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Geologica Carpathica

The Earth Science Institute of SAS · Slovakia · Est. 1987

ISSN1336-8052

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total58

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.526

H-Index

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.842

Total Works

634

Total Citations

8,036

2yr Mean Citedness

0.86

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Aims & Scope

Geologica Carpathica, a scientific peer-reviewed journal, covers geodynamics, tectonics and structural geology, volcanology, stratigraphy, geochronology, geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology, sedimentology, paleogeography, paleobiology, paleomagnetism, applied geophysics, and economic and environmental geology. Geologica Carpathica focuses on the Alpine-Carpathian-Balkanian region but also covers adjacent regions from the Mediterranean Tethys and its continental foreland. Papers with new ideas, classifications, and correlations at broader spatial scales are also welcome. Geologica Carpathica, with more than 75-year old tradition, is the Official Journal of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionSlovakia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

Frequencysix times a year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications634

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Open

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~25 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

The Earth Science Institute of SAS

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1336-8052

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

GeologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geology

Scopus Categories