Journal profile · GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Physio-Geo
ISSN 1958-573X · Physio-Géo · France
Physio-Geo: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 10 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Physio-Geo is published by Physio-Géo 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 French Urban and Social Studies, Soil erosion and sediment transport and Agriculture and Rural Development Research, together about 24.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- French Urban and Social StudiesSocial Sciences9.3%
- Soil erosion and sediment transportAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.8%
- Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.3%
- African Botany and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.1%
- Geological and Geophysical Studies WorldwideEarth and Planetary Sciences5.9%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences5.8%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementEnvironmental Science4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 95.45%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 7LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 355 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 46 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | 62 |
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 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Peer review
- Authorship
Contact email for problems with the site verification process Model summary
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
The site uses Anubis, a tool which filters out harmful bots; currently verifying the user is not a robot. Model summary
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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
- Physio-Géo
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 1958-573X
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Physio-Geo
What CAS zone is Physio-Geo in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Physio-Geo is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Geosciences, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Physio-Geo?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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 Physio-Geo?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Physio-Geo is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Physio-Geo open access, and what is the APC?
Physio-Geo is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .