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Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Dansk Geologisk Forening · Denmark

ISSN0011-6297

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Removed from DOAJ (2017-04-27). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.397

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.597

Total Worksi

752

Total Citationsi

12,815

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark publishes contributions of international interest in all fields of geological sciences on results of new work on material from Denmark, the Faroes, and Greenland. Contributions based on other material may also be submitted if the subject is of relevance for the geology of the area of primary interest.

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General Information

Country / RegionDenmark

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications752

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Dansk Geologisk Forening

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0011-6297

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

637

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

GeologyQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Geology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchGeological Studies and ExplorationGeological and Geochemical AnalysisGeological formations and processesHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisGeochemistry and Geologic MappingMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchPaleontology and Evolutionary BiologyMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Is Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark a predatory journal?

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-04-27). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark?

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.397.

Is Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark is indexed in Scopus.