Journal profile · Geochemistry & Geophysics
Geophysical Journal International
ISSN 0956-540X · eISSN 1365-246X · Oxford University Press · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1989
Geophysical Journal International: CAS Zone 2 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.77; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 540 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Geophysical Journal International is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 2 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are earthquake and tectonic studies, Seismic Waves and Analysis and High-pressure geophysics and materials, together about 40.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Geophysics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Geophysical Journal International is one of the world's leading primary research journals in solid-Earth geophysics, with a Board of Editors international in representation. The journal moved to fully open access as of January 2024. GJI is listed in the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). DOAJ indexes and promotes quality, peer-reviewed open access journals from around the world, upholding the reputation for advocating best practices and standards in open access journals. With GJI indexed in DOAJ, we showcase our respectability and prominence. A publication of the prestigious Royal Astronomical Society, the journal has a well-earned reputation of publishing high quality research which supports the Society’s mission. Funds raised by publishing in the journal directly support the RAS’ charitable endeavours to support and connect astronomers and geophysicists, in the UK and globally, throughout their careers. With a diverse and internationally renowned editorial board your work is supported by our Editors’ experience and reach; from submission to publication and beyond. Geophysical Journal International publishes high-quality research papers, express letters, review papers and data notes on all aspects of theoretical, computational, experimental, applied and observational geophysics. We aim to publish all papers in a timely fashion. Authors who submit a paper are expected to be able to certify that the paper is original work, has not been published before, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. The Journal's mission is to promote our understanding of the Earth's internal structure and physical properties, the processes operating in, on, and around it, and its evolution. Contributions presenting new data, methods and interpretations, of interest to a broad readership, are welcome on all aspects of: elastic waves in the Earth: their measurement and the information their propagation and characteristics provide on the Earth's internal structure; this consideration includes gravity and acoustic waves (e.g., Tsunamis) in the ocean and atmosphere when related to some part or aspect of the solid Earth; sources (natural or artificial) of elastic, acoustic, and gravity waves, including methods for their detection and characterization, their physics, statistics, and relationship to other solid-Earth processes, such as tectonic motions but also anthropogenic activities; the Earth's rotation, shape, surface and deep motions, and gravity field (static
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Geochemistry & Geophysics
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 9%); most named United Kingdom 8, France 6, United States 5, Italy 5, Mainland China 4 (46 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- earthquake and tectonic studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences14.8%
- Seismic Waves and AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences13.8%
- High-pressure geophysics and materialsEarth and Planetary Sciences11.7%
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesEarth and Planetary Sciences11%
- Geological and Geochemical AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences8.1%
- Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.6%
- Geophysical and Geoelectrical MethodsEarth and Planetary Sciences5.1%
- Geophysics and Gravity MeasurementsEarth and Planetary Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.77LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 148LetPub ·
- h-index
- 295OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 13,487OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 77.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 409LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,471,557Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 20,451 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 396 | 396 | 136 |
| 2025 | 540 | 540 | 1,284 |
| 2024 | 460 | 460 | 2,909 |
| 2023 | 497 | 377 | 4,639 |
| 2022 | 526 | 245 | 6,702 |
| 2021 | 533 | 243 | 9,207 |
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)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 27 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | GBP 2,590 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 2,590 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,642 / GBP 1,122 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 1,500 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted19, with length limits
- book reviewNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- book reviewsNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- comments and repliesNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- correctionsNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- data noteNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- data notesNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- editorialNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- express lettersNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- letterNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- literature reviewNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- perspectiveNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- research paperNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- research papersNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- reviewNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- review articleNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- review papersNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- tutorialNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
- viewpointNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- viewpointsNine types of manuscripts are published by GJI: Research Papers, Review Papers, Data Notes, Express Letters, Viewpoints, Comments and Replies, Corrections and B…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship 1.3 Authorship
Authorship is limited to those who have significantly contributed to the conception or design of the research described in the paper; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data; and/or involvement in the execution of the research described. Any contributors whose participation does not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged but not listed as an author. For further det…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest 6.5 Conflicts of Interest
Any conflicts of interest should be declared in the cover letter at submission and in the acknowledgements section of the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Availability Statement
Data Availability Statement required Model summary
All articles published in GJI must contain a Data Availability Statement, “Data” referring to any of the material described above, whether data, results, or software. The statement should describe and provide means of access, where possible, by linking to the data or providing the required unique identifier. Authors not making their data or results publicly accessible must justify this position in…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
COPE member Model summary
GJI is governed by the RAS Editorial Code of Practice and is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright 2.6 Copyright and permissions
It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure they have the necessary copyright permissions for any material (including, but not limited to, figures and text) used in their manuscript. Any re-use of material which has previously been published – even by the same authors, and/or in the same journal – must be accompanied by a citation to the original source and the necessary copyright permission…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism 1.2 Ethics and plagiarism
Plagiarism screening with iThenticate Model summary
Authors who submit a manuscript must be able to certify that the manuscript is original work, has not been published before and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. GJI is governed by the RAS Editorial Code of Practice and is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). As such, the journal follows the guidance provided in the COPE Core Practices. It is expected that all p…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints 3.3 Preprint policy
Authors of all article types retain the right to make an Author’s Original Version (preprint) available through various channels. Uploading a preprint to a server or repository does not prevent submission to the Journal provided that the following conditions are met: At initial submission, authors should state that the author’s original version of the manuscript is available as a preprint in a ser…
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
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1989
- ISSN
- 0956-540X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1365-246X
- Society / sponsor
- Royal Astronomical Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Geophysical Journal International
What CAS zone is Geophysical Journal International in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Geophysical Journal International is in Zone 2 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Geochemistry & Geophysics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Geophysical Journal International?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.77; CiteScore 5.8, h-index 295.
How long does peer review take at Geophysical Journal International?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Geophysical Journal International?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 1,500 words; Reference style: Harvard; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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 Geophysical Journal International based?
Of the 46 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 9%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (8), France (6) and United States (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Geophysical Journal International?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Geophysical Journal International is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Geophysical Journal International open access, and what is the APC?
Geophysical Journal International is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .