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Bulletin of Volcanology

Springer Verlag · Germany · Est. 1922

ISSN0258-8900eISSN1432-0819

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.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

1.216

H-Indexi

158

SNIPi

1.337

Total Worksi

4,663

Total Citationsi

156,491

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Bulletin of Volcanology publishes papers on volcanoes, their products, their eruptive behaviour, and their hazards. The journal aims to improve understanding of the deeper structure of volcanoes, and the evolution of magmatic systems.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1922

Frequency8 Issues A Year, V. 52, 1990-

StatusActive

Total Publications4,663

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0258-8900 / 1432-0819

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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

1.4k

2019

1.5k

2020

2021

100

1.6k

2022

605

2023

496

2024

128

308

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.

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Geochemistry and Petrology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geological and Geochemical Analysisearthquake and tectonic studiesGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of Volcanology

Is Bulletin of Volcanology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bulletin of Volcanology: 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 Bulletin of Volcanology?

Bulletin of Volcanology 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 2.11.

Is Bulletin of Volcanology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bulletin of Volcanology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.