Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (commonly abbreviated as Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am.) is the flagship journal of the Seismological Society of America. Established in 1911, it publishes original research at the frontiers of seismology and earthquake system science, with a 2025 impact factor of 3.2.Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America（常用缩写 Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am.）是美国地震学会的旗舰期刊，1911 年创刊，刊载地震学与地震系统科学前沿的原创研究，2025 年影响因子为 3.2。^[1]

Scope

• Scope: the journal publishes original peer-reviewed research at the frontiers of seismology and earthquake system science.学科定位： 期刊出版地震学与地震系统科学前沿的原创同行评审研究。
• Paper orientation: articles demonstrate a comprehensive and rigorous treatment of the subject, spanning theoretical analyses, in-depth data analyses, advanced modelling and simulations, emerging techniques, methodological developments and applications.稿件取向： 论文须对主题作全面而严格的处理，可包括理论分析、深入的数据分析、先进的建模与模拟、新兴技术、方法学发展及其应用。
• Article types: alongside original papers the journal carries invited review articles and runs periodic special issues on major earthquakes, new techniques and other advances.体裁： 除原创论文外，期刊刊载受邀综述，并围绕大地震、新技术及其他地震学进展定期推出专号。
• Open access: authors may choose to publish their papers open access.开放获取： 作者可选择以开放获取方式发表论文。
• Indexing and metrics: indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, the journal sits in the second quartile of geochemistry and geophysics, with a 2025 impact factor of 3.2 and full text hosted on the GeoScienceWorld platform.收录与指标： 被科学引文索引扩展版收录，在地球化学与地球物理类别中列第二区，2025 年影响因子为 3.2，全文托管于 GeoScienceWorld 平台。^[2]

History

• Founded in 1911: the journal was established by the Seismological Society of America in 1911, making it one of the longest-running periodicals in seismology.1911年创刊： 期刊于 1911 年由美国地震学会创办，是地震学领域历史最悠久的长青刊物之一。
• Background to the founding: after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake American seismology institutionalised quickly, and the society and its bulletin supplied the organisational and publishing base for systematic observation and theory.创刊背景： 1906 年旧金山大地震之后美国地震研究迅速建制化，学会及其期刊为系统积累观测与理论成果提供了组织与出版基础。
• Publishing platform: long self-published by the society, the journal is now distributed online through GeoScienceWorld.出版平台： 期刊长期自行出版，现经 GeoScienceWorld 平台在线发行。
• Recent metrics: the impact factor stood at 2.274 in 2019, 3.14 in 2021 and 3.2 in 2025.近年指标： 影响因子 2019 年为 2.274，2021 年为 3.14，2025 年为 3.2。^[3]
• Special issue tradition: themed issues built around landmark earthquakes give the journal a systematic record of the great events.专号传统： 期刊围绕标志性地震事件组织专号，形成对重大地震的系统研究记录。

Editors

• Editor-in-chief: the journal is led by Stefano Parolai, professor of solid earth physics and director of the Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Geosciences at the University of Trieste in Italy, who joined the board in 2009 and became editor-in-chief in June 2026.现任主编： 主编为 Stefano Parolai，任意大利的里雅斯特大学固体地球物理学教授兼数学、信息与地球科学系主任，2009 年进入编委会，2026 年 6 月出任主编。
• Deputy editor: the deputy editor-in-chief is Junghyun Park of the Huffington Department of Earth Sciences at Southern Methodist University, specialising in seismic and infrasound array monitoring of anthropogenic sources.副主编： 副主编为 Junghyun Park，任职于南卫理公会大学地球科学系，专长为利用地震与次声台阵监测人为震源。
• Editorial board: some twenty-four associate editors are spread across Italy, France, New Zealand, the United States, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Colombia, Canada, Czechia, Luxembourg and Slovakia.编委构成： 副编辑约二十四人，分布于意大利、法国、新西兰、美国、韩国、日本、新加坡、哥伦比亚、加拿大、捷克、卢森堡与斯洛伐克等国。^[4]
• Submission and peer review: manuscripts are lodged through Editorial Manager and undergo peer review, with the society publishing its fee schedule and open access policy alongside.投稿与评审： 稿件经 Editorial Manager 在线系统递交，接受同行评审，学会同时提供出版费用与开放获取政策说明。
• Editorial policy: the journal favours complete studies that genuinely advance seismology and earthquake system science, stressing the linkage of theory, observation and engineering application.编辑方针： 期刊偏好对地震学与地震系统科学有实质推进的完整研究，强调理论、观测与工程应用的贯通。