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Geodiversitas

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle · France · Est. 1997

ISSN1280-9659eISSN1638-9395

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-01-14). 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)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.631

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.988

Total Worksi

582

Total Citationsi

8,463

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Paleontology; Geology.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary LanguageFrench

1st Year Published1997

Frequency3x/year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications582

Publisher OrgMuséum national d'histoire naturelle

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1280-9659 / 1638-9395

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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

377

2019

356

2020

296

2021

130

2022

147

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.

PaleontologyQ1

GeologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Paleontology

Scopus Categories

PaleontologyGeology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Evolution and Paleontology StudiesPaleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsPaleontology and Evolutionary BiologyGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyIchthyology and Marine BiologyBat Biology and Ecology StudiesPlant Diversity and EvolutionAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Frequently asked questions about Geodiversitas

Is Geodiversitas a predatory journal?

Geodiversitas was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-01-14). 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 Geodiversitas?

Geodiversitas 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 0.85.

Is Geodiversitas indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Geodiversitas is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Geodiversitas?