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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0016-7037eISSN1872-9533

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

2.172

H-Indexi

465

SNIPi

1.538

Total Worksi

26,117

Total Citationsi

1,957,614

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geochemistry & Geophysics; Geochemistry and Petrology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencySemimonthly, <Jan. 1993->

StatusActive

Total Publications26,117

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0016-7037 / 1872-9533

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

English

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

511

21k

2019

443

16k

2020

484

12k

2021

419

8.5k

2022

365

5.8k

2023

404

3.3k

2024

507

1.5k

2025

360

161

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.

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geochemistry & Geophysics

Scopus Categories

Geochemistry and Petrology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchAstro and Planetary ScienceGeochemistry and Elemental AnalysisGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Frequently asked questions about Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Is Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta?

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 3.11.

Is Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta?