The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
* Academic Search
* Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts
* Chemical Abstracts Service
* Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
* GeoRef
* Science Citation Index
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 4.256, ranking it 11th out of 84 journals in the category "Geochemistry and Geophysics".