Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Marine and coastal ecosystems, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, together about 27.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences focuses on the interactions between biology, hydrology, geology, chemistry, and physics within the Earth system. Biogeosciences explores the interface between life science and Earth system science, as well as biogeochemistry, geobiology, and biogeophysics processes across multiple spatial and temporal scales. Biogeosciences research relies on various tools including theoretical, experimental and field-based studies, models, and data synthesis. JGR-Biogeosciences will consider the following types of manuscripts: Original research, reviews, or commentaries that advance our understanding of biogeosciences in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems, as well as extreme environments; Data or methods manuscript introducing new and innovative techniques and/or approaches that enable significant scientific advances within the biogeosciences; and Model description/development papers if they express why and how the model differs from its predecessors, what improvements or new opportunities are offered by the new model, and how these improvements advance process-level understanding in the biogeosciences. As of January 2022, JGR Biogeosciences now accepts method and data articles. Read the Editor-in-Chief’s Editorial about the change here. AGU Publications Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility StatementAs an organization that serves a global community of Earth and space scientists, AGU is committed to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA). Following AGU's Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan, AGU Publications is implementing changes to foster a more equitable and inclusive scientific publishing environment. This includes proactively working to eliminate the influence of bias in peer review, improving diversity and inclusion within our editorial teams (editors, reviewers, authors) and our publishing processes and policies, and ensuring our publications content fairly and inclusively represents people and communities. We also plan to regularly track and publish our AGU Publications DEI progress.All AGU members, editors, authors, reviewers, and publications officers and staff are expected to aspire and adhere to our Scientific Integrity and Professional Ethics Policy, which includes AGU's Code of Conduct (Section III) and Ethical Guidelines for Publications of Scientific Research (Section VI).More information: Statement of Contribution to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for J

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Earth and Planetary Sciences-Paleontology

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 33%); most named Mainland China 1, United States 1, Canada 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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

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Impact

Impact factor

3.71LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

3.7Publisher website · 2026-09-20

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

3.7Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

6LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

6Publisher website · 2026-09-20

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.48LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.06LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

116OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

2,084OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3.16OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

5.4%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

51.75%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

316LetPub · 2026-09-13

Articles per year (publisher) 2025

320Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

1,299,573Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

46%Publisher website · 2026-09-20

Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025

46%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

58 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-20

Submission to first decision 2025

58 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to acceptance 2025

183 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication 2025

17 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

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.

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

ISSN

2169-8953

Electronic ISSN

2169-8961

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website