%) and Germany (4.4%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.2 per 1,000 papers). 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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