Journal of Applied Geophysics
Last updated ISSN 0926-9851
Journal of Applied Geophysics is published by Elsevier BV in earth and planetary sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,180.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Applied Geophysics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Seismic Waves and Analysis
- Geophysical Methods and Applications
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
- Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
- Drilling and Well Engineering
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0926-9851, 1879-1859 |
| Subject area | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,180 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 5,440 |
| Publishing since | 1992 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-applied-geophys |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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