Geophysics submissions

Submission and review system

Papers submitted to Geophysics should meet the requirements detailed in the submission section of Geophysics Instructions to Authors. If certain requirements are not met, a paper may be prevented from being accepted for review.

Manuscripts should be submitted online through ScholarOne's Manuscript Central system. This system is used for online submission, peer review, and tracking. During the review process, authors use the online system to check paper status, communicate with editors, and submit revisions.

Instructions to Authors

Geophysics papers, drawn from industry and academia, undergo a rigorous peer-review process to validate the described methods and conclusions and ensure the highest editorial and production quality. Geophysics editors strongly encourage the use of real data, including actual case histories, to highlight current technology and tutorials to stimulate ideas. Please read Geophysics Instructions to Authors for submission guidelines.

Ethical Guidelines for SEG Publications

View the PDF version of Ethical Guidelines for SEG Publications.

Ethical guidelines presented here for editors, authors, and reviewers of SEG publications and staff that support them reflect a conviction that adherence to high standards is vital to the advancement of applied geophysics as a science and a profession.

Illustration preparation requirements

All illustrations must be submitted in electronic format. Illustrations submitted after the paper is accepted must meet specifications. Papers may be delayed or rejected if these illustration guidelines are not followed. Click here for the full illustration specification requirements.

Keywords

SEG suggests keywords for indexing your submission by subject.

LaTeX packages

A typesetting package is available to help authors prepare papers for Geophysics. The package consists of a set of macros prepared for LaTeX, a popular document preparation system. Authors who use the LaTeX typesetting program to prepare their manuscripts can use the SEG macros (called SEGTeX) to format the text, equations, references, and appendices so that they conform to Geophysics guidelines for submission.

Dissertation Abstracts and Master's Theses Titles

Geophysics publishes abstracts of dissertations and titles of master's theses both in print and online. Recent graduates are invited to submit their abstracts or titles by completing and submitting the appropriate form found here. Abstracts and titles will be reviewed and accepted or rejected based on their relevance to the readers of Geophysics.

Publication forms

Geophysics author publication forms are available for download.

Reprints

Authors may order reprints of articles published in Geophysics through Sheridan Reprints, SEG's author reprint service provider.

Geophysics Editors and staff

Geophysics editors
Geophysics staff