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Published May 2010

Top 20 Journals

The resulting database contained 1,619 journals. Ranked by three separate measures: citations, papers, and citations per paper. Source dates: 2000-February 28, 2010 (first bimonthly period 2010). *Unless otherwise specified (in the " Rankings" section), all rankings have a >= 5 paper threshold for all measures.


Citations

Rank Journal Citations Papers Cites per paper
1 J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA 17,422 1,139 15.30
2 B SEISMOL SOC AM 16,253 1,662 9.78
3 GEOPHYS RES LETT 9,517 921 10.33
4 GEOPHYS J INT 9,072 1,029 8.82
5 TECTONOPHYSICS 5,793 740 7.83
6 NATURE 4,723 120 39.36
7 SCIENCE 4,673 103 45.37
8 EARTH PLANET SC LETT 4,238 327 12.96
9 PURE APPL GEOPHYS 3,767 534 7.05
10 GEOLOGY 3,563 211 16.89
11 EARTHQUAKE ENG STRUC DYNAM 3,262 551 5.92
12 PHYS EARTH PLANET IN 2,543 260 9.78
13 EARTH PLANETS SPACE 2,434 452 5.38
14 J VOLCANOL GEOTH RES 2,151 225 9.56
15 SOIL DYN EARTHQ ENG 1,858 468 3.97
16 J STRUCT ENG-ASCE 1,853 321 5.77
17 J SEISMOL 1,850 330 5.61
18 MAR GEOL 1,666 123 13.54
19 ENG STRUCT 1,623 384 4.23
20 J STRUCT GEOL 1,517 105 14.45

papers

Rank Journal Citations Papers Cites per paper
1 B SEISMOL SOC AM 16,253 1,662 9.78
2 J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA 17,422 1,139 15.30
3 GEOPHYS J INT 9,072 1,029 8.82
4 GEOPHYS RES LETT 9,517 921 10.33
5 TECTONOPHYSICS 5,793 740 7.83
6 EARTHQUAKE ENG STRUC DYNAM 3,262 551 5.92
7 PURE APPL GEOPHYS 3,767 534 7.05
8 SOIL DYN EARTHQ ENG 1,858 468 3.97
9 EARTH PLANETS SPACE 2,434 452 5.38
10 ENG STRUCT 1,623 384 4.23
11 J SEISMOL 1,850 330 5.61
12 EARTH PLANET SC LETT 4,238 327 12.96
13 J STRUCT ENG-ASCE 1,853 321 5.77
14 EARTHQ SPECTRA 979 304 3.22
15 CHINESE J GEOPHYS-CH 744 299 2.49
16 IZV-PHYS SOLID EARTH 305 296 1.03
17 PHYS EARTH PLANET IN 2,543 260 9.78
18 NAT HAZARDS 789 240 3.29
19 J EARTHQ ENG 429 234 1.83
20 J VOLCANOL GEOTH RES 2,151 225 9.56

Cites Per Paper

Rank Journal Citations Papers Cites per paper
1 SCIENCE 4,673 103 45.37
2 AM J PSYCHIAT 354 8 44.25
3 REV GEOPHYS 454 11 41.27
4 NATURE 4,723 120 39.36
5 P ROY SOC LOND A MAT 170 5 34.00
6 ANNU REV EARTH PL SC 511 16 31.94
7 PHYS REV LETT 1,183 48 24.65
8 J URBAN HEALTH 134 6 22.33
9 EARTH-SCI REV 444 20 22.20
10 J GEOL 221 11 20.09
11 SEDIMENTOLOGY 390 20 19.50
12 J MECH PHYS SOLIDS 243 13 18.69
13 GEODIN ACTA 348 19 18.32
14 P NATL ACAD SCI USA 459 26 17.65
15 PLANET SPACE SCI 122 7 17.43
16 GEOLOGY 3,563 211 16.89
17 J GEOPHYS RES-PLANET 81 5 16.20
18 HUM REPROD 97 6 16.17
19 KIDNEY INT 113 7 16.14
20 J NERV MENT DIS 267 17 15.71
 
 

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