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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Geophysics (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Geophysics published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Q1Geochemistry & Geophysicsrank 21 of 114 journals
Quartiles here rank journals of the same Web of Science category by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR quartiles.
Citations and papers per year
02Indexing
Indexing of Geophysics
- ISSN
- 0016-8033
- eISSN
- 1942-2156
- Publisher
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Geochemistry & Geophysics
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
03What it publishes
What Geophysics publishes: real papers
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04Published papers
Papers published in Geophysics
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- Improving the efficiency of elastic wave-mode separation for heterogeneous tilted transverse isotropic media201193 citations
- Nonlinear extended images via image-domain interferometry201064 citations
- Least-squares Gaussian beam migration in elastic media201956 citations
- Numeric implementation of wave-equation migration velocity analysis operators200853 citations
- Wide-azimuth angle gathers for wave-equation migration201151 citations
- Probabilistic microearthquake location for reservoir monitoring201041 citations
- Modeling and interpretation of scattered waves in interstage distributed acoustic sensing vertical seismic profiling survey202139 citations
- Anisotropic elastic wavefield imaging using the energy norm201739 citations
- A transversely isotropic medium with a tilted symmetry axis normal to the reflector201038 citations
- Linearized wave-equation migration velocity analysis by image warping201419 citations
05Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Geophysics
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06Similar journals
Journals similar to Geophysics
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07Journal Finder
Find the right journal for your paper
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Paste your title, keywords or abstract. We match it against 156,435 published journal papers, by ScholarsColab mentors and other researchers, and show where the closest work appeared, with each journal’s indexing (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024).
How it works: no AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; “not found in our indexing lists” does not prove a journal is unindexed. Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
08Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Geophysics?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Geophysics is 3.59: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 3.59 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Geophysics?
The h-index of Geophysics is 310 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 310 of its papers have each been cited at least 310 times. Its i10-index is 9,260.
Is Geophysics a Q1 journal?
By 2-year citedness, Geophysics ranks 21 of 114 journals in Geochemistry & Geophysics, which places it in Q1 of that Web of Science category. This ranking is calculated by ScholarsColab from OpenAlex data; the official JCR quartile can differ.
Is Geophysics indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Geophysics appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Geophysics an SCIE journal?
Yes. Geophysics is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Geophysics in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Geophysics is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
What topics does Geophysics publish?
The papers published in Geophysics that we track most often mention migration, elastic, wave-equation, tilted, isotropic, media. Check the journal’s aims and scope for its full coverage.
How many papers published in Geophysics does ScholarsColab track?
We track 10 papers published in Geophysics between 2008 and 2021, cited 493 times in total, with a median of 46 citations per paper.
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