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Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

National Speleological Society Inc. · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN1090-6924eISSN2331-3714

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-02-07). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.149

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.328

Total Worksi

319

Total Citationsi

3,961

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Earth-Surface Processes.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyThree Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications319

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

National Speleological Society Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1090-6924 / 2331-3714

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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?

English

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

152

2018

157

2019

117

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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-Surface ProcessesQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Earth-Surface Processes

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Karst Systems and HydrogeologyGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchSubterranean biodiversity and taxonomyBuilding materials and conservationLandslides and related hazardsGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistryPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyEvolution and Paleontology StudiesGroundwater and Watershed AnalysisGeological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Is Journal of Cave and Karst Studies a predatory journal?

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-02-07). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Cave and Karst Studies?

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 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 0.12.

Is Journal of Cave and Karst Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Cave and Karst Studies?