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US Geological Survey Professional Paper

US Geological Survey · United States

ISSN1044-9612

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ 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

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.19

H-Indexi

163

SNIPi

0.838

Total Worksi

3,618

Total Citationsi

164,345

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

US Geological Survey Professional Paper is a research journal that publishes research related to Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 19 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,618

Publisher OrgUnited States Government Publishing Office

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

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?

US Geological Survey

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1044-9612

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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

150

2019

2020

149

2021

2022

208

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.

GeologyQ4

Water Science and TechnologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyGeology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchGeochemistry and Geologic MappingGeological and Geochemical AnalysisGeological Studies and ExplorationHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis

Frequently asked questions about US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Is US Geological Survey Professional Paper a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for US Geological Survey Professional Paper: 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 US Geological Survey Professional Paper?

US Geological Survey Professional Paper is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.19.

Is US Geological Survey Professional Paper indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

US Geological Survey Professional Paper is indexed in Scopus.