GSA Today

Aims & Scope

GSA's science and news magazine for members and the earth-science community world wide.

Features a "hot-topic" science article most months.

View Aims & Scope

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.889

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	87

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5795

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	115

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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

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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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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• A geological and geophysical context for the Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008, Sichuan, People's Republic of China

  Citation: 561

  Authors: B.C., L.H., R.D., B.H., Z., R.W., C., J., H., E.

• Are plutons assembled over millions of years by amalgamation from small magma chambers?

  Citation: 474

  Authors: Allen F., John M., Drew S., Walt, Ryan Z.

• Are we now living in the Anthropocene

  Citation: 436

  Authors: Jan, Mark, Alan, Tiffany L., Angela L., Paul R., Patrick, David, Andrew, Philip, F. John, Mark W., Andrew C., Paul, Robert, John, Colin, John, Michael, Peter, Philip

• CO2 as a primary driver of Phanerozoic climate

  Citation: 427

  Authors: Dana L., Robert A., Isabel P., Neil J., David J.

• Understanding Earth’s eroding surface with 10Be

  Citation: 415

  Authors: Eric W., Paul R.

• Strength of the continental lithosphere: Time to abandon the jelly sandwich?

  Citation: 395

  Authors: James

• Land transformation by humans: A review

  Citation: 389

  Authors: Roger LeB., José F.

• Erosion, Himalayan Geodynamics, and the Geomorphology of Metamorphism

  Citation: 366

  Authors: Peter K., Anne S., Peter O., David, Bernard, C. Page, William S.F., Stephen K., Leonardo, Michael, John

• Refining Rodinia: Geologic Evidence for the Australia–Western U.S. connection in the Proterozoic

  Citation: 358

  Authors: Karl

• The long-term strength of continental lithosphere: “jelly sandwich” or “crème brûlée”?

  Citation: 322

  Authors: E.B., A.B.

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