The Journal of Geophysics and Engineering is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

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 scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 covering research and developments in geophysics

Geophysics

Geophysics is the physics of the Earth and its environment in space; also the study of the Earth using quantitative physical methods. The term geophysics sometimes refers only to the geological applications: Earth's shape; its gravitational and magnetic fields; its internal structure and...

 and related areas of engineering

Engineering

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. Although the journal has a predominantly applied science

Applied science

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 and engineering

Engineering

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 focus, it also publishes contributions in all Earth-physics disciplines from global geophysics to applied and engineering geophysics. The editors-in-chief are Michael R Warner (Imperial College London

Imperial College London

Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...

) and Jian Guo (Nanjing Institute of Geophysical Prospecting).

Abstracting and indexing

The Journal of Geophysics and Engineering is abstracted and indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, Current Contents

Current Contents

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/Engineering, Computing and Technology, Current Contents/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences, Inspec

Inspec

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, Scopus

Scopus

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, Astrophysics Data System

Astrophysics Data System

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, and GEOBASE

GeoBase

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. According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal has a 2010 impact factor

Impact factor

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