Journal profile · Earth and Planetary Sciences-Geology
Leading Edge
ISSN 1070-485X · eISSN 1938-3789 · Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Leading Edge: subscription journal; median 63 days to acceptance (24 articles, last 24 months); 211 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Leading Edge is published by Society of Exploration Geophysicists. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Geological Studies and Exploration and Seismic Waves and Analysis, together about 43.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Geophysics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Earth and Planetary Sciences-Geology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion TechniquesEarth and Planetary Sciences21.3%
- Geological Studies and ExplorationEarth and Planetary Sciences12.9%
- Seismic Waves and AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences9.3%
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisEngineering8.3%
- Geophysical and Geoelectrical MethodsEarth and Planetary Sciences7%
- Geophysical Methods and ApplicationsEngineering5.4%
- Geological and Geophysical StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences4.8%
- Geological Modeling and AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences4.5%
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
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geophysics | Q2 | 81/183 | 56th |
| Geology | Q2 | 154/333 | 53rd |
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
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 114OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,787OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.62OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,207 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 156 | 21 | 3,852 |
| 2025 | 211 | 18 | 4,140 |
| 2024 | 201 | 43 | 4,938 |
| 2023 | 208 | 22 | 4,703 |
| 2022 | 210 | 7 | 5,363 |
| 2021 | 214 | 6 | 6,525 |
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
63 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 42 days – 83 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 80 days (24 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 139 days
- Sample
- 24 articles with submission and acceptance dates (410 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".
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
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists
- ISSN
- 1070-485X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-3789
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Leading Edge
How long does peer review take at Leading Edge?
Based on the dates recorded on 24 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 63 days (interquartile range 42–83 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.
Which databases index Leading Edge?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Leading Edge is indexed in Scopus.
Is Leading Edge open access, and what is the APC?
Leading Edge 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: .