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Journals in Geophysics

184 established journals that publish mainly in Geophysics, compared by fees, open access and citation rates, updated 2026-10-14.

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184 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Geophysics. 90 of them are fully open access, and at least 1 of those charge authors nothing (diamond open access). Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 1 840 USD. Highest recent citation rates: Reviews of Geophysics, Nature Geoscience, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry.

184 journals

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Journal of Geophysical Research Solid EarthWiley59 %6223.79149Subscription; open access option 4 070 USD
Geophysical Journal InternationalOxford University Press60 %5113.092933 416 USD
GeophysicsSociety of Exploration Geophysicists56 %3903.58310Subscription
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of AmericaSeismological Society of America56 %1863.83262Subscription
Seismological Research LettersSeismological Society of America53 %2742.99129Subscription
TectonicsWiley56 %1803.10217Subscription; open access option 4 070 USD
Earth and Planetary Science LettersElsevier BV39 %4494.41399Subscription; open access option 4 670 USD
TectonophysicsElsevier BV55 %3082.01291Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Geochemistry Geophysics GeosystemsWiley43 %3013.342093 000 USD
Journal of Structural GeologyElsevier BV50 %1832.87217Subscription; open access option 3 380 USD
Journal of Applied GeophysicsElsevier BV48 %2862.38118Subscription; open access option 3 180 USD
Journal of PetrologyOxford University Press48 %1123.91262Subscription; open access option 4 353 USD
Solid EarthCopernicus Publications53 %903.21821 811 USD
Gondwana ResearchElsevier BV35 %2506.22196Subscription; open access option 3 700 USD
Contributions to Mineralogy and PetrologySpringer Science+Business Media48 %1063.25270Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD
SeismicaMcGill University57 %453.4216Open access, fee unknown
地震学报:英文版Publisher unknown61 %452.82341 000 USD
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal ResearchElsevier BV46 %1862.34191Subscription; open access option 3 420 USD
Geophysical ProspectingWiley56 %1541.61134Subscription; open access option 4 150 USD
Journal of Metamorphic GeologyWiley58 %622.29155Subscription; open access option 5 000 USD
Physics of The Earth and Planetary InteriorsElsevier BV55 %971.97191Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
Geoscience FrontiersElsevier BV31 %1537.69128Subscription; open access option 3 000 USD
Journal of Geophysics and EngineeringIOP Publishing48 %1162.33611 550 USD
Ore Geology ReviewsElsevier BV31 %5493.711573 310 USD
Pure and Applied GeophysicsBirkhäuser43 %2542.08151Subscription; open access option 3 790 USD
The Seismic RecordPublisher unknown54 %313.6824Open access, fee unknown
Acta GeophysicaSpringer Science+Business Media39 %2482.5058Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD
Bulletin of VolcanologySpringer Science+Business Media45 %992.70160Subscription; open access option 4 090 USD
Earth Planets and SpaceSpringer Nature38 %2022.851101 640 USD
LithosElsevier BV44 %3871.46229Subscription; open access option 3 350 USD
GeologyGeological Society of America30 %2384.10325Subscription
Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaElsevier BV27 %4354.12468Subscription; open access option 4 090 USD
Precambrian ResearchElsevier BV32 %2832.93236Subscription; open access option 3 600 USD
Journal of SeismologySpringer Science+Business Media52 %761.6676Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
Earth-Science ReviewsElsevier BV22 %29210.61349Subscription; open access option 5 120 USD
Journal of South American Earth SciencesElsevier BV35 %4611.85111Subscription; open access option 2 940 USD
Economic GeologyPublisher unknown31 %946.07211Subscription
Earthquake research advancesPublisher unknown44 %393.8720800 USD
Journal of Asian Earth SciencesElsevier BV34 %3332.17170Subscription; open access option 3 330 USD
Surveys in GeophysicsSpringer Science+Business Media34 %595.87130Subscription; open access option 4 290 USD
Mineralium DepositaSpringer Science+Business Media34 %774.68130Subscription; open access option 3 890 USD
Nature GeoscienceNature Portfolio20 %24012.84339Subscription; open access option 12 690 USD
Chemical GeologyElsevier BV26 %4453.36312Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD
Reviews in Mineralogy and GeochemistryMineralogical Society of America35 %2110.97170Subscription
International Journal of Earth SciencesSpringer Science+Business Media38 %1192.27138Subscription; open access option 3 890 USD
GeosphereGeological Society of America40 %742.33952 750 USD
LithosphereGeological Society of America35 %1442.14682 100 USD
Annals of GeophysicsNational Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology47 %641.6077Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Earth ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media26 %1644.4058Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD
Frontiers in Earth ScienceFrontiers Media22 %1 4792.54993 801 USD
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary SciencesAnnual Reviews32 %269.20253Subscription
Geological Society of America BulletinGeological Society of America27 %2352.97302Subscription
Science China Earth SciencesSpringer Science+Business Media23 %2114.67118Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD
VolcanicaPublisher unknown43 %332.5721Open access, fee unknown
Applied GeophysicsSpringer Science+Business Media54 %940.8734Subscription; open access option 2 890 USD
Geosystems and GeoenvironmentElsevier BV28 %755.09312 000 USD
Journal of the Geological SocietyGeological Society of London32 %1182.59187Subscription
Geochemical Perspectives LettersPublisher unknown34 %473.6054Open access, fee unknown
Journal of GeodynamicsElsevier BV50 %311.64105Subscription; open access option 3 470 USD
Computers & GeosciencesElsevier BV22 %1825.08208Subscription; open access option 4 010 USD
International Geology ReviewTaylor & Francis32 %1352.07118Subscription
Comptes Rendus GéoscienceAcadémie des sciences35 %632.32103Open access, fee unknown
Swiss Journal of GeosciencesSpringer Nature41 %243.00521 490 USD
Geological Society London Special PublicationsGeological Society of London25 %1953.13213Subscription
American MineralogistMineralogical Society of America29 %1921.96225Subscription; open access option 100 USD
GeosciencesMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute22 %4422.68812 172 USD
Journal of African Earth SciencesElsevier BV24 %2862.30125Subscription; open access option 3 370 USD
Exploration GeophysicsTaylor & Francis43 %371.5461Subscription
Terra NovaWiley42 %731.16127Subscription; open access option 3 720 USD
Progress in Earth and Planetary ScienceSpringer Nature27 %792.87641 870 USD
GeochemistryElsevier BV26 %882.9983Subscription; open access option 3 440 USD
Reviews of GeophysicsWiley20 %2921.05325Subscription; open access option 3 880 USD
European Journal of MineralogyElsevier BV32 %622.211041 024 USD
Earth Sciences Research JournalNational University of Colombia40 %401.6128Open access, fee unknown
Journal of the Geological Society of IndiaSpringer Science+Business Media22 %2492.7080Subscription; open access option 2 890 USD
Meteoritics and Planetary ScienceWiley24 %1852.45138Subscription; open access option 3 300 USD
Near Surface GeophysicsWiley44 %511.0858Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD
Geodynamics & TectonophysicsInstitute of the Earth's crust, Siberian Branch of RAS41 %721.0227Open access, fee unknown
Geodesy and Geodynamicsdiamond OAKeAi34 %711.5236None (diamond OA)
GeochronologyPublisher unknown27 %354.2832Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Earth System ScienceSpringer Science+Business Media22 %2392.3388Subscription
ElementsMineralogical Society of America27 %1621.55130Subscription
TektonikaPublisher unknown50 %111.958Open access, fee unknown
Island ArcWiley41 %391.2379Subscription; open access option 3 240 USD
Solid Earth SciencesElsevier BV35 %322.01212 410 USD
Mineralogy and PetrologySpringer Science+Business Media36 %461.4186Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Geostandards and Geoanalytical ResearchWiley28 %602.19112Subscription; open access option 4 200 USD
Physics and Chemistry of MineralsSpringer Science+Business Media35 %421.61126Subscription; open access option 3 490 USD
Marine Geophysical ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media32 %362.1078Subscription; open access option 3 590 USD
First BreakWiley43 %1020.6761Subscription
High Pressure ResearchTaylor & Francis38 %261.6563Subscription
Acta Geologica Sinica - English EditionWiley26 %1561.5266Subscription; open access option 3 140 USD
The Leading EdgeSociety of Exploration Geophysicists39 %2090.61114Subscription
TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCESPublisher unknown29 %502.1247Open access, fee unknown
Acta geológica hispánica/Acta geologica hispanicaUniversity of Barcelona28 %195.0016Subscription
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences XElsevier BV35 %321.67172 460 USD
Geological JournalWiley20 %2851.8987Subscription; open access option 3 540 USD
Basin ResearchWiley23 %982.29119Subscription; open access option 4 310 USD
Geologica CarpathicaDe Gruyter Open42 %291.1438Open access, fee unknown
InterpretationSociety of Exploration Geophysicists29 %1051.3153Subscription
Results in Earth SciencesElsevier BV24 %294.96161 030 USD
Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic SciencesSpringer Nature29 %411.82602 090 USD
Italian Journal of GeosciencesSocietà geologica italiana36 %251.4340Subscription
Journal of Environmental and Engineering GeophysicsPublisher unknown43 %231.0053Subscription
Contributions to Geophysics and GeodesyPublisher unknown33 %401.2422Open access, fee unknown
Australian Journal of Earth SciencesTaylor & Francis24 %612.1298Subscription
Geosciences JournalSpringer Science+Business Media26 %551.7455Subscription; open access option 2 290 USD
Artificial Intelligence in GeosciencesElsevier BV25 %312.7119700 USD
Open Journal of Earthquake ResearchScientific Research Publishing49 %91.2915Open access, fee unknown
International Journal of GeophysicsHindawi Publishing Corporation47 %111.20311 000 USD
Bulletin de la Société Géologique de FranceEDP Sciences27 %302.0185539 USD
Journal of GeosciencesCzech Geological Society42 %181.0237Open access, fee unknown
Acta Geodaetica et GeophysicaSpringer Science+Business Media31 %301.4327Subscription; open access option 3 390 USD
South African Journal of GeologyGeological Society of South Africa27 %371.5869Subscription
Canadian Journal of Earth SciencesNRC Research Press22 %721.68149Subscription
Geofizicheskiy ZhurnalPublisher unknown40 %680.5416Open access, fee unknown
Mediterranean Geoscience ReviewsSpringer Science+Business Media24 %332.3321Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD
Geochemistry InternationalPleiades Publishing28 %980.8742Subscription
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological SciencesJapan Association of Mineralogical Sciences37 %320.8641Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Geophysical Research Machine Learning and ComputationWiley20 %572.36132 500 USD
International Journal of GeosciencesScientific Research Publishing30 %570.9341Open access, fee unknown
Acta GeochimicaSpringer Nature21 %791.6844Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
Geofísica InternacionalPublisher unknown42 %330.6445Open access, fee unknown
Russian Journal of SeismologyPublisher unknown44 %280.6211Open access, fee unknown
Mineralogical MagazineCambridge University Press26 %1100.89118Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD
Andean geologyNational Geology and Mining Service43 %240.7041Open access, fee unknown
American Journal of ScienceYale University21 %243.36239Subscription
Earth and Planetary PhysicsWiley20 %751.56292 324 USD
EpisodesInternational Union of Geological Sciences23 %461.52102Open access, fee unknown
GEOCHEMICAL JOURNALThe Geochemical Society of Japan25 %251.7091Open access, fee unknown
Brazilian Journal of GeologySociedade Brasileira de Geologia29 %271.1646Open access, fee unknown
Rossijskij žurnal nauk o zemle/Russian journal of earth sciencesPublisher unknown28 %740.7228Open access, fee unknown
INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICSSebelas Maret University32 %330.7812Open access, fee unknown
NRIAG Journal of Astronomy and GeophysicsTaylor & Francis27 %191.5433Open access, fee unknown
Bulletin of the Geological Society of FinlandGeological Society of Finland22 %104.6135Open access, fee unknown
The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and PetrologyMineralogical Association of Canada24 %331.247Subscription
Earth SciencesScience Publishing Group26 %450.8215Open access, fee unknown
Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica MexicanaSociedad Geológica Mexicana29 %490.6435Open access, fee unknown
Resource GeologyWiley31 %260.7558Subscription; open access option 3 350 USD
Ore and Energy Resource GeologyElsevier BV21 %201.889Subscription; open access option 1 700 USD
Journal of Iberian GeologySpringer International Publishing20 %371.3236Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Geologica ActaCartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia30 %220.7053Open access, fee unknown
Studia Geophysica et GeodaeticaSpringer Science+Business Media30 %130.9652Subscription; open access option 2 890 USD
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias GeológicasNational Autonomous University of Mexico32 %320.5132Open access, fee unknown
SEG DiscoveryPublisher unknown23 %121.7922Subscription
Geochemical PerspectivesPublisher unknown23 %63.1719Open access, fee unknown
ЛитосфераPublisher unknown25 %600.5112Open access, fee unknown
Scientific DrillingCopernicus Publications21 %92.3139Open access, fee unknown
Atlantic GeosciencePublisher unknown23 %131.376Subscription
Visnyk of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv GeologyTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv24 %600.5312Open access, fee unknown

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Journals in CWTS Journal Indicators Core or the Directory of Open Access Journals that published at least 20 articles in the last five years, mostly in English. "In this field" is the share of a journal's articles that OpenAlex classifies in Geophysics. Citation rate is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness, an open measure similar to the journal impact factor. Fees are taken from OpenAlex and DOAJ and can be out of date: always check the journal's own website before you submit.