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USGS Scientific Investigations Report

US Geological Survey · United States · Est. 2004

ISSN2328-0328

SJR Q3✓ 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. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.219

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.533

Total Worksi

4,805

Total Citationsi

42,642

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

USGS Scientific Investigations Report publishes significant data and interpretations of lasting scientific interest. The journal's scope is generally narrower than Professional Papers. It covers earth, water, and biological sciences, and civilian mapping.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 143 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,805

Publisher OrgUnited States Geological Survey

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

US Geological Survey

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2328-0328

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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

157

1.2k

2019

143

592

2020

157

404

2021

135

446

2022

140

292

2023

152

206

2024

138

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)Q3

GeologyQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Geology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Water Quality and Resources StudiesHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesGroundwater flow and contamination studiesGroundwater and Isotope GeochemistryHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesSoil and Water Nutrient DynamicsArchaeology and Natural HistoryFish Ecology and Management StudiesFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementSoil erosion and sediment transport

Frequently asked questions about USGS Scientific Investigations Report

Is USGS Scientific Investigations Report a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for USGS Scientific Investigations Report: 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 USGS Scientific Investigations Report?

USGS Scientific Investigations Report is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.219.

Is USGS Scientific Investigations Report indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

USGS Scientific Investigations Report is indexed in Scopus.