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Depositional Record

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States · Est. 2015

ISSN2055-4877eISSN2055-4877

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.865

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.86

Total Worksi

434

Total Citationsi

3,512

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geology; Oceanography; Paleontology; Stratigraphy; Environmental Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications434

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2014

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoLibrary of CongressCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2055-4877 / 2055-4877

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, Library of Congress, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

616

2019

417

2020

439

2021

424

2022

227

2023

275

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.

GeologyQ1

OceanographyQ1

PaleontologyQ1

StratigraphyQ1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geology

Scopus Categories

OceanographyEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)PaleontologyGeologyStratigraphy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchGeological formations and processesPaleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisGeochemistry and Elemental AnalysisMethane Hydrates and Related PhenomenaGeological and Geochemical AnalysisGeological and Geophysical StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Depositional Record

Is Depositional Record a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Depositional Record: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Depositional Record?

Depositional Record 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 1.79.

Is Depositional Record indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Depositional Record is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Depositional Record?