Geophysical Research Letters: New policies improve top-cited geosciences journal
January 1, 2010
Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) is the American Geophysical Union's premier journal of fast, groundbreaking communication. It rapidly publishes high- impact,letter-length articles, and it is the top-cited multidisciplinary geosciences journal over the past 10 years, with an impact factor that increased again in 2009, to 3.204. For manuscripts submitted to GRL, the median time to first and final decision is 23 and 27 days, respectively—a 35% improvement since 2007—and the median time from submission to publication is 13 weeks for 90% of GRL papers—a 25% improvement since 2007. Among high-impact publications in the geosciences, GRL has the fastest turnaround.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Title | Geophysical Research Letters: New policies improve top-cited geosciences journal |
| DOI | 10.1029/2010EO380008 |
| Authors | Eric Calais, Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Paolo D'Odorico, Ruth A. Harris, Wolfgang Knorr, Benoit Lavraud, Anne Mueller, William T Peterson, Eric Rignot, Meric Srokosz, Peter Strutton, Geoff Tyndall, Michael Wysession, Paul Lincoln Williams |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union |
| Index ID | 70041763 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Earthquake Science Center |