177 Earth and Planetary Sciences journals in ORBIT Tier 3 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 3: third quarter of Earth and Planetary Sciences by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM ... | 1314-2704 | 529 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Bulgaria |
| Dutse Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences | 2476-8316 | 457 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Nigeria |
| The Leading Edge | 1070-485X | 211 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Proceedings of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | 1310-1331 | 209 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Bulgaria |
| Bulletin of Mineralogy Petrology and Geochemistry | 1007-2802 | 183 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | China |
| Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa | 2070-7401 | 179 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Afyon Kocatepe University Journal of Sciences and Engineering | 2147-5296 | 151 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Scientia Africana | 1118-1931 | 143 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Doklady Biological Sciences | 0012-4966 | 138 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Rossijskij žurnal nauk o zemle/Russian journal of earth sciences | 1681-1178 | 122 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics | 1024-8560 | 120 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | British Virgin Islands |
| Journal of Volcanology and Seismology | 0742-0463 | 107 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Ife Journal of Science | 3026-8583 | 105 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Nauru |
| Geology of Ore Deposits | 1075-7015 | 104 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Russian Journal of Marine Biology | 0134-3475 | 100 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Limnology and Freshwater Biology | 2658-3518 | 99 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Journal of Technology Innovation and Engineering | 3058-9584 | 98 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society | 0007-3938 | 98 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Bulgaria |
| First Break | 0263-5046 | 95 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Netherlands |
| Moscow University Geology Bulletin | 0145-8752 | 91 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| VNU Journal of Science Earth and Environmental Sciences | 2588-1094 | 87 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Vietnam |
| Nigerian Journal of Physics | 1118-7638 | 80 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Russian Journal of Pacific Geology | 1819-7140 | 78 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Computer Research and Modeling | 2076-7633 | 77 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Latin American Antiquity | 1045-6635 | 76 | 3 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Geoscience Engineering Environment and Technology | 2503-216X | 74 | 3 | ≈ ₹9,633 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Moscow University Bulletin Series 4 Geology | 0579-9406 | 72 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| BIODIVERSITY JOURNAL | 2039-0394 | 71 | 3 | ≈ ₹16,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| Geography and Natural Resources | 1875-371X | 71 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Geological Quarterly | 1641-7291 | 71 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Poland |
| Vestnik of Geosciences | 2712-7761 | 70 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| South of Russia ecology development | 1992-1098 | 68 | 3 | RUB 35,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India | 0552-9360 | 63 | 3 | ₹20,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Ecosystem Transformation | 2619-0931 | 62 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Geotectonics | 0016-8521 | 62 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad | 1870-3453 | 61 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Mexico |
| Past Global Change Magazine | 2411-605X | 60 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Indonesian Journal of Geography | 0024-9521 | 59 | 3 | ≈ ₹9,633 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia | 1531-832X | 56 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Plankton and Benthos Research | 1880-8247 | 56 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Japan |
| Indonesian Physical Review | 2614-7904 | 54 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| JOURNAL ONLINE OF PHYSICS | 2502-2016 | 54 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Seismic Instruments | 0747-9239 | 50 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Geology Today | 0266-6979 | 48 | 3 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| WSL-Berichte/WSL Berichte | 2296-3448 | 48 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Geogaceta | 0213-683X | 45 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia | 1214-9705 | 44 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Czechia |
| Archaeology International | 1463-1725 | 44 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Medieval Archaeology | 0076-6097 | 43 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Regional Geology and Metallogeny | 0869-7892 | 43 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| African Scientific Reports | 2955-1617 | 42 | 3 | ≈ ₹13,486 to publish | Yes | Yes | Nigeria |
| Australian Archaeology | 0312-2417 | 42 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana | 1405-3322 | 42 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Mexico |
| The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan | 0016-7630 | 42 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Japan |
| Арктика и Антарктика | 2453-8922 | 42 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Slovakia |
| ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N S ) | 0065-1737 | 41 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Mexico |
| ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC NATURAL RESOURCES | 2618-9712 | 41 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| EKSPLORIUM | 0854-1418 | 39 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Vietnam Journal of Marine Science and Technology | 1859-3097 | 39 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Vietnam |
| Vyčislitelʹnye metody i programmirovanie | 0507-5386 | 39 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Geofísica Internacional | 0016-7169 | 38 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Mexico |
| HYDROMETEOROLOGY AND ECOLOGY PROCEEDINGS OF THE RUSSIAN STATE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL UNIVERSITY | 2074-2762 | 37 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | |
| Криосфера Земли | 1560-7496 | 37 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Geologicheskii vestnik | 2619-0087 | 35 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Rivista Tema | 2421-4574 | 34 | 3 | ≈ ₹43,533 to publish | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage | 1314-4006 | 33 | 3 | ≈ ₹8,707 to publish | Yes | Yes | Bulgaria |
| Russian Journal of Seismology | 2686-7907 | 33 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Arctic and Antarctic Research | 0555-2648 | 32 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Indonesian Journal on Geoscience | 2355-9306 | 32 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Earth sciences and subsoil use | 2686-7931 | 31 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Ethnobiology Letters | 2159-8126 | 31 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Géomorphologie relief processus environnement | 1266-5304 | 31 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | France |
| Oxford Journal of Archaeology | 0262-5253 | 31 | 3 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University Series Earth Sciences | 2073-3402 | 31 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Učënye zapiski Kazanskogo universiteta. Seriâ Estestvennye nauki/Učënye zapiski Kazanskogo universiteta. Seriâ Estestvennye nauki/Učenye zapiski Kazanskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriâ Estestvennye nauki | 1815-6169 | 31 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Bulletin of Kamchatka Regional Association «Educational-Scientific Center» Earth Sciences | 1816-5524 | 30 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Russia |
| Geologica Acta | 1695-6133 | 30 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| KURVATEK | 2477-7870 | 29 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Physics Access | 2714-500X | 29 | 3 | ≈ ₹48,164 to publish | Yes | Yes | Nigeria |
| Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS | 0206-0477 | 29 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres REDER | 0719-8477 | 29 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Social Evolution & History | 1681-4363 | 29 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Russia |
| Jurnal Geologi dan Sumberdaya Mineral | 0853-9634 | 28 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales | 1514-5158 | 28 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Norwegian Archaeological Review | 0029-3652 | 27 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Norway |
| Bulletin Mineralogie Petrologie | 2570-7337 | 26 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Czechia |
| Journal of Computation Physics and Earth Science (JoCPES) | 2776-2521 | 26 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Indonesia |
| Journal of Urban Archaeology | 2736-2426 | 26 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Belgium |
| Paleontological Research | 1342-8144 | 26 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Japan |
| Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina | 2469-0228 | 26 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Acta Geologica Polonica | 0001-5709 | 25 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Poland |
| International Journal of Wood Culture | 2772-3186 | 25 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Santander Art and Culture Law Review | 2391-7997 | 25 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Poland |
| Aceh International Journal of Science and Technology | 2088-9860 | 24 | 3 | ≈ ₹8,052 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Acta Archaeologica | 0065-101X | 24 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Andean geology | 0718-7092 | 24 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Archaeofauna | 1132-6891 | 24 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Spain |
| Jurnal Geosaintek | 2460-9072 | 24 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Indonesia |
| KIVA | 0023-1940 | 24 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Korea Society of Coastal Disaster Prevention | 2288-7903 | 24 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | South Korea |
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