Geophysics

Aims & Scope

Anisotropy, borehole geophysics and rock properties, electrical and electromagnetic methods, engineering and environmental geophysics, geophysical software and algorithms, gravity exploration methods, ground-penetrating radar, interdisciplinary studies, magnetic exploration methods, mining geophysics, passive seismic methods, poroelasticity, reservoir geophysics, seismic amplitude interpretation, seismic attributes and pattern recognition, seismic data acquisition, seismic interferometry, seismic inversion, seismic migration, seismic modeling and wave propagation, seismic velocity/statics, and signal processing.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.2
2024	3.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4622

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4009

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.026

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	220

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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• 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 and Energy, 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.

• Weak elastic anisotropy

  Citation: 3391

  Authors: Leon

• Inversion of seismic reflection data in the acoustic approximation

  Citation: 3093

  Authors: Albert

• An overview of full-waveform inversion in exploration geophysics

  Citation: 2930

  Authors: J., S.

• <i>P-SV</i> wave propagation in heterogeneous media: Velocity‐stress finite‐difference method

  Citation: 2201

  Authors: Jean

• Multichannel analysis of surface waves

  Citation: 2115

  Authors: Choon B., Richard D., Jianghai

• Occam’s inversion: A practical algorithm for generating smooth models from electromagnetic sounding data

  Citation: 2111

  Authors: Steven C., Robert L., Catherine G.

• FORMATION VELOCITY AND DENSITY—THE DIAGNOSTIC BASICS FOR STRATIGRAPHIC TRAPS

  Citation: 1910

  Authors: G. H. F., L. W., A. R.

• Estimation of near‐surface shear‐wave velocity by inversion of Rayleigh waves

  Citation: 1393

  Authors: Jianghai, Richard D., Choon B.

• Multiscale seismic waveform inversion

  Citation: 1343

  Authors: Carey, Fatimetou M., S., G.

• Seismic waveform inversion in the frequency domain, Part 1: Theory and verification in a physical scale model

  Citation: 1278

  Authors: R. Gerhard

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