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Acta Petrologica Sinica

Science Press · China · Est. 1984

ISSN2095-8927

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.

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📊 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

0.833

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.894

Total Worksi

5,557

Total Citationsi

51,649

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geology; Geochemistry and Petrology.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageChinese

1st Year Published1984

Annual Volume~ 230 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,557

Publisher OrgScience Press

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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?

Science Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2095-8927

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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?

Chinese

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

220

2.5k

2019

239

1.9k

2020

213

1.4k

2021

246

949

2022

237

923

2023

219

348

2024

234

116

2025

162

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.

Geochemistry and PetrologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geology

Scopus Categories

Geochemistry and Petrology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geological and Geochemical AnalysisGeochemistry and Geologic MappingGeochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral DepositsHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisGeological and Geophysical StudiesGeochemistry and Elemental AnalysisGeoscience and Mining Technologyearthquake and tectonic studiesGeological Studies and ExplorationHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Acta Petrologica Sinica

Is Acta Petrologica Sinica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Petrologica Sinica: 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 Acta Petrologica Sinica?

Acta Petrologica Sinica 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 0.72.

Is Acta Petrologica Sinica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Petrologica Sinica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Acta Petrologica Sinica?