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Geosciences Journal

Korean Association of Geoscience Societies · South Korea · Est. 1981

ISSN1226-4806eISSN1598-7477

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.407

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.661

Total Worksi

1,484

Total Citationsi

20,464

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Geosciences Journal is an international journal publishing research articles in various geoscientific disciplines. Covers a broad range of geoscientific disciplines, including geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and more. Scope includes paleontology, mineralogy, petrology, stratigraphy, sedimentology and remote sensing.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1981

Frequencybimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,484

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Korean Association of Geoscience Societies

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1226-4806 / 1598-7477

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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

523

2019

602

2020

380

2021

228

2022

215

2023

157

2024

125

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 and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geological and Geochemical Analysisearthquake and tectonic studiesGeochemistry and Geologic MappingGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchGeological formations and processesHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisPaleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeological and Geophysical StudiesHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsGroundwater flow and contamination studies

Frequently asked questions about Geosciences Journal

Is Geosciences Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Geosciences Journal: 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 Geosciences Journal?

Geosciences Journal 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 1.22.

Is Geosciences Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Geosciences Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.