Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) publishes high-impact, innovative, and timely research on major scientific advances in all the major geoscience disciplines. Papers are communications-length articles and should have broad and immediate implications in their discipline or across the geosciences. GRLmaintains the fastest turn-around of all high-impact publications in the geosciences and works closely with authors to ensure broad visibility of top papers.

《Geophysical Research Letters》是一本由AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION出版商出版的专业地学期刊，该刊创刊于1974年，刊期Semimonthly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCI、SCIE收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：地学 2区，小类学科：地球科学综合 2区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q1。该刊发文范围涵盖地球科学综合等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外地球科学综合工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为5.576，平均审稿速度约2.0个月。