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Journal of the Geological Society of Korea

The Geological Society of Korea · South Korea

ISSN0435-4036eISSN2288-7377

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.228

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.228

Total Worksi

3,697

Total Citationsi

7,486

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.68

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of the Geological Society of Korea is the official journal of the Geological Society of Korea. Its topics include Geoscience.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on the publisher page

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,697

Publisher OrgGeological Society of Korea

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

The Geological Society of Korea

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0435-4036 / 2288-7377

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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?

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

230

2019

298

2020

181

2021

112

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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

GeologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Geology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Legal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesGeological Modeling and AnalysisGeological formations and processesGeological and Geochemical AnalysisGeological and Geophysical StudiesGeochemistry and Geologic MappingMarine and Coastal ResearchGeochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Geological Society of Korea

Is Journal of the Geological Society of Korea a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the Geological Society of Korea: 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 Journal of the Geological Society of Korea?

Journal of the Geological Society of Korea 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 0.68.

Is Journal of the Geological Society of Korea indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the Geological Society of Korea is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.