The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan

The Geological Society of Japan
ISSN: 00167630, 13499963

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Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan
Publications
8 182
Citations
25 328
h-index
41
Publications
261
Citations
5 572
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 countries
Japan (1173 publications)
USA (29 publications)
Nigeria (10 publications)
Japan (160 publications)
Italy (3 publications)
Nigeria (2 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan
4610 citations, 18.2%
Island Arc
2182 citations, 8.61%
Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)
836 citations, 3.3%
Paleontological Research
752 citations, 2.97%
Tectonophysics
727 citations, 2.87%
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
704 citations, 2.78%
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
578 citations, 2.28%
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences
483 citations, 1.91%
Lithos
396 citations, 1.56%
Sedimentary Geology
373 citations, 1.47%
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
362 citations, 1.43%
Journal of Metamorphic Geology
346 citations, 1.37%
Quaternary International
319 citations, 1.26%
The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu)
301 citations, 1.19%
Journal of Structural Geology
297 citations, 1.17%
Earth, Planets and Space
278 citations, 1.1%
Journal of Geophysical Research
277 citations, 1.09%
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
265 citations, 1.05%
Cretaceous Research
249 citations, 0.98%
Gondwana Research
246 citations, 0.97%
International Geology Review
245 citations, 0.97%
Tectonics
233 citations, 0.92%
Resource Geology
218 citations, 0.86%
Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences
213 citations, 0.84%
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
207 citations, 0.82%
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
200 citations, 0.79%
JOURNAL OF MINERALOGY PETROLOGY AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
188 citations, 0.74%
Journal of Paleontology
168 citations, 0.66%
Chemical Geology
163 citations, 0.64%
Journal of Petrology
128 citations, 0.51%
Marine Geology
123 citations, 0.49%
Bulletin of Volcanology
117 citations, 0.46%
Deep-Sea Sediments
116 citations, 0.46%
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
114 citations, 0.45%
Geochemical Journal
107 citations, 0.42%
Geosciences Journal
107 citations, 0.42%
Marine Micropaleontology
105 citations, 0.41%
Sedimentology
101 citations, 0.4%
Journal of the Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology
99 citations, 0.39%
Revue de Micropaleontologie
93 citations, 0.37%
Earth-Science Reviews
93 citations, 0.37%
Geological Society Special Publication
82 citations, 0.32%
Journal of the Sedimentological Society of Japan
82 citations, 0.32%
Scientific Reports
80 citations, 0.32%
Geological Magazine
80 citations, 0.32%
Quaternary Science Reviews
73 citations, 0.29%
Minerals
72 citations, 0.28%
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
71 citations, 0.28%
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
71 citations, 0.28%
Geophysical Journal International
70 citations, 0.28%
Engineering Geology
68 citations, 0.27%
Geological Journal
66 citations, 0.26%
Global and Planetary Change
66 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Geology
65 citations, 0.26%
International Journal of Earth Sciences
65 citations, 0.26%
Journal of the Japan Society of Engineering Geology
64 citations, 0.25%
Mineralogy and Petrology
63 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
62 citations, 0.24%
Facies
62 citations, 0.24%
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
58 citations, 0.23%
Mineralogical Magazine
58 citations, 0.23%
Historical Biology
56 citations, 0.22%
Mineralogical Journal
56 citations, 0.22%
Applied Geochemistry
54 citations, 0.21%
Geomorphology
54 citations, 0.21%
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
53 citations, 0.21%
Lethaia
52 citations, 0.21%
Palaeoworld
52 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Earth Science
52 citations, 0.21%
Geophysical Monograph Series
50 citations, 0.2%
Proceedings of the Japan Academy
50 citations, 0.2%
Geophysical Research Letters
49 citations, 0.19%
Earth's Core: Dynamics, Structure, Rotation
49 citations, 0.19%
New Zealand Journal of Geology, and Geophysics
47 citations, 0.19%
Precambrian Research
40 citations, 0.16%
Geoscience Frontiers
39 citations, 0.15%
Ore Geology Reviews
39 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Geodynamics
35 citations, 0.14%
Bulletin of the Geological Society of America
35 citations, 0.14%
Russian Journal of Pacific Geology
34 citations, 0.13%
Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
34 citations, 0.13%
Geosciences (Switzerland)
34 citations, 0.13%
Russian Geology and Geophysics
34 citations, 0.13%
Proceedings of the Geologists Association
32 citations, 0.13%
Palaios
32 citations, 0.13%
Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy
32 citations, 0.13%
PLoS ONE
30 citations, 0.12%
Ichnos
28 citations, 0.11%
Quaternary Geochronology
28 citations, 0.11%
Palaeontology
28 citations, 0.11%
Nature
28 citations, 0.11%
Geothermics
27 citations, 0.11%
Terra Nova
27 citations, 0.11%
Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation
27 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Quaternary Science
26 citations, 0.1%
Paleontological Journal
26 citations, 0.1%
Geobios
26 citations, 0.1%
Acta Geologica Sinica
25 citations, 0.1%
Marine and Petroleum Geology
25 citations, 0.1%
Micropaleontology
24 citations, 0.09%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
6694 citations, 26.43%
The Geological Society of Japan
4610 citations, 18.2%
Wiley
4079 citations, 16.1%
Springer Nature
1713 citations, 6.76%
Tokyo Geographical Society
837 citations, 3.3%
The Paleontological Society of Japan
752 citations, 2.97%
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
749 citations, 2.96%
Taylor & Francis
618 citations, 2.44%
Cambridge University Press
315 citations, 1.24%
Japan Association for Quaternary Research
301 citations, 1.19%
Oxford University Press
232 citations, 0.92%
Pleiades Publishing
164 citations, 0.65%
MDPI
154 citations, 0.61%
139 citations, 0.55%
Geological Society of London
116 citations, 0.46%
Japanese Association for Petroleum Engineers
99 citations, 0.39%
American Geophysical Union
86 citations, 0.34%
The Sedimentological Society of Japan
82 citations, 0.32%
The Geochemical Society of Japan
81 citations, 0.32%
The Geological Society of Korea
80 citations, 0.32%
Geological Society of America
74 citations, 0.29%
University of Chicago Press
71 citations, 0.28%
Japan Society of Engineering Geology
65 citations, 0.26%
Mineralogical Society
64 citations, 0.25%
Project Euclid
63 citations, 0.25%
Frontiers Media S.A.
62 citations, 0.24%
55 citations, 0.22%
47 citations, 0.19%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
43 citations, 0.17%
GeoScienceWorld
41 citations, 0.16%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
32 citations, 0.13%
Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
32 citations, 0.13%
Geologists' Association
31 citations, 0.12%
IntechOpen
31 citations, 0.12%
Walter de Gruyter
30 citations, 0.12%
Japan Academy
28 citations, 0.11%
The Association of Japanese Geographers
28 citations, 0.11%
27 citations, 0.11%
Copernicus
26 citations, 0.1%
SAGE
24 citations, 0.09%
Seismological Society of Japan
24 citations, 0.09%
Hindawi Limited
22 citations, 0.09%
Japan Landslide Society
22 citations, 0.09%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
21 citations, 0.08%
The British Micropalaeontological Society
21 citations, 0.08%
Micropaleontology Press
20 citations, 0.08%
Science in China Press
20 citations, 0.08%
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
20 citations, 0.08%
Scientific Research Publishing
20 citations, 0.08%
Japan Society of Geoinformatics
19 citations, 0.08%
Magnolia Press
18 citations, 0.07%
Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
17 citations, 0.07%
Annual Reviews
17 citations, 0.07%
Japan Radioisotope Association
17 citations, 0.07%
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan
16 citations, 0.06%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
14 citations, 0.06%
The Royal Society
13 citations, 0.05%
PeerJ
13 citations, 0.05%
Research Square Platform LLC
13 citations, 0.05%
Atomic Energy Society of Japan
13 citations, 0.05%
12 citations, 0.05%
Canadian Science Publishing
12 citations, 0.05%
The Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan
12 citations, 0.05%
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
10 citations, 0.04%
Higher Education Press
10 citations, 0.04%
Fuji Technology Press
10 citations, 0.04%
Japanese Geotechnical Society
10 citations, 0.04%
The Society of Materials Science, Japan
10 citations, 0.04%
Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences)
10 citations, 0.04%
Society of Japan Science Teaching
10 citations, 0.04%
Seismological Society of America (SSA)
9 citations, 0.04%
The Korean Society of Economic and Environmental Geology
9 citations, 0.04%
Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
9 citations, 0.04%
Zoological Society of Japan
9 citations, 0.04%
Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology
9 citations, 0.04%
Japanese Society of Limnology
8 citations, 0.03%
Japan Society on Water Environment
8 citations, 0.03%
Mineralogical Society of America
7 citations, 0.03%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
7 citations, 0.03%
Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry
6 citations, 0.02%
Pensoft Publishers
6 citations, 0.02%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
6 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Earth's Crust, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
6 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
6 citations, 0.02%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
6 citations, 0.02%
World Scientific
5 citations, 0.02%
Brill
5 citations, 0.02%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
5 citations, 0.02%
IOP Publishing
5 citations, 0.02%
Society of Economic Geologists
5 citations, 0.02%
Inter-Research Science Center
5 citations, 0.02%
CSIRO Publishing
5 citations, 0.02%
F1000 Research
5 citations, 0.02%
Japan Institute of Metals
4 citations, 0.02%
American Physical Society (APS)
4 citations, 0.02%
Mammalogical Society of Japan
4 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
4 citations, 0.02%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
4 citations, 0.02%
Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering
4 citations, 0.02%
Japanese Association of Forensic Science and Technology
4 citations, 0.02%
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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
315 publications, 3.85%
University of Tokyo
132 publications, 1.61%
Kyoto University
103 publications, 1.26%
Nagoya University
102 publications, 1.25%
Niigata University
90 publications, 1.1%
Tohoku University
86 publications, 1.05%
Shimane University
71 publications, 0.87%
Yamaguchi University
69 publications, 0.84%
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
68 publications, 0.83%
Kyushu University
66 publications, 0.81%
Shinshu University
66 publications, 0.81%
Waseda University
62 publications, 0.76%
Hokkaido University
59 publications, 0.72%
Akita University
55 publications, 0.67%
Ibaraki University
48 publications, 0.59%
University of Tsukuba
47 publications, 0.57%
Kumamoto University
47 publications, 0.57%
Kochi University
47 publications, 0.57%
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
45 publications, 0.55%
Hiroshima University
43 publications, 0.53%
Osaka Metropolitan University
42 publications, 0.51%
Ehime University
41 publications, 0.5%
Kanazawa University
40 publications, 0.49%
University of Toyama
31 publications, 0.38%
Kagoshima University
31 publications, 0.38%
Fukuoka University
30 publications, 0.37%
Chiba University
29 publications, 0.35%
Kobe University
22 publications, 0.27%
Yamagata University
21 publications, 0.26%
Okayama University of Science
20 publications, 0.24%
Shizuoka University
20 publications, 0.24%
École de Technologie Supérieure
20 publications, 0.24%
Tokyo Metropolitan University
18 publications, 0.22%
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
18 publications, 0.22%
Hirosaki University
17 publications, 0.21%
Okayama University
16 publications, 0.2%
Tokyo Keizai University
14 publications, 0.17%
Tokyo Institute of Technology
13 publications, 0.16%
University of Hyogo
13 publications, 0.16%
Tokyo Gakugei University
13 publications, 0.16%
Hokkaido University of Education
12 publications, 0.15%
Nihon University
12 publications, 0.15%
National Institute of Polar Research
12 publications, 0.15%
Chiba Institute of Technology
12 publications, 0.15%
Gifu University
11 publications, 0.13%
Yokohama National University
10 publications, 0.12%
Tottori University
8 publications, 0.1%
Iwate University
8 publications, 0.1%
Osaka University
7 publications, 0.09%
Meiji University
7 publications, 0.09%
Doshisha University
7 publications, 0.09%
Stanford University
6 publications, 0.07%
Tokushima University
6 publications, 0.07%
Kagawa University
6 publications, 0.07%
University of Miyazaki
6 publications, 0.07%
Meijo University
6 publications, 0.07%
University of the Ryukyus
6 publications, 0.07%
Ryukoku University
6 publications, 0.07%
Fukushima University
6 publications, 0.07%
Kyoto University of Education
5 publications, 0.06%
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
5 publications, 0.06%
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
5 publications, 0.06%
University of Fukui
5 publications, 0.06%
University of Geneva
4 publications, 0.05%
GNS Science
4 publications, 0.05%
Chuo University
4 publications, 0.05%
Utsunomiya University
4 publications, 0.05%
Konan University
4 publications, 0.05%
Keio University
3 publications, 0.04%
Japan Science and Technology Agency
3 publications, 0.04%
National Institute for Environmental Studies
3 publications, 0.04%
Nagasaki University
3 publications, 0.04%
Mie University
3 publications, 0.04%
Hosei University
3 publications, 0.04%
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
3 publications, 0.04%
Kitami Institute of Technology
3 publications, 0.04%
Teikyo Heisei University
3 publications, 0.04%
Mongolian Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 0.04%
Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 0.02%
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Auckland
2 publications, 0.02%
Tokai University
2 publications, 0.02%
Saitama University
2 publications, 0.02%
Saga University
2 publications, 0.02%
Meteorological Research Institute
2 publications, 0.02%
Kwansei Gakuin University
2 publications, 0.02%
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
2 publications, 0.02%
Oita University
2 publications, 0.02%
Seikei University
2 publications, 0.02%
Fukui Prefectural University
2 publications, 0.02%
Kokushikan University
2 publications, 0.02%
Komazawa University
2 publications, 0.02%
Rissho University
2 publications, 0.02%
Kobe Women's University
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Connecticut
2 publications, 0.02%
Tribhuvan University
2 publications, 0.02%
Universidade Federal Fluminense
2 publications, 0.02%
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
2 publications, 0.02%
Lomonosov Moscow State University
1 publication, 0.01%
Far East Geological Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.01%
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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
67 publications, 25.67%
University of Tokyo
31 publications, 11.88%
Nagoya University
29 publications, 11.11%
Kyoto University
14 publications, 5.36%
Akita University
14 publications, 5.36%
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
13 publications, 4.98%
Shinshu University
11 publications, 4.21%
University of Toyama
11 publications, 4.21%
Shimane University
11 publications, 4.21%
Kochi University
11 publications, 4.21%
Tohoku University
10 publications, 3.83%
Hiroshima University
10 publications, 3.83%
Yamaguchi University
10 publications, 3.83%
Ibaraki University
9 publications, 3.45%
Niigata University
8 publications, 3.07%
Kumamoto University
7 publications, 2.68%
Osaka Metropolitan University
7 publications, 2.68%
Kagoshima University
7 publications, 2.68%
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
7 publications, 2.68%
Ehime University
6 publications, 2.3%
Hirosaki University
6 publications, 2.3%
Fukuoka University
6 publications, 2.3%
Yamagata University
4 publications, 1.53%
University of Tsukuba
3 publications, 1.15%
Kyushu University
3 publications, 1.15%
Waseda University
3 publications, 1.15%
Chiba University
3 publications, 1.15%
Nihon University
3 publications, 1.15%
Tottori University
3 publications, 1.15%
Chuo University
3 publications, 1.15%
National Institute of Polar Research
3 publications, 1.15%
University of Hyogo
3 publications, 1.15%
Tokyo Gakugei University
3 publications, 1.15%
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
3 publications, 1.15%
École de Technologie Supérieure
3 publications, 1.15%
Tokyo Metropolitan University
2 publications, 0.77%
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
2 publications, 0.77%
Meijo University
2 publications, 0.77%
Iwate University
2 publications, 0.77%
University of the Ryukyus
2 publications, 0.77%
Kwansei Gakuin University
2 publications, 0.77%
University of Fukui
2 publications, 0.77%
Okayama University of Science
2 publications, 0.77%
Ryukoku University
2 publications, 0.77%
Fukui Prefectural University
2 publications, 0.77%
Tokyo Keizai University
2 publications, 0.77%
Shizuoka University
2 publications, 0.77%
Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
1 publication, 0.38%
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.38%
Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics
1 publication, 0.38%
Australian National University
1 publication, 0.38%
Kanazawa University
1 publication, 0.38%
Tokyo Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.38%
Chonbuk National University
1 publication, 0.38%
Andong National University
1 publication, 0.38%
Japan Science and Technology Agency
1 publication, 0.38%
Kobe University
1 publication, 0.38%
Hokkaido University of Education
1 publication, 0.38%
Hokkaido University
1 publication, 0.38%
Okayama University
1 publication, 0.38%
Nagasaki University
1 publication, 0.38%
Gifu University
1 publication, 0.38%
Kagawa University
1 publication, 0.38%
Meiji University
1 publication, 0.38%
Mie University
1 publication, 0.38%
Utsunomiya University
1 publication, 0.38%
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
1 publication, 0.38%
Seikei University
1 publication, 0.38%
Teikyo University of Science
1 publication, 0.38%
University of Granada
1 publication, 0.38%
Komazawa University
1 publication, 0.38%
University of Utah
1 publication, 0.38%
Tribhuvan University
1 publication, 0.38%
Pokhara University
1 publication, 0.38%
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Japan, 1173, 14.34%
Japan
1173 publications, 14.34%
USA, 29, 0.35%
USA
29 publications, 0.35%
Nigeria, 10, 0.12%
Nigeria
10 publications, 0.12%
China, 8, 0.1%
China
8 publications, 0.1%
Russia, 4, 0.05%
Russia
4 publications, 0.05%
Republic of Korea, 4, 0.05%
Republic of Korea
4 publications, 0.05%
Italy, 3, 0.04%
Italy
3 publications, 0.04%
New Zealand, 3, 0.04%
New Zealand
3 publications, 0.04%
Switzerland, 3, 0.04%
Switzerland
3 publications, 0.04%
Australia, 2, 0.02%
Australia
2 publications, 0.02%
Bangladesh, 2, 0.02%
Bangladesh
2 publications, 0.02%
United Kingdom, 2, 0.02%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 0.02%
India, 2, 0.02%
India
2 publications, 0.02%
Kenya, 2, 0.02%
Kenya
2 publications, 0.02%
Vietnam, 1, 0.01%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.01%
Indonesia, 1, 0.01%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.01%
Spain, 1, 0.01%
Spain
1 publication, 0.01%
Mongolia, 1, 0.01%
Mongolia
1 publication, 0.01%
Netherlands, 1, 0.01%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.01%
Thailand, 1, 0.01%
Thailand
1 publication, 0.01%
Philippines, 1, 0.01%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.01%
Finland, 1, 0.01%
Finland
1 publication, 0.01%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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Japan, 160, 61.3%
Japan
160 publications, 61.3%
Italy, 3, 1.15%
Italy
3 publications, 1.15%
Nigeria, 2, 0.77%
Nigeria
2 publications, 0.77%
Australia, 1, 0.38%
Australia
1 publication, 0.38%
Spain, 1, 0.38%
Spain
1 publication, 0.38%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.38%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.38%
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