Pure and Applied Geophysics is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers research in the field of geophysics. It is published by Birkhäuser and the editors-in-chief are Carla F. Braitenberg (University of Trieste), Alexander B. Rabinovich (Russian Academy of Sciences), and Renata Dmowska (Harvard University). The journal was established in 1939 as Geofisica Pura e Applicata before obtaining its current title in 1964.