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Geology and Exploration

Editorial Board of Geology and Exploration · China

ISSN0495-5331

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.299

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.43

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of Geology and Exploration publishes geoscientific research articles in English, covering geology, geophysics, geochemistry, paleontology, structural geology, mineralogy, petrology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, environmental geology, economic geology, petroleum geology, hydrogeology, remote sensing and mining exploration. The journal also publishes articles related to Earth and Planetary Sciences.

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General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageChinese

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 93 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Editorial Board of Geology and Exploration

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0495-5331

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

Chinese

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

140

2001

109

2002

118

2003

101

2004

104

2005

2006

2007

2008

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.

Economic GeologyQ3

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ3

GeologyQ3

GeophysicsQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Economic GeologyGeochemistry and PetrologyGeophysicsGeology

Frequently asked questions about Geology and Exploration

Is Geology and Exploration a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Geology and Exploration: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Geology and Exploration?

Geology and Exploration is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.299.

Is Geology and Exploration indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Geology and Exploration is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.