90 Earth and Planetary Sciences journals published by Springer Nature with at least 10 papers in 2025. Publisher family is the top of the publisher's lineage in OpenAlex.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Earth Sciences | 1866-6280 | 706 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Doklady Earth Sciences | 1028-334X | 308 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Science China Earth Sciences | 1869-1897 | 289 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Nature Geoscience | 1752-0894 | 269 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Pure and Applied Geophysics | 0033-4533 | 259 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Acta Geophysica | 0001-5725 | 255 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Poland |
| Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences | 1866-9557 | 245 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Earth System Science | 0253-4126 | 230 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | India |
| Geoheritage | 1867-2477 | 226 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Earth Science | 1002-0705 | 218 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Earth Planets and Space | 1343-8832 | 212 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,49,100 to publish | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Applied Geophysics | 1672-7975 | 185 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Marine Biology | 0025-3162 | 180 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Ocean University of China | 1671-2463 | 170 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Acta Oceanologica Sinica | 0253-505X | 169 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Carbonates and Evaporites | 0891-2556 | 168 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Oceanology and Limnology | 2096-5508 | 159 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Doklady Biological Sciences | 0012-4966 | 138 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Paleontological Journal | 0031-0301 | 132 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Bulletin of Volcanology | 0258-8900 | 128 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Marine Biodiversity | 1867-1616 | 128 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Nature Reviews Earth & Environment | 2662-138X | 126 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics | 1024-8560 | 120 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | British Virgin Islands |
| Water Resources | 0097-8078 | 117 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Progress in Earth and Planetary Science | 2197-4284 | 115 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,69,778 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Oceanology | 0001-4370 | 108 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Volcanology and Seismology | 0742-0463 | 107 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Ocean Dynamics | 0012-0308 | 107 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Geology of Ore Deposits | 1075-7015 | 104 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Polar Biology | 0722-4060 | 102 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Russian Journal of Marine Biology | 0134-3475 | 100 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Izvestiya Physics of the Solid Earth | 1069-3513 | 94 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Journal of Geodesy | 0949-7714 | 94 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| China Ocean Engineering | 0890-5487 | 93 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | China |
| Acoustical Physics | 1063-7710 | 92 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Moscow University Geology Bulletin | 0145-8752 | 91 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| RENDICONTI LINCEI | 1120-6349 | 90 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Italy |
| Journal of Coastal Conservation | 1400-0350 | 89 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation | 0869-592X | 88 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology | 0010-7999 | 86 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Geochemistry International | 0016-7029 | 85 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Journal of Seismology | 1383-4649 | 83 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Swiss Journal of Palaeontology | 1664-2376 | 82 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,63,248 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Geosciences Journal | 1226-4806 | 81 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | South Korea |
| Mineralogy and Petrology | 0930-0708 | 81 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Austria |
| Mineralium Deposita | 0026-4598 | 78 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Russian Journal of Pacific Geology | 1819-7140 | 78 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Applied Geomatics | 1866-928X | 77 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Geography and Natural Resources | 1875-371X | 71 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory | 1072-5369 | 71 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| International Journal of Earth Sciences | 1437-3254 | 67 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Zoomorphology | 0340-6725 | 67 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Geotectonics | 0016-8521 | 62 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Journal of Sedimentary Environments | 2447-9462 | 60 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Brazil |
| Physics of Wave Phenomena | 1541-308X | 60 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews | 2661-863X | 57 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Current Pollution Reports | 2198-6592 | 55 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Ocean Science Journal | 1738-5261 | 54 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | South Korea |
| Journal of Iberian Geology | 1698-6180 | 52 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Spain |
| Journal of Mammalian Evolution | 1064-7554 | 52 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments | 1867-1594 | 51 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Paläontologische Zeitschrift | 0031-0220 | 51 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Seismic Instruments | 0747-9239 | 50 | 3 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Vegetation History and Archaeobotany | 0939-6314 | 50 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Surveys in Geophysics | 0046-5763 | 48 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| npj Clean Air | 3059-2240 | 47 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,49,491 to publish | No | No | |
| Anthropocene Coasts | 2561-4150 | 44 | 1 | Free to publish | Yes | No | Singapore |
| Geo-Marine Letters | 0276-0460 | 43 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Journal of Oceanography | 0916-8370 | 43 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Lithology and Mineral Resources | 0024-4902 | 43 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Marine Geophysical Research | 0025-3235 | 43 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Petrology | 0869-5911 | 42 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Intelligent Marine Technology and Systems | 2948-1953 | 39 | 1 | Free to publish | No | No | |
| Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | 1017-0839 | 36 | 2 | ≈ ₹1,89,943 to publish | Yes | Yes | Singapore |
| Journal of Paleolimnology | 0921-2728 | 32 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Physics and Chemistry of Minerals | 0342-1791 | 30 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology | 2662-1495 | 29 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment | 1976-6912 | 28 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,94,809 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Developments in applied phycology. | 2543-0599 | 24 | 2 | Fee not published | No | No | Niger |
| Facies | 0172-9179 | 24 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica | 2213-5812 | 23 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Hungary |
| Swiss Journal of Geosciences | 1661-8726 | 23 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,63,248 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Organisms Diversity & Evolution | 1439-6092 | 22 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Evolutionary Biology | 0071-3260 | 21 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry | 0167-7764 | 21 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Water Waves | 2523-367X | 21 | 2 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Asian Archaeology | 2520-8098 | 20 | 3 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Singapore |
| Journal of Cave and Karst Studies | 1090-6924 | 19 | 3 | Fee not published | Yes | No | United States |
| Journal of World Prehistory | 0892-7537 | 17 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Archaeological Research | 1059-0161 | 13 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |