Lithos

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SCImago
Q1
Impact factor
2.9
SJR
1.491
CiteScore
6.8
Categories
Geochemistry and Petrology
Geology
Areas
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Years of issue
1968-2025
journal names
Lithos
Publications
8 040
Citations
309 044
h-index
196
Top-3 citing journals
Lithos
Lithos (38852 citations)
Ore Geology Reviews
Ore Geology Reviews (14082 citations)
Top-3 countries
China (2344 publications)
USA (1127 publications)
Australia (1008 publications)

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China, 2344, 29.15%
USA, 1127, 14.02%
Australia, 1008, 12.54%
Germany, 779, 9.69%
Canada, 730, 9.08%
United Kingdom, 718, 8.93%
Italy, 584, 7.26%
France, 562, 6.99%
Japan, 425, 5.29%
Russia, 368, 4.58%
South Africa, 277, 3.45%
Switzerland, 258, 3.21%
Spain, 235, 2.92%
Brazil, 214, 2.66%
Norway, 206, 2.56%
India, 193, 2.4%
Denmark, 160, 1.99%
Sweden, 157, 1.95%
Austria, 146, 1.82%
Turkey, 143, 1.78%
Republic of Korea, 125, 1.55%
Czech Republic, 103, 1.28%
Iran, 102, 1.27%
Finland, 102, 1.27%
Netherlands, 87, 1.08%
Belgium, 71, 0.88%
Egypt, 70, 0.87%
New Zealand, 67, 0.83%
Portugal, 62, 0.77%
Poland, 59, 0.73%
Hungary, 56, 0.7%
Ireland, 51, 0.63%
Mexico, 49, 0.61%
Argentina, 47, 0.58%
Greece, 47, 0.58%
Chile, 45, 0.56%
Saudi Arabia, 34, 0.42%
Slovakia, 33, 0.41%
Israel, 32, 0.4%
Romania, 31, 0.39%
Colombia, 27, 0.34%
Pakistan, 21, 0.26%
Iceland, 20, 0.25%
Morocco, 20, 0.25%
Bulgaria, 18, 0.22%
USSR, 17, 0.21%
Vietnam, 15, 0.19%
Ghana, 15, 0.19%
Serbia, 15, 0.19%
Cameroon, 14, 0.17%
Mongolia, 14, 0.17%
Botswana, 12, 0.15%
Iraq, 11, 0.14%
Nigeria, 11, 0.14%
Thailand, 11, 0.14%
Oman, 10, 0.12%
Algeria, 9, 0.11%
Croatia, 9, 0.11%
Ethiopia, 9, 0.11%
Ukraine, 8, 0.1%
Indonesia, 8, 0.1%
Cuba, 8, 0.1%
Czechoslovakia, 8, 0.1%
Sri Lanka, 7, 0.09%
Ecuador, 7, 0.09%
Armenia, 6, 0.07%
Brunei, 6, 0.07%
Malaysia, 6, 0.07%
Myanmar, 6, 0.07%
Panama, 6, 0.07%
Slovenia, 6, 0.07%
Philippines, 6, 0.07%
Kazakhstan, 5, 0.06%
Albania, 5, 0.06%
Greenland, 5, 0.06%
Namibia, 5, 0.06%
Peru, 5, 0.06%
Uruguay, 5, 0.06%
Angola, 4, 0.05%
Zimbabwe, 4, 0.05%
Madagascar, 4, 0.05%
New Caledonia, 4, 0.05%
Tanzania, 4, 0.05%
Venezuela, 3, 0.04%
Kenya, 3, 0.04%
Libya, 3, 0.04%
Singapore, 3, 0.04%
Jamaica, 3, 0.04%
Estonia, 2, 0.02%
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2, 0.02%
Georgia, 2, 0.02%
Zambia, 2, 0.02%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2, 0.02%
Costa Rica, 2, 0.02%
Kuwait, 2, 0.02%
Papua New Guinea, 2, 0.02%
Reunion, 2, 0.02%
Sudan, 2, 0.02%
Tunisia, 2, 0.02%
Uzbekistan, 2, 0.02%
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China, 847, 39.38%
USA, 213, 9.9%
Australia, 200, 9.3%
Germany, 153, 7.11%
Canada, 145, 6.74%
Italy, 129, 6%
France, 101, 4.7%
Russia, 92, 4.28%
Japan, 92, 4.28%
United Kingdom, 90, 4.18%
India, 73, 3.39%
South Africa, 70, 3.25%
Brazil, 69, 3.21%
Switzerland, 64, 2.98%
Spain, 51, 2.37%
Republic of Korea, 49, 2.28%
Iran, 41, 1.91%
Turkey, 34, 1.58%
Austria, 33, 1.53%
Egypt, 30, 1.39%
Norway, 25, 1.16%
Czech Republic, 25, 1.16%
New Zealand, 20, 0.93%
Mexico, 17, 0.79%
Saudi Arabia, 17, 0.79%
Poland, 16, 0.74%
Sweden, 16, 0.74%
Finland, 15, 0.7%
Denmark, 14, 0.65%
Ireland, 14, 0.65%
Netherlands, 14, 0.65%
Chile, 13, 0.6%
Portugal, 11, 0.51%
Argentina, 11, 0.51%
Hungary, 11, 0.51%
Pakistan, 11, 0.51%
Belgium, 10, 0.46%
Romania, 9, 0.42%
Slovakia, 9, 0.42%
Cameroon, 8, 0.37%
Colombia, 7, 0.33%
Vietnam, 6, 0.28%
Greece, 6, 0.28%
Mongolia, 6, 0.28%
Israel, 5, 0.23%
Iceland, 5, 0.23%
Cuba, 5, 0.23%
Nigeria, 5, 0.23%
Bulgaria, 4, 0.19%
Brunei, 4, 0.19%
Ghana, 4, 0.19%
Iraq, 4, 0.19%
Peru, 4, 0.19%
Slovenia, 4, 0.19%
Algeria, 3, 0.14%
Indonesia, 3, 0.14%
Malaysia, 3, 0.14%
Albania, 2, 0.09%
Armenia, 2, 0.09%
Botswana, 2, 0.09%
Zambia, 2, 0.09%
Libya, 2, 0.09%
Morocco, 2, 0.09%
Myanmar, 2, 0.09%
Panama, 2, 0.09%
Thailand, 2, 0.09%
Philippines, 2, 0.09%
Sri Lanka, 2, 0.09%
Ecuador, 2, 0.09%
Ethiopia, 2, 0.09%
Ukraine, 1, 0.05%
Estonia, 1, 0.05%
Bangladesh, 1, 0.05%
Greenland, 1, 0.05%
Georgia, 1, 0.05%
Cambodia, 1, 0.05%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1, 0.05%
Laos, 1, 0.05%
Namibia, 1, 0.05%
Nepal, 1, 0.05%
New Caledonia, 1, 0.05%
UAE, 1, 0.05%
Oman, 1, 0.05%
Serbia, 1, 0.05%
Tajikistan, 1, 0.05%
Tanzania, 1, 0.05%
Tonga, 1, 0.05%
Trinidad and Tobago, 1, 0.05%
Uganda, 1, 0.05%
Uruguay, 1, 0.05%
Croatia, 1, 0.05%
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