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International Journal of Speleology

Societa Speleologica Italiana
ISSN: 03926672, 1827806X

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SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
1.3
SJR
0.383
CiteScore
2.9
Categories
Earth-Surface Processes
Geology
Areas
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Years of issue
2007-2024
journal names
International Journal of Speleology
INT J SPELEOL
Publications
723
Citations
9 614
h-index
43
Publications
45
Citations
4 544
Top-3 citing journals
Geomorphology
Geomorphology (371 citations)
Subterranean Biology
Subterranean Biology (185 citations)
Top-3 countries
USA (6 publications)
Slovenia (4 publications)
France (3 publications)
USA (5 publications)
Slovenia (4 publications)
France (3 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Top-100

Citing journals

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Geomorphology
371 citations, 3.86%
Subterranean Biology
185 citations, 1.92%
Science of the Total Environment
163 citations, 1.7%
Environmental Earth Sciences
152 citations, 1.58%
Quaternary Science Reviews
151 citations, 1.57%
Journal of Hydrology
144 citations, 1.5%
Scientific Reports
132 citations, 1.37%
Frontiers in Microbiology
110 citations, 1.14%
Geomicrobiology Journal
107 citations, 1.11%
Zootaxa
106 citations, 1.1%
Diversity
103 citations, 1.07%
Chemical Geology
95 citations, 0.99%
PLoS ONE
92 citations, 0.96%
Sedimentary Geology
89 citations, 0.93%
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
88 citations, 0.92%
Quaternary International
86 citations, 0.89%
Carbonates and Evaporites
82 citations, 0.85%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
78 citations, 0.81%
Earth-Science Reviews
78 citations, 0.81%
Water (Switzerland)
78 citations, 0.81%
Hydrobiologia
75 citations, 0.78%
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
70 citations, 0.73%
Microorganisms
63 citations, 0.66%
Geoheritage
63 citations, 0.66%
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
63 citations, 0.66%
Microbial Ecology
62 citations, 0.64%
Geosciences (Switzerland)
60 citations, 0.62%
Karst of East Herzegovina and Dubrovnik Littoral
59 citations, 0.61%
Hydrogeology Journal
55 citations, 0.57%
Sedimentology
51 citations, 0.53%
Environmental Geology
51 citations, 0.53%
ZooKeys
48 citations, 0.5%
Geological Society Special Publication
46 citations, 0.48%
Hydrological Processes
46 citations, 0.48%
International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
45 citations, 0.47%
Climate of the Past
45 citations, 0.47%
Biodiversity and Conservation
44 citations, 0.46%
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
43 citations, 0.45%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
42 citations, 0.44%
Catena
41 citations, 0.43%
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
41 citations, 0.43%
PeerJ
39 citations, 0.41%
Minerals
39 citations, 0.41%
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
39 citations, 0.41%
Frontiers in Earth Science
38 citations, 0.4%
Ecography
36 citations, 0.37%
World Geomorphological Landscapes
36 citations, 0.37%
Biological Reviews
36 citations, 0.37%
Advances in Karst Science
36 citations, 0.37%
Aerobiologia
35 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Natural History
34 citations, 0.35%
Invertebrate Biology
34 citations, 0.35%
Theoretical and Applied Climatology
34 citations, 0.35%
Acta Oecologica
33 citations, 0.34%
Sustainability
33 citations, 0.34%
Water Resources Research
33 citations, 0.34%
Quaternary Research
32 citations, 0.33%
Freshwater Biology
31 citations, 0.32%
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
30 citations, 0.31%
Quaternary Geochronology
30 citations, 0.31%
Ecological Studies
30 citations, 0.31%
Journal for Nature Conservation
29 citations, 0.3%
Journal of South American Earth Sciences
28 citations, 0.29%
Biodiversity Data Journal
27 citations, 0.28%
Engineering Geology
27 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Fungi
26 citations, 0.27%
Invertebrate Systematics
26 citations, 0.27%
Remote Sensing
26 citations, 0.27%
Arabian Journal of Geosciences
26 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Biogeography
25 citations, 0.26%
Applied Geochemistry
24 citations, 0.25%
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
23 citations, 0.24%
Die Naturwissenschaften
23 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
23 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Crustacean Biology
23 citations, 0.24%
Biologia (Poland)
23 citations, 0.24%
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
22 citations, 0.23%
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
22 citations, 0.23%
Phytotaxa
22 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Quaternary Science
21 citations, 0.22%
Hydrology
21 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Cultural Heritage
20 citations, 0.21%
Holocene
20 citations, 0.21%
Marine and Petroleum Geology
20 citations, 0.21%
Ecology and Evolution
19 citations, 0.2%
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
18 citations, 0.19%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
18 citations, 0.19%
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
18 citations, 0.19%
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
18 citations, 0.19%
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
17 citations, 0.18%
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
17 citations, 0.18%
Regulated Rivers Research & Management
17 citations, 0.18%
Atmosphere
16 citations, 0.17%
E3S Web of Conferences
16 citations, 0.17%
Zoologica Scripta
16 citations, 0.17%
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
16 citations, 0.17%
Mycologia
16 citations, 0.17%
Ground Water
15 citations, 0.16%
Journal of African Earth Sciences
15 citations, 0.16%
Environmental Biology of Fishes
15 citations, 0.16%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
2653 citations, 27.6%
Springer Nature
1941 citations, 20.19%
Wiley
1051 citations, 10.93%
MDPI
770 citations, 8.01%
Taylor & Francis
377 citations, 3.92%
Pensoft Publishers
289 citations, 3.01%
Frontiers Media S.A.
200 citations, 2.08%
Copernicus
163 citations, 1.7%
Oxford University Press
148 citations, 1.54%
Magnolia Press
133 citations, 1.38%
Cambridge University Press
97 citations, 1.01%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
96 citations, 1%
Geological Society of London
64 citations, 0.67%
SAGE
44 citations, 0.46%
IOP Publishing
42 citations, 0.44%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
42 citations, 0.44%
PeerJ
41 citations, 0.43%
American Geophysical Union
41 citations, 0.43%
CSIRO Publishing
37 citations, 0.38%
Brill
36 citations, 0.37%
American Society for Microbiology
35 citations, 0.36%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
33 citations, 0.34%
Pleiades Publishing
29 citations, 0.3%
EDP Sciences
27 citations, 0.28%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
26 citations, 0.27%
Microbiology Society
24 citations, 0.25%
The Royal Society
22 citations, 0.23%
IntechOpen
21 citations, 0.22%
Walter de Gruyter
20 citations, 0.21%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
16 citations, 0.17%
Mary Ann Liebert
14 citations, 0.15%
AIP Publishing
14 citations, 0.15%
SciELO
14 citations, 0.15%
Geological Society of America
12 citations, 0.12%
Hindawi Limited
12 citations, 0.12%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
12 citations, 0.12%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
11 citations, 0.11%
Canadian Science Publishing
11 citations, 0.11%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
10 citations, 0.1%
American Arachnological Society
9 citations, 0.09%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
9 citations, 0.09%
eLife Sciences Publications
8 citations, 0.08%
OpenEdition
8 citations, 0.08%
Scientific Research Publishing
8 citations, 0.08%
The Coleopterists Society
7 citations, 0.07%
Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
7 citations, 0.07%
Science in China Press
7 citations, 0.07%
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
7 citations, 0.07%
Editorial CSIC
7 citations, 0.07%
University of Chicago Press
6 citations, 0.06%
Higher Education Press
6 citations, 0.06%
Geologists' Association
6 citations, 0.06%
Arachology
6 citations, 0.06%
Humboldt Field Research Institute
6 citations, 0.06%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
6 citations, 0.06%
5 citations, 0.05%
American Physical Society (APS)
5 citations, 0.05%
Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc.
5 citations, 0.05%
Annual Reviews
5 citations, 0.05%
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
5 citations, 0.05%
KMK Scientific Press
5 citations, 0.05%
Polish Academy of Sciences Chancellery
5 citations, 0.05%
The Company of Biologists
4 citations, 0.04%
Florida Entomologist Society
4 citations, 0.04%
Microbiology Research Foundation
4 citations, 0.04%
IWA Publishing
4 citations, 0.04%
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
4 citations, 0.04%
Zoological Society of Japan
4 citations, 0.04%
Czech Phycological Society
4 citations, 0.04%
Seminario de Estudos Galegos
4 citations, 0.04%
Akademiai Kiado
4 citations, 0.04%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
4 citations, 0.04%
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
4 citations, 0.04%
Ubiquity Press
4 citations, 0.04%
Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences
4 citations, 0.04%
GeoScienceWorld
4 citations, 0.04%
IGI Global
4 citations, 0.04%
Japan Association for Quaternary Research
4 citations, 0.04%
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
3 citations, 0.03%
3 citations, 0.03%
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
3 citations, 0.03%
Southwestern Association of Naturalists
3 citations, 0.03%
3 citations, 0.03%
Soil Science Society of America
3 citations, 0.03%
Orthopterist's Society
3 citations, 0.03%
Chinese Academy of Sciences
3 citations, 0.03%
Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS)
3 citations, 0.03%
Mineralogical Association of Canada
3 citations, 0.03%
Museum of Zoology Dresden
3 citations, 0.03%
Water Environment Federation
3 citations, 0.03%
Biological Society of Washington
3 citations, 0.03%
Entomological Society of America
3 citations, 0.03%
Ecological Society of China
3 citations, 0.03%
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
3 citations, 0.03%
National Library of Serbia
3 citations, 0.03%
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski - Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego
3 citations, 0.03%
Turkish Geograpical Review
3 citations, 0.03%
Russian Geographical Society
3 citations, 0.03%
Research Square Platform LLC
3 citations, 0.03%
University of California Press
2 citations, 0.02%
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Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
3 publications, 0.41%
Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 0.41%
Xi'an Jiaotong University
2 publications, 0.28%
University of Minnesota
2 publications, 0.28%
Carleton University
2 publications, 0.28%
Université Côte d'Azur
2 publications, 0.28%
Universidade Federal de Lavras
2 publications, 0.28%
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.14%
Saint Petersburg State University
1 publication, 0.14%
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.14%
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
1 publication, 0.14%
Shiraz University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Genoa
1 publication, 0.14%
Aix-Marseille University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Bologna
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Turin
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Palermo
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Padua
1 publication, 0.14%
Sorbonne University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Catania
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Waikato
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Queensland
1 publication, 0.14%
Western Illinois University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of the Basque Country
1 publication, 0.14%
Ruhr University Bochum
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Almería
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Innsbruck
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Graz
1 publication, 0.14%
Sophia University
1 publication, 0.14%
Technical University of Košice
1 publication, 0.14%
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
1 publication, 0.14%
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Ljubljana
1 publication, 0.14%
University of A Coruña
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Burgos
1 publication, 0.14%
Université Paris-Saclay
1 publication, 0.14%
Middle Tennessee State University
1 publication, 0.14%
National Institute of Biology
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Zagreb
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Rijeka
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Montpellier
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
1 publication, 0.14%
University Savoie Mont Blanc
1 publication, 0.14%
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
1 publication, 0.14%
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 publication, 0.14%
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
1 publication, 0.14%
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
1 publication, 0.14%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
3 publications, 6.67%
Xi'an Jiaotong University
2 publications, 4.44%
University of Minnesota
2 publications, 4.44%
Carleton University
2 publications, 4.44%
Université Côte d'Azur
2 publications, 4.44%
Universidade Federal de Lavras
2 publications, 4.44%
Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 4.44%
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 2.22%
Saint Petersburg State University
1 publication, 2.22%
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 2.22%
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
1 publication, 2.22%
Shiraz University
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Genoa
1 publication, 2.22%
Aix-Marseille University
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Bologna
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Turin
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Palermo
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Padua
1 publication, 2.22%
Sorbonne University
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Catania
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Waikato
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Queensland
1 publication, 2.22%
University of the Basque Country
1 publication, 2.22%
Ruhr University Bochum
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Almería
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Innsbruck
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Graz
1 publication, 2.22%
Sophia University
1 publication, 2.22%
Technical University of Košice
1 publication, 2.22%
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
1 publication, 2.22%
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Ljubljana
1 publication, 2.22%
University of A Coruña
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Burgos
1 publication, 2.22%
Université Paris-Saclay
1 publication, 2.22%
Middle Tennessee State University
1 publication, 2.22%
National Institute of Biology
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Zagreb
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Rijeka
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Montpellier
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
1 publication, 2.22%
University Savoie Mont Blanc
1 publication, 2.22%
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
1 publication, 2.22%
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 publication, 2.22%
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
1 publication, 2.22%
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
1 publication, 2.22%
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USA, 6, 0.83%
USA
6 publications, 0.83%
Slovenia, 4, 0.55%
Slovenia
4 publications, 0.55%
France, 3, 0.41%
France
3 publications, 0.41%
Brazil, 3, 0.41%
Brazil
3 publications, 0.41%
Italy, 3, 0.41%
Italy
3 publications, 0.41%
Poland, 3, 0.41%
Poland
3 publications, 0.41%
Czech Republic, 3, 0.41%
Czech Republic
3 publications, 0.41%
Russia, 2, 0.28%
Russia
2 publications, 0.28%
Austria, 2, 0.28%
Austria
2 publications, 0.28%
Spain, 2, 0.28%
Spain
2 publications, 0.28%
Canada, 2, 0.28%
Canada
2 publications, 0.28%
Slovakia, 2, 0.28%
Slovakia
2 publications, 0.28%
Germany, 1, 0.14%
Germany
1 publication, 0.14%
China, 1, 0.14%
China
1 publication, 0.14%
Australia, 1, 0.14%
Australia
1 publication, 0.14%
Bolivia, 1, 0.14%
Bolivia
1 publication, 0.14%
Iran, 1, 0.14%
Iran
1 publication, 0.14%
Morocco, 1, 0.14%
Morocco
1 publication, 0.14%
Mexico, 1, 0.14%
Mexico
1 publication, 0.14%
New Zealand, 1, 0.14%
New Zealand
1 publication, 0.14%
Croatia, 1, 0.14%
Croatia
1 publication, 0.14%
Switzerland, 1, 0.14%
Switzerland
1 publication, 0.14%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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USA, 5, 11.11%
USA
5 publications, 11.11%
Slovenia, 4, 8.89%
Slovenia
4 publications, 8.89%
France, 3, 6.67%
France
3 publications, 6.67%
Brazil, 3, 6.67%
Brazil
3 publications, 6.67%
Italy, 3, 6.67%
Italy
3 publications, 6.67%
Russia, 2, 4.44%
Russia
2 publications, 4.44%
Austria, 2, 4.44%
Austria
2 publications, 4.44%
Spain, 2, 4.44%
Spain
2 publications, 4.44%
Canada, 2, 4.44%
Canada
2 publications, 4.44%
Poland, 2, 4.44%
Poland
2 publications, 4.44%
Czech Republic, 2, 4.44%
Czech Republic
2 publications, 4.44%
Germany, 1, 2.22%
Germany
1 publication, 2.22%
China, 1, 2.22%
China
1 publication, 2.22%
Australia, 1, 2.22%
Australia
1 publication, 2.22%
Bolivia, 1, 2.22%
Bolivia
1 publication, 2.22%
Iran, 1, 2.22%
Iran
1 publication, 2.22%
Morocco, 1, 2.22%
Morocco
1 publication, 2.22%
New Zealand, 1, 2.22%
New Zealand
1 publication, 2.22%
Slovakia, 1, 2.22%
Slovakia
1 publication, 2.22%
Croatia, 1, 2.22%
Croatia
1 publication, 2.22%
Switzerland, 1, 2.22%
Switzerland
1 publication, 2.22%
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