Interpretation

Aims & Scope

While many activities of geoscientists routinely require judgment, interpretation here specifically refers to conceptualization of the subsurface by an interpreter with incomplete information and a-priori knowledge.

An interpreter evaluates alternative subsurface models consistent with available data and selects the most plausible geophysical and geologic scenarios by following scientific methods.

Relevant contributions to Interpretation include, but are not limited to, submissions that advance geophysical or geologic concepts and principles of interpretation; correlation and calibration with engineering data; planning and evaluation of alternative completion strategies, case studies; algorithms for interpretation tools; and workflows, pitfalls, observations, insights, technical challenges, and tutorials.

An Interpretation article is not required to contain an interpretation; it only has to help advance the practice of interpretation.

Likewise an article may focus on interpretation of a data set if this provides significant new insight on the geology of an area or on the workflow used.

Articles that describe interpretation methods and applications involving integration of multiple data sets to quantify as well as visualize subsurface structure are strongly encouraged.

Interpretation is a dedicated forum for subsurface interpretation geoscientists.

For papers focused on interpretation concepts, methodologies, tools, and workflows, the journal requires originality, completeness of descriptions, and demonstrations of viability.

For papers that contain subsurface interpretations, the journal's novelty requirement can be satisfied by new applications of established methods.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1
2024	1.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.339

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	48

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	15451

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	280

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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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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.

• A comparison of classification techniques for seismic facies recognition

  Citation: 219

  Authors: Tao, Vikram, Atish, Kurt J.

• Prestack and poststack inversion using a physics-guided convolutional neural network

  Citation: 201

  Authors: Reetam, Mrinal K., Vishal, Tapan

• SaltSeg: Automatic 3D salt segmentation using a deep convolutional neural network

  Citation: 157

  Authors: Yunzhi, Xinming, Sergey

• A machine-learning benchmark for facies classification

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Yazeed, Patrycja, Motaz, Ghassan

• Seismic imaging in and around salt bodies

  Citation: 150

  Authors: Ian F., Ian

• Geologic pattern recognition from seismic attributes: Principal component analysis and self-organizing maps

  Citation: 144

  Authors: Rocky, Thomas, Deborah

• Semisupervised sequence modeling for elastic impedance inversion

  Citation: 137

  Authors: Motaz, Ghassan

• Pitfalls and limitations in seismic attribute interpretation of tectonic features

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Kurt J., Tiago M.

• Coherence attribute at different spectral scales

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Fangyu, Wenkai

• Automatic channel detection using deep learning

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Nam, Sergey, Dallas

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