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Geoscience Canada

Geological Association of Canada · Canada · Est. 1974

ISSN0315-0941eISSN1911-4850
SJR Q3WOS SCIEScopus / SJROpen Access
90
/ 100
High Trust
PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals
Score Breakdown
WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78
✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12
Total90
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⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
Publication speed: not measurable
publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate
Q3
SJR Rank
Top 75% in field
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei
0.303
H-Indexi
72
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
Total Worksi
1,441
Total Citationsi
23,057
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.28
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Geoscience Canada is the main technical publication of the Geological Association of Canada (GAC ® ). The GAC is a national learned society that makes significant contributions to the promotion and development of the geological sciences in Canada through publications, awards, conferences, meetings and exhibitions. Geoscience Canada is a quarterly journal that emphasizes diversity of material and the presentation of informative technical articles that can be understood not only by specialist research workers, but by non-specialists in other branches of the Earth Sciences. We aim to be a journal that you want to read, and which will leave you better informed, rather than more confused. We publish several different types of articles and emphasize content that is thematic and topical and which has implications across and beyond Canada. Much of our content has a Canadian connection or focus, but we welcome submissions from all over the world and in all disciplines of Earth Sciences. Our goal is to grow beyond our borders and to diversify across the wide spectrum of our modern science.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1974
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive
Total Publications1,441
Publisher OrgGeological Association of Canada
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access
Peer ReviewPeer-reviewed
Review Time
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseGreen Open Access
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/12 · 58%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Geological Association of Canada
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0315-0941 / 1911-4850
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
Peer-reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
18
68
2019
15
119
2020
12
77
2021
11
41
2022
13
34
2023
14
8
2024
7
3
2025
4
0
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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geochemistry and Geologic MappingGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchGeological and Geochemical AnalysisGeological Studies and ExplorationGeological Modeling and Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Geoscience Canada

Is Geoscience Canada a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Geoscience Canada: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Geoscience Canada?

Geoscience Canada 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 0.28.

Is Geoscience Canada indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Geoscience Canada is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Geoscience Canada?

Geoscience Canada is the main technical publication of the Geological Association of Canada (GAC ® ). The GAC is a national learned society that makes significant contributions to the promotion and development of the geological sciences in Canada through publications, awards, conferences, meetings and exhibitions. Geoscience Canada is a quarterly journal that emphasizes diversity of material and the presentation of informative technical articles that can be understood not only by specialist research workers, but by non-specialists in other branches of the Earth Sciences. We aim to be a journal

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref