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GSA Today

Geological Society of America · United States

ISSN1052-5173

SJR Q1✓ 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

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.698

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.137

Total Worksi

1,766

Total Citationsi

27,906

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,766

Publisher OrgGeological Society of America

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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?

Geological Society of America

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1052-5173

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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

342

2019

406

2020

319

2021

191

2022

2023

112

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.

GeologyQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Geology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationGeological Modeling and AnalysisEducational Robotics and EngineeringGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Frequently asked questions about GSA Today

Is GSA Today a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for GSA Today: 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 GSA Today?

GSA Today is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.698.

Is GSA Today indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

GSA Today is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of GSA Today?