Russian Journal of Earth Sciences

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The Russian Journal of Earth Sciences published a special issue, "Kamchatka Earthquake M 8.8 on July 29, 2025" dedicated to the Kamchatka earthquake of July 29, 2025. This magnitude 8.8 event was the strongest seismic event in the world since the magnitude 9.1 Tohoku earthquake off the coast of Japan in 2011 and is the sixth-strongest ever recorded. This special issue brings together the work of leading experts who present a comprehensive analysis of the Kamchatka earthquake.

Introductory remarks from the editors-in-chief:

Preface to the Special Issue “Kamchatka Earthquake M 8.8 on July 29, 2025”

A. D. Gvishiani, A. O. Gliko

https://doi.org/10.2205/2026es001110

All materials are available at the link - KAMCHATKA EARTHQUAKE M 8.8 ON JULY 29,2025

If you are interested in obtaining a printed version of the special issue, please contact the editorial office via e‑mail. The final cost and print run will be determined based on the total number of received requests.

Special Issue Organizer, Editor-in-Chief of the Russian Journal of Earth Sciences: Academician RAS A. D. Gvishiani
(Scientific Director of the Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

Editor-in-Chief of the special issue: Academician RAS A. O. Gliko

Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the special issue: Doctor of Science B. A. Dzeboev

Production editor: PhD E. O. Kedrov

Journal title – Russian Journal of Earth Sciences

Abbreviation – Russ. J. Earth. Sci.

Language of publication – English, Russian

Average publication time – 3-6 months

Journal brochure – PDF

E-mail – rjes@wdcb.ru

Telegram – t.me/RJES_RAS

ISSN – 1681-1208 (online)

DOAJ – 1681-1208

Scopus – 21100872374

Web of Science – Core Collection, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)

Russian Science Citation Index – 31854

"White list" – Level 1

Higher Attestation Commission – line 254, equating the journal to category K1

Publisher – Geophysical Center RAS

Current issue(s) – Vol.26№3, Vol.26№4

1.1

2025CiteScore

27th percentile

Aims and scope of the journal

Russian Journal of Earth Sciences (RJES) publishes original fundamental research papers and reviews in all fields of Earth sciences and interdisciplinary results integrating advances from related scientific disciplines: geomagnetism, geology, geochemistry, geophysics, geoinformatics, geography, geoecology, physics of the Earth, seismology, volcanology, geodesy, petroleum geology and geophysics, remote sensing of the Earth, oceanology, water resources, mining, environment and climate, studies of the Arctic and Antarctic, as well as big data in Earth sciences and system analysis of the aforementioned disciplines. The journal accepts articles in Russian and English.

The main goal of the publication is to communicate to the international scientific community the results of fundamental research obtained by Russian scientists. Articles from foreign authors and international teams are also accepted for publication; papers devoted to common problems of Earth sciences and research in Northern Eurasia are particularly welcome.

Russian Journal of Earth Sciences has stable scientometric indicators. In the academic ranking of RSCI the journal is in the first quartile K1 (normalized rating 0.410), in the summary ranking of RSCI it ranks 143rd out of 931, and in the subject ranking "OECD 105. Earth and related environmental sciences" – 21st out of 61. It is included in the core of RSCI, with an impact factor of 0.89. It is included in the "White List" (Level 1). The journal is represented in international citation databases: Scopus, Web of Science, GeoRef. It is in the 3rd quartile in ScimagoJR (Q3) and has a CiteScore = 1.1. In the Web of Science database it is included in the fourth quartile (Q4) in the knowledge area "Geosciences, Multidisciplinary". The journal has been accepted into DOAJ.

Articles submitted for publication undergo a standard single-blind peer review process (the reviewer knows the authors' names, the authors do not know the reviewer's name) and expert evaluation; all materials undergo editorial processing.

Accepted articles are published in high-resolution PDF format with hyperlinks to internal (figures, tables, etc.) and external (online documents) objects. The online version is the primary version (version of record). The publication style is fully compatible with standard scientific publications, and to obtain a printed version it is sufficient to print the PDF file on a printer.

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Date of update: September 3, 2026