Geophysical Research Letters

Geophysical Research Letters is a peer-reviewed letters journal published by the American Geophysical Union, established in 1974 and covering major advances across the Earth and space sciences, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.0.《地球物理研究快报》（Geophysical Research Letters）是由美国地球物理联合会（AGU）出版的同行评审快报类期刊，1974 年创刊，覆盖地球与空间科学各领域的重大进展，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.0。

Scope

• The journal publishes high-impact, innovative and timely communications across all major geoscience disciplines.本刊发表地球科学各主要学科中高影响力、具创新性且时效性强的通讯类文章。
• Papers must be short and must carry broad and immediate implications for a discipline or across the geosciences.论文篇幅短小，且须对某一学科或整个地球科学领域具有广泛而直接的意义。
• Coverage spans climate, atmospheric science, oceanography, hydrology, solid Earth and planetary science, and space physics.报道范围涵盖气候、大气科学、海洋学、水文学、固体地球与行星科学以及空间物理。
• Biogeosciences, cryospheric science, geodesy, seismology, volcanology and natural hazards are also represented.生物地球科学、冰冻圈科学、大地测量学、地震学、火山学与自然灾害也在其中。
• The journal publishes a limited number of frontier articles by invitation from the editors.刊物发表数量有限的前沿文章，由编辑邀请撰写。
• It emphasises rapid review and publication so that results of immediate importance reach readers quickly.刊物强调快速评审与发表，使具有直接重要性的结果尽快到达读者。

History

• Geophysical Research Letters was established in 1974 and has been published by the American Geophysical Union ever since.《地球物理研究快报》创办于 1974 年，此后一直由美国地球物理联合会出版。
• It was founded as a letters journal to give geoscientists a fast route to publish short, high-impact results.刊物以快报形式创办，为地球科学家提供发表短小、高影响力成果的快速通道。
• The journal is published biweekly and is distributed through the American Geophysical Union's online publishing platform.刊物为双周刊，经美国地球物理联合会的在线出版平台发行。
• Kristopher Karnauskas became editor-in-chief in January 2025.（Kristopher Karnauskas）于 2025 年 1 月出任主编。
• The journal belongs to the American Geophysical Union's portfolio of open access titles, with articles published under open licences.刊物属于美国地球物理联合会的开放获取期刊群，论文以开放许可发表。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.0, after 4.6 in 2024 and 5.576 in 2022, and it ranks in the first quartile of multidisciplinary geosciences.2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.0，此前 2024 年为 4.6、2022 年为 5.576，在多学科地球科学类别中位列一区。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Kristopher Karnauskas, whose research concerns climate dynamics, ocean-atmosphere interaction and global climate change.现任主编为（Kristopher Karnauskas），其研究关注气候动力学、海气相互作用与全球气候变化。
• The journal has a large team of editors and associate editors covering the individual geoscience disciplines.刊物拥有庞大的编辑与副主编团队，覆盖地球科学的各个分支学科。
• Editors from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other institutions have joined the board in recent years.近年来中国科学院等机构的学者加入编委会。
• The American Geophysical Union appoints editors-in-chief for fixed terms, and the journal recruits editors and associate editors publicly.美国地球物理联合会按固定任期任命主编，刊物公开招募编辑与副主编。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the GEMS system, and the journal works closely with authors to ensure visibility of top papers.稿件经（GEMS）系统提交，刊物与作者密切合作以确保优秀论文获得关注。
• The journal maintains what it describes as the fastest turnaround of all high-impact publications in the geosciences.刊物自述其审稿与发表速度在地球科学领域所有高影响力出版物中最快。