The Leading Edge
Last updated ISSN 1070-485X
The Leading Edge is published by Society of Exploration Geophysicists in earth and planetary sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Leading Edge concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Seismic Waves and Analysis
- Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
- Geological Modeling and Analysis
- Seismology and Earthquake Studies
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
- Drilling and Well Engineering
Key facts
| Publisher | Society of Exploration Geophysicists |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1070-485X, 1938-3789 |
| Subject area | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 10,259 |
| Publishing since | 1982 |
| Journal website | scitation.aip.org/tle |
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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