Journal profile · Geochemistry & Geophysics
METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE
ISSN 1086-9379 · eISSN 1945-5100 · Wiley-Blackwell · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1996
METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE: CAS Zone 3 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.11; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,300; median 162 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 207 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration and Geological and Geochemical Analysis, together about 60.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Astronomy and Astrophysics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
First issued in 1953, the journal publishes research articles describing the latest results of new studies, invited reviews of major topics in planetary science, editorials on issues of current interest in the field, and book reviews. The publications are original, not considered for publication elsewhere, and undergo peer-review. The topics include the origin and history of the solar system, planets and natural satellites, interplanetary dust and interstellar medium, lunar samples, meteors, and meteorites, asteroids, comets, craters, and tektites. Our authors and editors are professional scientists representing numerous disciplines, including astronomy, astrophysics, physics, geophysics, chemistry, isotope geochemistry, mineralogy, earth science, geology, and biology. MAPS has subscribers in over 40 countries. Fifty percent of MAPS' readers are based outside the USA. The journal is available in hard copy and online. Abstracting and Indexing Information Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Complete (EBSCO Publishing) Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database (ProQuest) Arctic & Antarctic Regions (EBSCO Publishing) ArticleFirst (OCLC) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service (ACS) Current Contents: Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences (Clarivate Analytics) Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database (ProQuest) Electronic Collections Online (OCLC) GEOBASE (Elsevier) GeoRef (AGI) INSPEC (IET) Natural Science Collection (ProQuest) Science Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics) SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Technology Collection (ProQuest) VINITI (All-Russian Institute of Science & Technological Information)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Geochemistry & Geophysics
Editor-in-chief A. J. TimothyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Astro and Planetary SciencePhysics and Astronomy29.7%
- Planetary Science and ExplorationPhysics and Astronomy22.7%
- Geological and Geochemical AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences8.2%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences7.2%
- Isotope Analysis in EcologyEnvironmental Science6%
- High-pressure geophysics and materialsEarth and Planetary Sciences5.9%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studiesPhysics and Astronomy2.4%
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEarth and Planetary Sciences2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
AHCIINSPECCASGeoRefCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, OCLC
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 3.11LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.01LetPub ·
- h-index
- 86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 138OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,079OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.42OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 37.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 59.35%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 152LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 153Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 554,502Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,959 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 159 | 111 | 56 |
| 2025 | 207 | 152 | 359 |
| 2024 | 198 | 157 | 948 |
| 2023 | 183 | 137 | 1,070 |
| 2022 | 150 | 78 | 1,016 |
| 2021 | 187 | 83 | 1,648 |
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
162 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 115 days – 243 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 183 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (376 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 75%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 75%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 60 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 60 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 165 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,300 / EUR 2,980 / GBP 2,590 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 350 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1996
- ISSN
- 1086-9379
- Electronic ISSN
- 1945-5100
- Society / sponsor
- Meteoritical Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 61, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE
What CAS zone is METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE is in Zone 3 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Geochemistry & Geophysics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.11; CiteScore 4, h-index 138.
How long does peer review take at METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 162 days (interquartile range 115–243 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 75% (2025). 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 METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists AHCI, INSPEC, CAS, GeoRef and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE open access, and what is the APC?
METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,300.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .