Here are the 2012 Impact Factors of the top 20 Geosciences (Multidisciplinary) peer-reviewed journals as released by Thomson Reuters. The journal "Nature Geoscience" has the highest Impact factor of all, while the "Journal of Geophysical Research" has the most number of citations in 2012.
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1. Full Journal Title: Nature Geoscience
ISO Abbrev. Title: Nat. Geosci.
Total Citations: 7451
Impact Factor: 12.367
5-Year Impact Factor: 12.905
2. Full Journal Title: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
ISO Abbrev. Title: Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci.
Total Citations: 4653
Impact Factor: 8.833
5-Year Impact Factor: 9.861
3. Full Journal Title: GONDWANA RESEARCH
ISO Abbrev. Title: Gondwana Res.
Total Citations: 4394
Impact Factor: 7.396
5-Year Impact Factor: 6.171
4. Full Journal Title: EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS
ISO Abbrev. Title: Earth-Sci. Rev.
Total Citations: 6204
Impact Factor: 7.339
5-Year Impact Factor: 8.759
5. Full Journal Title: Geoscientific Model Development
ISO Abbrev. Title: Geosci. Model Dev.
Total Citations: 626
Impact Factor: 5.030
5-Year Impact Factor: 4.500
6. Full Journal Title: GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
ISO Abbrev. Title: Glob. Biogeochem. Cycle
Total Citations: 9505
Impact Factor: 4.682
5-Year Impact Factor: 5.846
7. Full Journal Title: PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
ISO Abbrev. Title: Precambrian Res.
Total Citations: 8624
Impact Factor: 4.441
5-Year Impact Factor: 4.918
8. Full Journal Title: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN
ISO Abbrev. Title: Geol. Soc. Am. Bull.
Total Citations: 13572
Impact Factor: 4.286
5-Year Impact Factor: 4.494
9. Full Journal Title: QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
ISO Abbrev. Title: Quat. Sci. Rev.
Total Citations: 13483
Impact Factor: 4.076
5-Year Impact Factor: 5.040
10. Full Journal Title: Quaternary Geochronology
ISO Abbrev. Title: Quat. Geochronol.
Total Citations: 1290
Impact Factor: 4.015
5-Year Impact Factor: 3.913
11. Full Journal Title: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
ISO Abbrev. Title: Geophys. Res. Lett.
Total Citations: 64112
Impact Factor: 3.982
5-Year Impact Factor: 4.070
12. Full Journal Title: Cryosphere
ISO Abbrev. Title: Cryosphere
Total Citations: 868
Impact Factor: 3.770
5-Year Impact Factor: 4.535
13. Full Journal Title: Biogeosciences
ISO Abbrev. Title: Biogeosciences
Total Citations: 4590
Impact Factor: 3.754
5-Year Impact Factor: 4.178
14. Full Journal Title: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
ISO Abbrev. Title: Am. J. Sci.
Total Citations: 6143
Impact Factor: 3.600
5-Year Impact Factor: 4.563
15. Full Journal Title: HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
ISO Abbrev. Title: Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.
Total Citations: 5365
Impact Factor: 3.587
5-Year Impact Factor: 3.984
16. Full Journal Title: Climate of the Past
ISO Abbrev. Title: Clim. Past.
Total Citations: 1392
Impact Factor: 3.556
5-Year Impact Factor: 4.231
17. Full Journal Title: BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
ISO Abbrev. Title: Biogeochemistry
Total Citations: 6997
Impact Factor: 3.531
5-Year Impact Factor: 4.077
18. Full Journal Title: PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
ISO Abbrev. Title: Prog. Phys. Geogr.
Total Citations: 2275
Impact Factor: 3.419
5-Year Impact Factor: 3.690
19. Full Journal Title: Advances in Geophysics
ISO Abbrev. Title: Adv. Geophys.
Total Citations: 370
Impact Factor: 3.333
5-Year Impact Factor: 1.553
20. Full Journal Title: ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING
ISO Abbrev. Title: ISPRS-J. Photogramm. Remote Sens.
Total Citations: 2496
Impact Factor: 3.313
5-Year Impact Factor: 4.026
The "<b>Journal of Geophysical Research</b>" has an Impact Factor of 3.174, and is ranked no. 23.
