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Quaternaire

Association Francaise pour l'Etude du Quaternaire · France · Est. 1964

ISSN1142-2904eISSN1965-0795

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.148

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.306

Total Worksi

1,110

Total Citationsi

9,847

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary LanguageFrench

1st Year Published1964

Frequency4 issues per year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,110

Publisher OrgAssociation française pour l’étude du quaternaire

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Association Francaise pour l'Etude du Quaternaire

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1142-2904 / 1965-0795

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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?

French

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

143

2019

2020

2021

2022

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.

Earth-Surface ProcessesQ4

GeologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Earth-Surface ProcessesGeology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyGeological formations and processesGeological and Geophysical Studies WorldwideAeolian processes and effectsEvolution and Paleontology StudiesMaritime and Coastal ArchaeologyArchaeological and Geological StudiesArchaeology and ancient environmental studiesMarine and environmental studies

Frequently asked questions about Quaternaire

Is Quaternaire a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Quaternaire: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Quaternaire?

Quaternaire 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 0.43.

Is Quaternaire indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Quaternaire is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Quaternaire?