Journal profile · GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS
Acta Geophysica
ISSN 1895-7455 · Springer International Publishing · POLAND · 6 issues per year · Founded 2006
Acta Geophysica: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.38; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,090; median 203 days to acceptance (120 articles, last 24 months); 255 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Geophysica is published by Springer International Publishing and is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Seismic Waves and Analysis and earthquake and tectonic studies, together about 26.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Geophysics and Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Acta Geophysica is an international journal devoted to fundamental and applied geophysics, spanning a broad range of topics grouped into the following sections: Solid Earth Sciences, Hydrology and Hydraulics, Atmospheric & Space Sciences, and Applied Geophysics. We aim to publish original and high-quality contributions: regular research papers, review papers, and short communications. Primary consideration will be given to studies significantly advancing our understanding of processes happening in the Earth’s spheres and beyond: in the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and outer space. However, the submission should be geophysics-oriented and with the potential to attract a wide audience. We especially welcome contributions related to the development of new methods. Case studies are less favorably accepted unless they contain methodological novelty, present exceptional data or models, or are truly interdisciplinary. Authors are expected to convincingly demonstrate that their method is a significant step forward as compared to the existing methods and verify the method using real data. We encourage the use of reproducible methods, and the sharing of the computer codes, associated data, and models. You can read more here. Authors should ensure their manuscript is prepared as per the 'Submission Guidelines'. Contributions are especially welcome in the following areas: Applied Geophysics: Development and application of geophysical techniques for resource exploration, environmental studies, and engineering applications Advances in geophysical instrumentation and computational methods Innovative approaches to data processing, inversion, and interpretation in geophysics Exploration geophysics, near-surface geophysics, and geophysical imaging Hydrology and Hydraulics: Environmental hydraulics and surface water hydrology Global change-induced extreme events and environmental impacts Water security, and sustainable water management Hydrodynamic modeling and innovative observational techniques in hydrology Fluvial hydraulics Solid Earth Sciences: Anthropogenic hazards studied using geophysical methods Induced seismicity and its geophysical monitoring Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications in solid earth geophysics Remote sensing and big data applications in solid earth studies Advances in geological hazard assessment and mitigation strategies Multiscale investigations of the solid earth using novel approaches and instrumentation Atmospheric & S
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS
Editor-in-chief Michał MalinowskiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 14 in mainland China (about 11%); most named Poland 25, Italy 21, Mainland China 14, Greece 8, Iran 7 (124 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesEarth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
- Seismic Waves and AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences8.4%
- earthquake and tectonic studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences8%
- Earthquake Detection and AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences6.6%
- Geophysical and Geoelectrical MethodsEarth and Planetary Sciences6.3%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Geophysical Methods and ApplicationsEngineering4.8%
- Climate variability and modelsEnvironmental Science4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexINSPECGeoRefCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.38LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 59OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,021OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 252LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 50Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 382,900Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,832 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 260 | 40 | 77 |
| 2025 | 255 | 41 | 515 |
| 2024 | 253 | 48 | 1,333 |
| 2023 | 252 | 33 | 1,893 |
| 2022 | 296 | 40 | 3,063 |
| 2021 | 182 | 25 | 2,251 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
203 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 148 days – 271 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (120 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 241 days
- Sample
- 120 articles with submission and acceptance dates (592 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Submission to first decision
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,090 / EUR 2,490 / GBP 2,190 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Generative AI Images
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data transparency Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
Competing interests disclosure required Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Acta Geophysica, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Single-blind peer review
Single-blind peer review Model summary
This journal follows a single-blind reviewing procedure. This journal also publishes special/guest-edited issues. The peer review process for these articles is the same as the peer review process of the journal in general. Additionally, if a guest editor authors an article in their issue/collection, they will not handle the peer review process. Acta Geophysica welcomes Topical Collections dealing …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Country or region
- POLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 6 issues per year
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1895-7455
- Society / sponsor
- Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Geophysica
What CAS zone is Acta Geophysica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Acta Geophysica is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Geochemistry & Geophysics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Acta Geophysica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.38; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 59.
How long does peer review take at Acta Geophysica?
Based on the dates recorded on 120 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 203 days (interquartile range 148–271 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Acta Geophysica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Author–date; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Acta Geophysica based?
Of the 124 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 14 (about 11%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Poland (25), Italy (21) and Mainland China (14). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Acta Geophysica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Geophysica is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC, GeoRef and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Acta Geophysica open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Geophysica is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,090.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .