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Best Geophysics journals

177 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Geophysics. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 46 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 Marine and Petroleum Geology 8 94th Q1 No
12 Earthquake Spectra 7.7 93th Q1 SCIE No
13 Energy Geoscience 7.7 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
14 Journal of Geodesy 7.6 92th Q1 SCIE No
15 Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 7.5 92th Q1 SCIE No
16 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 7 91th Q1 SCIE No
17 Planetary Science Journal 6.9 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
18 Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control 6.8 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
19 Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 6.6 89th Q1 SCIE No
20 Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 6.5 89th Q1 SCIE No
21 Geodesy and Geodynamics 6.5 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
22 Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 6.4 88th Q1 SCIE No
23 Geophysics 6.2 87th Q1 SCIE No
24 Journal of Petrology 6.2 87th Q1 SCIE No
25 Advances in Geophysics 6 86th Q1 No
26 Seismological Research Letters 6 86th Q1 SCIE No
27 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 6 85th Q1 SCIE No
28 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 6 84th Q1 SCIE No
29 Tectonics 5.9 84th Q1 SCIE No
30 Geophysical Journal International 5.8 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
31 Advances in Space Research 5.6 83th Q1 SCIE No
32 Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 5.5 82th Q1 SCIE No
33 Earth Surface Dynamics 5.4 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
34 Journal of Applied Volcanology 5.4 81th Q1 Yes
35 Lithologic Reservoirs 5.2 81th Q1 No
36 American Mineralogist 5.1 80th Q1 SCIE No
37 Tectonophysics 5.1 80th Q1 SCIE No
38 Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 5 79th Q1 SCIE Yes
39 Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 5 78th Q1 SCIE No
40 Solid Earth 5 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
41 Petroleum Geology and Experiment 5 77th Q1 Yes
42 Earthquake Science 4.9 77th Q1 ESCI Yes
43 Active Volcanoes of the World 4.8 76th Q1 No
44 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 4.7 76th Q1 SCIE No
45 Advances in Meteorology 4.6 75th Q1 SCIE Yes
46 Journal of Applied Geophysics 4.5 75th Q1 SCIE No
47 Geochemistry 4.5 74th Q2 SCIE No
48 Climate Change Research 4.4 74th Q2 No
49 Acta Geophysica 4.3 73th Q2 SCIE No
50 Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 4.3 72th Q2 SCIE No
51 Volcanica 4.1 72th Q2 ESCI Yes
52 Geoenergy 4 71th Q2 No
53 Meteoritics and Planetary Science 4 71th Q2 SCIE No
54 Pure and Applied Geophysics 4 70th Q2 SCIE No
55 Solid Earth Sciences 3.9 70th Q2 ESCI Yes
56 Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica 3.9 69th Q2 SCIE No
57 New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 3.8 69th Q2 SCIE No
58 Journal of Geodynamics 3.8 68th Q2 SCIE No
59 Marine Geophysical Research 3.8 68th Q2 SCIE No
60 Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 3.8 67th Q2 SCIE Yes
61 Bulletin of Geological Science and Technology 3.7 66th Q2 Yes
62 Journal of Geomechanics 3.6 66th Q2 Yes
63 Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 3.5 65th Q2 SCIE No
64 Journal of Natural Gas Geoscience 3.4 65th Q2 ESCI Yes
65 Aquatic Geochemistry 3.4 64th Q2 SCIE No
66 Journal of Seismology 3.4 64th Q2 SCIE No
67 Chinese Journal of Geophysics 3.3 63th Q2 SCIE No
68 Journal of Mining and Environment 3.1 63th Q2 ESCI No
69 Earthquake Engineering and Resilience 3.1 62th Q2 ESCI No
70 Journal of Geophysics and Engineering 3.1 62th Q2 SCIE Yes
71 Near Surface Geophysics 3.1 61th Q2 SCIE No
72 Geophysical Prospecting 3 60th Q2 SCIE No
73 Petroleum Geology and Oilfield Development in Daqing 3 60th Q2 No
74 GEUS Bulletin 3 59th Q2 SCIE Yes
75 Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 3 59th Q2 SCIE No
76 Acque Sotterranee - Italian Journal of Groundwater 2.9 58th Q2 ESCI Yes
77 Progress in Landslide Research and Technology 2.9 58th Q2 No
78 Advances in Earth Science 2.8 57th Q2 No
79 Geophysical Prospecting for Petroleum 2.8 57th Q2 No
80 Annals of Geophysics 2.8 56th Q2 SCIE Yes
81 Leading Edge 2.6 56th Q2 ESCI No
82 Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology 2.6 55th Q2 Yes
83 Advances in Science and Research 2.5 54th Q2 Yes
84 Marine Origin Petroleum Geology 2.5 54th Q2 No
85 Journal of Geodetic Science 2.5 53th Q2 ESCI Yes
86 Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics 2.4 53th Q2 SCIE No
87 SOCAR Proceedings 2.4 52th Q2 ESCI No
88 Bulletin of Geophysics and Oceanography 2.3 52th Q2 SCIE Yes
89 Geochemical Journal 2.3 51th Q2 SCIE No
90 International Journal of Geophysics 2.3 51th Q2 ESCI Yes
91 Mineralogy and Petrology 2.3 50th Q2 SCIE No
92 Norwegian Journal of Geology 2.2 50th Q2 SCIE Yes
93 Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2.2 49th Q3 SCIE No
94 Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy 2.1 48th Q3 ESCI Yes
95 Exploration Geophysics 2.1 48th Q3 SCIE No
96 Geologiya i Geofizika Yuga Rossii 2.1 47th Q3 Yes
97 Russian Geology and Geophysics 2.1 47th Q3 SCIE No
98 Interpretation 2 46th Q3 SCIE No
99 Torrential Rain and Disasters 1.9 46th Q3 Yes
100 Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 1.9 45th 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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