Journal profile · GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Advances in Geophysics
ISSN 0065-2687 · Academic Press Inc. · UNITED STATES · Annual · Founded 1952
Advances in Geophysics: impact factor 4; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 11 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advances in Geophysics is published by Academic Press Inc.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, together about 36.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Geophysics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarth and Planetary Sciences16.5%
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric ProcessesEarth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsEngineering9.4%
- Climate variability and modelsEnvironmental Science6.5%
- Wind and Air Flow StudiesEnvironmental Science6.4%
- earthquake and tectonic studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences6.1%
- Seismic Waves and AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences5.5%
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesEarth and Planetary Sciences5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geophysics | Q1 | 26/183 | 86th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 4LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.01LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 82OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 289OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.69OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 6LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 846 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 1 | 522 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 843 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 982 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 1,005 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 | 982 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2 | 1,195 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Academic Press Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Annual
- Founded
- 1952
- ISSN
- 0065-2687
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advances in Geophysics
What is the impact factor of Advances in Geophysics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4; CiteScore 6, h-index 82.
How long does peer review take at Advances in Geophysics?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. 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.
Which databases index Advances in Geophysics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Geophysics is indexed in Scopus.
Is Advances in Geophysics open access, and what is the APC?
Advances in Geophysics is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .