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Brazilian Journal of Geology

Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia · Brazil · Est. 1971

ISSN2317-4692

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.406

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.462

Total Worksi

1,622

Total Citationsi

15,443

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.71

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,622

Publisher OrgSociedade Brasileira de Geologia

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2013

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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

LOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2317-4692

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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?

LOCKSS

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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

427

2019

674

2020

273

2021

142

2022

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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geochemistry and Geologic MappingGeological and Geochemical AnalysisGeography and Environmental StudiesPaleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsGeological formations and processesGeochemistry and Elemental Analysisearthquake and tectonic studiesFish biology, ecology, and behaviorGeological and Geophysical StudiesGeology and Paleoclimatology Research

Frequently asked questions about Brazilian Journal of Geology

Is Brazilian Journal of Geology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Brazilian Journal of Geology: 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 Brazilian Journal of Geology?

Brazilian Journal of Geology 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 0.71.

Is Brazilian Journal of Geology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Brazilian Journal of Geology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Brazilian Journal of Geology?