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Northwestern Geology

Xi'an Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources · China

ISSN1009-6248

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

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 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.54

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.795

Total Worksi

661

Total Citationsi

1,147

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geology.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 19 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications661

Publisher OrgScience Press

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Xi'an Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1009-6248

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

2009

207

2010

2011

131

2012

2013

2014

2015

2020

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.

GeologyQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Geology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral DepositsGeoscience and Mining TechnologyGeochemistry and Geologic MappingGeomechanics and Mining EngineeringHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Frequently asked questions about Northwestern Geology

Is Northwestern Geology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Northwestern Geology: it is indexed in 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 Northwestern Geology?

Northwestern Geology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.54.

Is Northwestern Geology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Northwestern Geology is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Northwestern Geology?