Reviews of Geophysics

Reviews of Geophysics  
Abbreviated title (ISO) Rev. Geophys.
Discipline Geophysics
Language English
Edited by Mark B. Moldwin
Publication details
Publisher American Geophysical Union (United States)
Publication history 1963–present
Frequency Quarterly
Impact factor
(2010)		 9.538
Indexing
ISSN 8755–1209
LCCN 86642786
CODEN REGEEP
OCLC number 471534503
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Reviews of Geophysics is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Geophysical Union. The current editor-in-chief is Mark B. Moldwin (University of Michigan). Although it has a continuous publishing history, it had a different title between 1970 and 1984 (see below).[1][2][3]

Contents

History

Reviews of Geophysics (ISSN 0096-1043) was established in 1963. Between February 1970 and November 1984 it was named Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics (ISSN 0034-6853). Throughout the years its frequency varied. It was quarterly in 1970–74, five per year in 1975, quarterly again in 1976–78, eight issues in 1979, quarterly in 1980–82, and finally eight issues in 1983, before being renamed to Reviews of Geophysics in 1984. It was abstracted and indexed in Chemical Abstracts, GeoRef, Mathematical Reviews, several of the Engineering Index databases, and International Aerospace Abstracts.[4]

Aims and scope

As a review publication by invitation only, Reviews of Geophysics provides an overview of geophysics research. Furthermore, it integrates summations of previous scientific investigations with active research areas. Critical analysis of the progress in, and direction of, geophysics is provided.[1] Topical coverage includes solid-earth geophysics, cryospheric science, oceans and atmospheric studies (outer atmosphere, meteorology, and oceanography), along with the physics of the solar system and its processes. For example, coverage includes processes that tend to concern the public such as rainfall rates, trends in marine fisheries, earthquake probabilities, and volcanic eruption potentials.[5][6][7]

Highly cited articles

The three most highly cited articles published in Reviews of Geophysics, with citations (as of September 2011) ranging from 2479 for the first down to 997 for the third, are:[8]

  1. Mellor, G. L.; Yamada, T. (1982). "Development of a turbulence closure-model for geophysical fluid problems". Reviews of Geophysics 20 (4): 851–875. Bibcode 1982RvGSP..20..851M. doi:10.1029/RG020i004p00851. 
  2. Large, W. G.; McWilliams, J. C.; Doney, S. C. (1994). "Oceanic vertical mixing—A review and a model with a nonlocal boundary-ayer parameterization". Reviews of Geophysics 32 (4): 363–403. Bibcode 1994RvGeo..32..363L. doi:10.1029/94RG01872. 
  3. Rudnick, R. L.; Fountain, D. M. (1995). "Nature and composition of the continental-crust—a lower crustal perspective". Reviews of Geophysics 33 (3): 267–309. Bibcode 1995RvGeo..33..267R. doi:10.1029/95RG01302. 

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is indexed in the following databases:[2][3]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2010 impact factor of 9.538, ranking it 2nd out of 77 journals in the category "Geochemistry & Geophysics".[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Home page". journal description for Reviews of Geophysics. AGU. December 2010. http://www.agu.org/journals/rg/. Retrieved 2010-12. 
  2. ^ a b "Online catalog record". Bibliographic information for Reviews of Geophysics. National Library of Australia. December 2010. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1521353?lookfor=Reviews%20of%20geophysics&offset=1&max=73. Retrieved 2010-12. 
  3. ^ a b "Online library catalog record" (record found via World Cat). Bibliographic information for Reviews of Geophysics.. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Harvard University. http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/1796745?page=frame&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhollisclassic.harvard.edu%2FF%2F%3Ffunc%3Dfind-b%26find_code%3Dkon%26request%3DOCM01796745%26checksum%3Ddc94df507b88bf2e320067f670117226&title=Smithsonian+Astrophysical+Observatory&linktype=opac&detail=SQD%3ASmithsonian+Astrophysical+Observatory%3AAcademic+Library. Retrieved 2010-12. 
  4. ^ "Online library catalog record" (record found via World Cat). Bibliographic information for Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics.. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Harvard University. http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/1796745?page=frame&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhollisclassic.harvard.edu%2FF%2F%3Ffunc%3Dfind-b%26find_code%3Dkon%26request%3DOCM01796745%26checksum%3Ddc94df507b88bf2e320067f670117226&title=Smithsonian+Astrophysical+Observatory&linktype=opac&detail=SQD%3ASmithsonian+Astrophysical+Observatory%3AAcademic+Library. Retrieved 2010-12. 
  5. ^ "AGUs Cryosphere Focus Group". http://www.agu.org/focus_group/cryosphere/. Retrieved 2010-10-07. 
  6. ^ "About IUGG". http://www.iugg.org/about/. Retrieved 2010-10-07. 
  7. ^ AGU History. AGU Celebrates 80 Years of Leadership. 1999
  8. ^ "Web of Science". http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/science_products/a-z/web_of_science/. Retrieved July, 2011. 
  9. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Geochemistry & Geophysics". 2010 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2011. 

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