Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Aims & Scope

The Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, commonly referred to as BSSA, (ISSN 0037-1106) is the premier journal of advanced research in earthquake seismology and related disciplines.

It first appeared in 1911 and became a bimonthly in 1963.

Each issue is composed of scientific papers on the various aspects of seismology, including investigation of specific earthquakes, theoretical and observational studies of seismic waves, inverse methods for determining the structure of the Earth or the dynamics of the earthquake source, seismometry, earthquake hazard and risk estimation, seismotectonics, and earthquake engineering.

Special issues focus on important earthquakes or rapidly changing topics in seismology.

BSSA is published by the Seismological Society of America.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.9
2024	2.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.089

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4199

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1587

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• New empirical relationships among magnitude, rupture length, rupture width, rupture area, and surface displacement

  Citation: 5401

  Authors: Donald L., Kevin J.

• Surface deformation due to shear and tensile faults in a half-space

  Citation: 4114

  Authors: Yoshimitsu

• Frequency of earthquakes in California*

  Citation: 3319

  Authors: B., C. F.

• Internal deformation due to shear and tensile faults in a half-space

  Citation: 2695

  Authors: Yoshimitsu

• A Double-Difference Earthquake Location Algorithm: Method and Application to the Northern Hayward Fault, California

  Citation: 2686

  Authors: F.

• Engineering seismic risk analysis

  Citation: 2572

  Authors: C. Allin

• The dispersion of surface waves on multilayered media*

  Citation: 1909

  Authors: N. A.

• Global teleseismic earthquake relocation with improved travel times and procedures for depth determination

  Citation: 1646

  Authors: E. Robert, Rob, Raymond

• Empirical Relations between Elastic Wavespeeds and Density in the Earth's Crust

  Citation: 1413

  Authors: T. M.

• The frequency-magnitude relation of microfracturing in rock and its relation to earthquakes

  Citation: 1371

  Authors: C. H.

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