Tectonophysics, The International Journal of Geotectonics and the Geology and Physics of the Interior of the Earth is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. It was established in 1964 and covers the field of tectonophysics, including kinematics, structure, composition, and dynamics of the solid Earth at all scales.[1]
The editors-in-chief are Samuel Angiboust (ENS de Lyon), Jean-Philippe Avouac (California Institute of Technology), Ramon Carbonell (Spanish National Research Council), Rob Govers (Utrecht University), Zheng Xiang Li (Curtin University), and Kelin Wang (Geological Survey of Canada).[1]
This journal is abstracted and indexed in over fifty databases, including Current Contents, GeoRef, Inspec, Scopus, and Web of Science.[2]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, Tectonophysics has a 2011 impact factor of 2.433.[3] The three most highly cited papers in Tectonophysics as of September 2011 are:[4]