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U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet

US Geological Survey · United States · Est. 1990

ISSN2327-6916

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.167

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.199

Total Worksi

3,815

Total Citationsi

21,149

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet is an academic journal published by the United States Geological Survey. The journal publishes in the areas of Geology, Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1990

Annual Volume~ 54 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,815

Publisher OrgUnited States Geological Survey

OA Since2018

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

US Geological Survey

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2327-6916

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

336

2019

155

2020

207

2021

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.

EcologyQ4

GeologyQ4

Water Science and TechnologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Water Science and TechnologyGeologyEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Water Quality and Resources StudiesArchaeology and Natural HistoryHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesRangeland and Wildlife ManagementAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistryGroundwater flow and contamination studiesSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Frequently asked questions about U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet

Is U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet: it is indexed in 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 U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet?

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.167.

Is U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet is indexed in Scopus.