AIMS Geosciences

AIMS Geosciences is published by AIMS Press 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 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Landslides and related hazards and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, together about 26.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Civil and Structural Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Home AIMS Geosciences ISSN 2471-2132 Contact by email AIMS Geosciences is Open Access and an international quarterly publication devoted to publishing peer-reviewed, high qualityand and innovative scientific research in all major geosciences disciplines including underlying processes. We publish the following article types: original research articles, letters, reviews and editorials. 1.1 Advanced Search {{subColumn.name}} AIMS Geosciences Search Advanced Home {{newsColumn.name}} {{subColumn.name}} Latest Articles Current Issue Most Read Most Cited Archive Special Issues Special Issue Topical Section Recurring Topics Special Issue {{author.authorNameEn}}, {{article.year}}, Volume {{article.volume}}, Issue {{article.issue}}: {{article.fpage | processPage:article.lpage:6}}. doi: {{article.doi}} {{article.articleStateNameEn}}, Available online {{article.preferredDate | date:'yyyy-MM-dd'}}, doi: {{article.doi}} Abstract Abstract HTML HTML PDF Cited ({{article.citedByCount}}) Viewed ({{article.visitArticleCount}}) More Special Issue Topical Section Recurring Topics Special Issue {{author.authorNameEn}}, {{article.year}}, Volume {{article.volume}}, Issue {{article.issue}}: {{article.fpage | processPage:article.lpage:6}}. doi: {{article.doi}} {{article.articleStateNameEn}}, Available online {{article.preferredDate | date:'yyyy-MM-dd'}}, doi: {{article.doi}} Abstract Abstract HTML HTML PDF Cited ({{article.citedByCount}}) Viewed ({{article.visitArticleCount}}) More Special Issue Topical Section Recurring Topics Special Issue {{author.authorNameEn}}, {{article.year}}, Volume {{article.volume}}, Issue {{article.issue}}: {{article.fpage | processPage:article.lpage:6}}. doi: {{article.doi}} {{article.articleStateNameEn}}, Available online {{article.preferredDate | date:'yyyy-MM-dd'}}, doi: {{article.doi}} Abstract Abstract HTML HTML PDF Cited ({{article.citedByCount}}) Viewed ({{article.visitArticleCount}}) More Special Issue Topical Section Recurring Topics Special Issue {{author.authorNameEn}}, {{article.year}}, Volume {{article.volume}}, Issue {{article.issue}}: {{article.fpage | processPage:article.lpage:6}}. doi: {{article.doi}} {{article.articleStateNameEn}}, Available online {{article.preferredDate | date:'yyyy-MM-dd'}}, doi: {{article.doi}} Abstract Abstract HTML HTML PDF Cited ({{article.citedByCount}}) Viewed ({{article.visitArticleCount}}) More Submit a Paper Reviewer Login Email Notifications Special Issues Open For Submission Guest Editors: Guest Editor: Deadline: More {{newsColumn.name}} {{news.title}} {{news.title}} More {{newsColumn.name}} Copyright © AIMS Press

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCILetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

h-index

23OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

73OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.69OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

9.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

43LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 8 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Peer review

Anonymous peer reviewLetPub

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.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

AIMS Press

Country or region

United States

Language

English

ISSN

2471-2132

Official links

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• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub