Journal profile
Geophysical Research Letters
Geophysical Research Letters is published by American Geophysical Union under ISSN 0094-8276. It holds an h-index of 433 across 53,518 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 4.63, and is open access. Its main subject areas are Climate variability and models, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, earthquake and tectonic studies.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | American Geophysical Union |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 0094-8276 |
| All ISSNs | 0094-8276, 1944-8007 |
| Indexed works | 53,518 |
| Total citations | 2,813,246 |
| h-index | 433 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.63 |
| Open access | Open access, listed in DOAJ |
| Main topics | Climate variability and models · Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics · earthquake and tectonic studies · Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics · Atmospheric Ozone and Climate |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
The Arctic oscillation signature in the wintertime geopotential height and temperature fields
- Authors
- David W. J. Thompson, John M. Wallace
- Year
- 1998
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1297-1300
IEEE
D. W. J. Thompson, J. M. Wallace "The Arctic oscillation signature in the wintertime geopotential height and temperature fields," Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 1297-1300, 1998, doi: 10.1029/98gl00950.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Geophysical Research Letters against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Thompson, D. W. J., & Wallace, J. M. (1998). The Arctic oscillation signature in the wintertime geopotential height and temperature fields. Geophysical Research Letters, 25(9), 1297-1300. https://doi.org/10.1029/98gl00950
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{thompson1998,
author = {David W. J. Thompson and John M. Wallace},
title = {The Arctic oscillation signature in the wintertime geopotential height and temperature fields},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
volume = {25},
number = {9},
pages = {1297--1300},
year = {1998},
issn = {0094-8276},
doi = {10.1029/98gl00950}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. Geophysical Research Letters records 53,518 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is open access and listed in DOAJ, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
Geophysical Research Letters carries an h-index of 433, which is above 75% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 2,813,246 citations across 53,518 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 4.63.
2 of the journals covered here are published by American Geophysical Union. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about Geophysical Research Letters
What is the ISSN of Geophysical Research Letters?
The linking ISSN is 0094-8276. The journal also carries 1944-8007, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes Geophysical Research Letters?
American Geophysical Union publishes it. 2 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.
Is Geophysical Research Letters open access?
OpenAlex records it as open access and it is listed in DOAJ. An open-access article is reachable by any reader, so a reviewer can check the passage you cited without a subscription.
How do I cite an article from Geophysical Research Letters in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key thompson1998 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does Geophysical Research Letters use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 1297 to 1300, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is Geophysical Research Letters?
Its h-index is 433, above 75% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 2,813,246 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 4.63. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does Geophysical Research Letters have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 433 and a two-year mean citedness of 4.63 across 53,518 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.