Information about the journals

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
-- BSSA is the flagship journal of the Seismological Society of America. "It is the premier journal of advanced research in earthquake seismology and related disciplines". BSSA has been published continuously since 1911.
Impact Factor: 2.027 (as of fall, 2011) .

Computers and Geosciences
Computers & Geosciences is an official journal of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG). Impact Factor: 1.416 (as of spring, 2012) .

Earth and Planetary Science Letters
"Since its first appearance in 1966, Earth and Planetary Science Letters has consistently published concise, highly cited articles on research of significance to the broad earth and planetary sciences community".
Impact Factor: 4.28. Five-year impact factor: 4.853 (as of fall, 2011).

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G-cubed)
-- G-cubed is American Geophysical Union's major online journal. Impact factor: 3.368 (as of fall, 2011).

Geology
-- "Published since 1973, features rapid publication of about 23 refereed short (four-page) papers each month. Articles cover all earth-science disciplines and include new investigations and provocative topics" (from www.geosociety.org).
Impact Factor: 4.026 (as of fall, 2011).

Geophysical Prospecting
-- "Geophysical Prospecting publishes the best in primary research on the science of geophysics as it applies to exploration." 2011 Impact Factor: 1.493

Geophysical Research Letters
-- GRL is published by AGU. GRL's impact factor was ranked 4th in 117 geoscience journals in the 2000 Journal Citation Reports. Impact Factor: 3.505 (as of fall, 2011).

Geosphere
-- Geosphere is Geological Society of America's online journal.
Impact Factor: 2.00 (fall, 2011).

Journal of African Earth Sciences
Published by Elsevier as "the prime geological journal for all aspects of the geology of the African continent and the Middle East".
Impact Factor 1.186 (as of fall, 2011).

Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth
-- JGR is the flagship journal for the ~60,000-member American Geophysical Union. Impact Factor: 3.303 (as of fall, 2011)

Physics of the Solid Earth
Published by Springer. Impact Factor: 0.34 (as of fall, 2011).

Nature
-- According to Science Citation Index, in 2000 Nature is the second most cited journal in about 5000 science journals in the world (click here for the ranking). Impact Factor: 36.1 (as of fall, 2011).

Russian Geology and Geophysics
Published by Elsevier. Impact Factor: 1.051 (as of fall, 2011).

Science
Published by AAAS. Impact Factor: 31.36 (as of fall, 2011).

South Africa Journal of Geology
-- South Africa's top geology journal. Impact Factor: 1.01 (as of fall, 2011).

Tectonophysics
An international geoscience journal published by Elsevier. Impact Factor: 2.509 (as of fall, 2011).

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