Journal of Seismology

Aims & Scope

Journal of Seismology is an international journal specialising in all observational and theoretical aspects related to earthquake occurrence.

Research topics may cover: seismotectonics, seismicity, historical seismicity, seismic source physics, strong ground motion studies, seismic hazard or risk, engineering seismology, physics of fault systems, triggered and induced seismicity, mining seismology, volcano seismology, earthquake prediction, structural investigations ranging from local to regional and global studies with a particular focus on passive experiments.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	1.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10970

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	422

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.530

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	68

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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.

• Empirical Global Relations Converting M S and m b to Moment Magnitude

  Citation: 497

  Authors: E. M.

• The SHARE European Earthquake Catalogue (SHEEC) 1000–1899

  Citation: 310

  Authors: M., A., A. A., P., T., M. B., P., V., R. M. W., M., K., S., D., H., D., W., K., J. M., O., M., P., J., C., R., M., C., D., D.

• Criteria for Selecting and Adjusting Ground-Motion Models for Specific Target Regions: Application to Central Europe and Rock Sites

  Citation: 287

  Authors: Fabrice, Frank, Julian J., Hilmar

• 2d and 3D elastic wave propagation by a pseudo-spectral domain decomposition method

  Citation: 264

  Authors: E., F., R., A.

• The comparison of macroseismic intensity scales

  Citation: 250

  Authors: Roger M. W., Gottfried, Max

• Defining a model of 3D seismogenic sources for Seismic Hazard Assessment applications: The case of central Apennines (Italy)

  Citation: 236

  Authors: Paolo, Giusy, Bruno

• Ocean-generated microseismic noise located with the Gräfenberg array

  Citation: 226

  Authors: A., F., K.

• The Ms = 6.2, June 15, 1995 Aigion earthquake (Greece): evidence for low angle normal faulting in the Corinth rift

  Citation: 203

  Authors: P., P., B., H., J.-M., C., C., R., D., C., B., A., F., C., A., D., P., J., D., K., G., E., C., V., E., D., M., G.

• The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue (EMEC) for the last millennium

  Citation: 186

  Authors: Gottfried, Rutger

• Array performances for ambient vibrations on a shallow structure and consequences over V s inversion

  Citation: 184

  Authors: Marc, Denis, Matthias, Sylvette

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