Tectonics

Aims & Scope

Tectonics (TECT) presents original scientific contributions that describe and explain the evolution, structure, and deformation of Earth¹s lithosphere.

Contributions are welcome from any relevant area of research, including field, laboratory, petrological, geochemical, geochronological, geophysical, remote-sensing, and modeling studies.

Multidisciplinary studies are particularly encouraged.

Tectonics welcomes studies across the range of geologic time.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.6
2024	3.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.603

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	166

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2129

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1812

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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.

• Accretion leading to collision and the Permian Solonker suture, Inner Mongolia, China: Termination of the central Asian orogenic belt

  Citation: 1741

  Authors: Wenjiao, Brian F., Jie, Mingguo

• Extension in the Tyrrhenian Sea and shortening in the Apennines as result of arc migration driven by sinking of the lithosphere

  Citation: 1551

  Authors: Alberto, William B. F.

• Extensional collapse of orogens

  Citation: 1241

  Authors: J. F.

• Mediterranean extension and the Africa‐Eurasia collision

  Citation: 928

  Authors: Laurent, Claudio

• An indentation model for the North and South China collision and the development of the Tan‐Lu and Honam Fault Systems, eastern Asia

  Citation: 885

  Authors: An, Shangyou

• Strike‐slip fault geometry in Turkey and its influence on earthquake activity

  Citation: 779

  Authors: A. A., K.

• Surface uplift, tectonics, and erosion of eastern Tibet from large‐scale drainage patterns

  Citation: 775

  Authors: M. K., L. M., L. H., K. X., B. C., X., W., E., L.

• Lateral slab deformation and the origin of the western Mediterranean arcs

  Citation: 705

  Authors: Claudio, Claudia, Ana, Laurent, Federico

• Detrital zircon geochronology of pre‐Tertiary strata in the Tibetan‐Himalayan orogen

  Citation: 696

  Authors: G., P., P., A., R., A., L., J., A., N., A.

• Relative motion of the Nazca (Farallon) and South American Plates since Late Cretaceous time

  Citation: 692

  Authors: Federico, Peter

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