Journal of Geology

University of Chicago Press
University of Chicago Press
ISSN: 00221376, 15375269

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SCImago
Q2
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Impact factor
1.5
SJR
0.450
CiteScore
3.5
Categories
Geology
Areas
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Years of issue
1973, 1976-1977, 1979-2022, 2024
journal names
Journal of Geology
J GEOL
Publications
10 729
Citations
209 601
h-index
184
Publications
105
Citations
43 403
Top-3 citing journals
Precambrian Research
Precambrian Research (5287 citations)
Lithos
Lithos (4209 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Arizona
University of Arizona (18 publications)
University of Chicago
University of Chicago (16 publications)
University of Michigan
University of Michigan (16 publications)
Curtin University
Curtin University (3 publications)
King Saud University
King Saud University (3 publications)
Miami University
Miami University (3 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (309 publications)
China (38 publications)
Australia (31 publications)
USA (19 publications)
China (8 publications)
Canada (4 publications)

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Precambrian Research
5287 citations, 2.52%
Journal of Geophysical Research
4554 citations, 2.17%
Lithos
4209 citations, 2.01%
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
4207 citations, 2.01%
Tectonophysics
3928 citations, 1.87%
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
3559 citations, 1.7%
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
3461 citations, 1.65%
Geological Society Special Publication
3457 citations, 1.65%
Sedimentary Geology
3436 citations, 1.64%
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
3392 citations, 1.62%
Earth-Science Reviews
3325 citations, 1.59%
Journal of Geology
3223 citations, 1.54%
Geomorphology
3176 citations, 1.52%
Sedimentology
2982 citations, 1.42%
Gondwana Research
2937 citations, 1.4%
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
2918 citations, 1.39%
Chemical Geology
2807 citations, 1.34%
Marine Geology
2467 citations, 1.18%
Tectonics
2091 citations, 1%
International Geology Review
1980 citations, 0.94%
Bulletin of the Geological Society of America
1902 citations, 0.91%
Journal of Structural Geology
1889 citations, 0.9%
Journal of the Geological Society
1859 citations, 0.89%
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
1836 citations, 0.88%
International Journal of Earth Sciences
1755 citations, 0.84%
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
1555 citations, 0.74%
Geological Journal
1490 citations, 0.71%
Journal of Petrology
1477 citations, 0.7%
Geophysical Monograph Series
1441 citations, 0.69%
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
1267 citations, 0.6%
Science
1265 citations, 0.6%
Journal of Metamorphic Geology
1262 citations, 0.6%
Ore Geology Reviews
1243 citations, 0.59%
Nature
1221 citations, 0.58%
Journal of African Earth Sciences
1192 citations, 0.57%
Geology
1185 citations, 0.57%
Geological Magazine
1154 citations, 0.55%
Marine and Petroleum Geology
1126 citations, 0.54%
Deep-Sea Sediments
1050 citations, 0.5%
Water Resources Research
1034 citations, 0.49%
Journal of South American Earth Sciences
1026 citations, 0.49%
Geosphere
967 citations, 0.46%
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
925 citations, 0.44%
Minerals
904 citations, 0.43%
Catena
788 citations, 0.38%
Reviews of Geophysics
774 citations, 0.37%
Geophysical Research Letters
773 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
769 citations, 0.37%
Bulletin of Volcanology
766 citations, 0.37%
Arabian Journal of Geosciences
736 citations, 0.35%
Basin Research
708 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Earth System Science
661 citations, 0.32%
Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
659 citations, 0.31%
Mineralogy and Petrology
656 citations, 0.31%
Mineralogical Magazine
646 citations, 0.31%
Geophysical Journal International
627 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
611 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Hydrology
583 citations, 0.28%
Progress in Physical Geography
572 citations, 0.27%
Quaternary International
567 citations, 0.27%
Geoscience Frontiers
564 citations, 0.27%
Frontiers in Earth Science
558 citations, 0.27%
Paleobiology
544 citations, 0.26%
Journal of the Geological Society of India
535 citations, 0.26%
New Zealand Journal of Geology, and Geophysics
510 citations, 0.24%
Quaternary Research
490 citations, 0.23%
Continental Shelf Research
488 citations, 0.23%
Quaternary Science Reviews
487 citations, 0.23%
Global and Planetary Change
478 citations, 0.23%
Journal of Glaciology
442 citations, 0.21%
Proceedings of the Geologists Association
430 citations, 0.21%
Lithosphere
425 citations, 0.2%
Geological Society Memoir
422 citations, 0.2%
Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
407 citations, 0.19%
Scientific Reports
400 citations, 0.19%
Acta Geologica Sinica
389 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Geodynamics
387 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Sedimentary Research
384 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Paleontology
380 citations, 0.18%
Science of the Total Environment
357 citations, 0.17%
Earth's Oldest Rocks
340 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
338 citations, 0.16%
Geosciences (Switzerland)
334 citations, 0.16%
Terra Nova
329 citations, 0.16%
Chemie der Erde
314 citations, 0.15%
Paleoceanography
313 citations, 0.15%
Engineering Geology
311 citations, 0.15%
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
310 citations, 0.15%
Facies
309 citations, 0.15%
Computers and Geosciences
300 citations, 0.14%
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
299 citations, 0.14%
International Journal of Coal Geology
299 citations, 0.14%
Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography
299 citations, 0.14%
Environmental Earth Sciences
298 citations, 0.14%
Island Arc
292 citations, 0.14%
Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society
292 citations, 0.14%
Scottish Journal of Geology
288 citations, 0.14%
Boreas
280 citations, 0.13%
Icarus
279 citations, 0.13%
Water (Switzerland)
277 citations, 0.13%
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Elsevier
79513 citations, 37.94%
Wiley
28685 citations, 13.69%
Springer Nature
24033 citations, 11.47%
Taylor & Francis
7944 citations, 3.79%
Geological Society of London
7172 citations, 3.42%
Cambridge University Press
6485 citations, 3.09%
Geological Society of America
4651 citations, 2.22%
American Geophysical Union
3933 citations, 1.88%
University of Chicago Press
3440 citations, 1.64%
MDPI
2834 citations, 1.35%
Oxford University Press
2723 citations, 1.3%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1568 citations, 0.75%
Canadian Science Publishing
1525 citations, 0.73%
Copernicus
1200 citations, 0.57%
Pleiades Publishing
1077 citations, 0.51%
Frontiers Media S.A.
1070 citations, 0.51%
SAGE
982 citations, 0.47%
Mineralogical Society
846 citations, 0.4%
Walter de Gruyter
564 citations, 0.27%
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
520 citations, 0.25%
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
510 citations, 0.24%
Geologists' Association
491 citations, 0.23%
The Royal Society
470 citations, 0.22%
GeoScienceWorld
432 citations, 0.21%
Science in China Press
429 citations, 0.2%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
398 citations, 0.19%
Annual Reviews
357 citations, 0.17%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
311 citations, 0.15%
Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc.
305 citations, 0.15%
IOP Publishing
302 citations, 0.14%
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
282 citations, 0.13%
The Geological Society of Korea
281 citations, 0.13%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
273 citations, 0.13%
243 citations, 0.12%
Consortium Erudit
228 citations, 0.11%
Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
208 citations, 0.1%
Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry
202 citations, 0.1%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
200 citations, 0.1%
American Physical Society (APS)
197 citations, 0.09%
Hindawi Limited
189 citations, 0.09%
Scientific Research Publishing
185 citations, 0.09%
The Geological Society of Japan
177 citations, 0.08%
AIP Publishing
173 citations, 0.08%
Seismological Society of America (SSA)
150 citations, 0.07%
Society of Economic Geologists
150 citations, 0.07%
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
119 citations, 0.06%
Society of Petroleum Engineers
112 citations, 0.05%
EDP Sciences
111 citations, 0.05%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
105 citations, 0.05%
Mineralogical Society of America
101 citations, 0.05%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
97 citations, 0.05%
Mary Ann Liebert
92 citations, 0.04%
Thomas Telford
92 citations, 0.04%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
90 citations, 0.04%
PeerJ
89 citations, 0.04%
International Association for Great Lakes Research
89 citations, 0.04%
CSIRO Publishing
87 citations, 0.04%
The Geochemical Society of Japan
85 citations, 0.04%
Soil Science Society of America
83 citations, 0.04%
Inter-Research Science Center
73 citations, 0.03%
SciELO
73 citations, 0.03%
OpenEdition
73 citations, 0.03%
Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia
72 citations, 0.03%
Norwegian Polar Institute
70 citations, 0.03%
International Research and Training Centre on Erosion and Sedimentation
70 citations, 0.03%
Tokyo Geographical Society
70 citations, 0.03%
69 citations, 0.03%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
58 citations, 0.03%
American Meteorological Society
55 citations, 0.03%
Mineralogical Association of Canada
53 citations, 0.03%
Trans Tech Publications
52 citations, 0.02%
University of Colorado
52 citations, 0.02%
American Astronomical Society
51 citations, 0.02%
Research Square Platform LLC
46 citations, 0.02%
Geological Society of South Africa
45 citations, 0.02%
Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
43 citations, 0.02%
43 citations, 0.02%
IntechOpen
43 citations, 0.02%
ASTM International
42 citations, 0.02%
Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
39 citations, 0.02%
Japanese Geotechnical Society
36 citations, 0.02%
IWA Publishing
35 citations, 0.02%
The Korean Society of Economic and Environmental Geology
34 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Earth's Crust, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
34 citations, 0.02%
31 citations, 0.01%
The Sedimentological Society of Japan
31 citations, 0.01%
The Association of Japanese Geographers
31 citations, 0.01%
World Scientific
29 citations, 0.01%
Higher Education Press
28 citations, 0.01%
Magnolia Press
28 citations, 0.01%
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
28 citations, 0.01%
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
28 citations, 0.01%
Akademiai Kiado
28 citations, 0.01%
Association Paleontologica Argentina
27 citations, 0.01%
Pensoft Publishers
25 citations, 0.01%
The Paleontological Society of Japan
25 citations, 0.01%
25 citations, 0.01%
IGG UB RAS
25 citations, 0.01%
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
24 citations, 0.01%
24 citations, 0.01%
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University of Arizona
18 publications, 0.17%
University of Chicago
16 publications, 0.15%
University of Michigan
16 publications, 0.15%
Syracuse University
13 publications, 0.12%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
11 publications, 0.1%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
11 publications, 0.1%
University of Oxford
10 publications, 0.09%
Australian National University
9 publications, 0.08%
Virginia Tech
8 publications, 0.07%
University of Florida
8 publications, 0.07%
University of Texas at Austin
7 publications, 0.07%
Miami University
7 publications, 0.07%
California Institute of Technology
6 publications, 0.06%
Columbia University
6 publications, 0.06%
University of Hong Kong
6 publications, 0.06%
National Autonomous University of Mexico
6 publications, 0.06%
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
6 publications, 0.06%
Indiana University Bloomington
6 publications, 0.06%
University of Milano-Bicocca
5 publications, 0.05%
Washington State University
5 publications, 0.05%
University of California, Santa Barbara
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Texas at Dallas
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Minnesota
5 publications, 0.05%
Baylor University
5 publications, 0.05%
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Granada
5 publications, 0.05%
University of Copenhagen
4 publications, 0.04%
Royal Holloway University of London
4 publications, 0.04%
National Taiwan University
4 publications, 0.04%
Curtin University
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Cape Town
4 publications, 0.04%
Stanford University
4 publications, 0.04%
North Carolina State University
4 publications, 0.04%
University of California, Berkeley
4 publications, 0.04%
Harvard University
4 publications, 0.04%
University of California, Los Angeles
4 publications, 0.04%
Northern Arizona University
4 publications, 0.04%
Nagoya University
4 publications, 0.04%
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
4 publications, 0.04%
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
4 publications, 0.04%
Purdue University
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Bremen
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Kentucky
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Utah
4 publications, 0.04%
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
4 publications, 0.04%
King Saud University
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Tübingen
3 publications, 0.03%
Indian Statistical Institute
3 publications, 0.03%
Peking University
3 publications, 0.03%
Grenoble Alpes University
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Bergen
3 publications, 0.03%
Stony Brook University
3 publications, 0.03%
Cornell University
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Adelaide
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Wollongong
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Johannesburg
3 publications, 0.03%
Arizona State University
3 publications, 0.03%
Colorado State University
3 publications, 0.03%
Chonbuk National University
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Washington
3 publications, 0.03%
University of California, San Diego
3 publications, 0.03%
Illinois State University
3 publications, 0.03%
Southern Methodist University
3 publications, 0.03%
Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
3 publications, 0.03%
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
3 publications, 0.03%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
3 publications, 0.03%
Niigata University
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Barcelona
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Leicester
3 publications, 0.03%
Louisiana State University
3 publications, 0.03%
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Houston
3 publications, 0.03%
University of Ulster
3 publications, 0.03%
Geological Survey of Canada
3 publications, 0.03%
Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 0.02%
Nanjing University
2 publications, 0.02%
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
2 publications, 0.02%
ETH Zurich
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Bologna
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Milan
2 publications, 0.02%
University College London
2 publications, 0.02%
Aarhus University
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Oslo
2 publications, 0.02%
Yale University
2 publications, 0.02%
Northwest University
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Catania
2 publications, 0.02%
Tokyo Institute of Technology
2 publications, 0.02%
Pennsylvania State University
2 publications, 0.02%
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2 publications, 0.02%
GNS Science
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Melbourne
2 publications, 0.02%
University of Western Australia
2 publications, 0.02%
James Cook University
2 publications, 0.02%
University of the Witwatersrand
2 publications, 0.02%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2 publications, 0.02%
Oregon State University
2 publications, 0.02%
Los Alamos National Laboratory
2 publications, 0.02%
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
2 publications, 0.02%
Newcastle University
2 publications, 0.02%
Ohio University
2 publications, 0.02%
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King Saud University
3 publications, 2.86%
Curtin University
3 publications, 2.86%
Miami University
3 publications, 2.86%
California Institute of Technology
2 publications, 1.9%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2 publications, 1.9%
University of Memphis
2 publications, 1.9%
Banaras Hindu University
1 publication, 0.95%
Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology
1 publication, 0.95%
Peking University
1 publication, 0.95%
University of Malaya
1 publication, 0.95%
Nanjing University
1 publication, 0.95%
China University of Petroleum (East China)
1 publication, 0.95%
Lulea University of Technology
1 publication, 0.95%
Shandong University of Science and Technology
1 publication, 0.95%
Northeastern University
1 publication, 0.95%
University of Milan
1 publication, 0.95%
University College London
1 publication, 0.95%
University of Oxford
1 publication, 0.95%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1 publication, 0.95%
Chengdu University of Technology
1 publication, 0.95%
Stony Brook University
1 publication, 0.95%
University of Pisa
1 publication, 0.95%
Northwest University
1 publication, 0.95%
University of Cape Town
1 publication, 0.95%
University of the Witwatersrand
1 publication, 0.95%
Stellenbosch University
1 publication, 0.95%
Oregon State University
1 publication, 0.95%
Virginia Tech
1 publication, 0.95%
University of California, San Diego
1 publication, 0.95%
University of Arizona
1 publication, 0.95%
Illinois State University
1 publication, 0.95%
Trinity College Dublin
1 publication, 0.95%
Queen's University at Kingston
1 publication, 0.95%
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1 publication, 0.95%
Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
1 publication, 0.95%
Zagazig University
1 publication, 0.95%
Baylor University
1 publication, 0.95%
Lehigh University
1 publication, 0.95%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.95%
University of Granada
1 publication, 0.95%
Carleton University
1 publication, 0.95%
University of Saskatchewan
1 publication, 0.95%
University of Kentucky
1 publication, 0.95%
Louisiana State University
1 publication, 0.95%
Texas Tech University
1 publication, 0.95%
West Texas A&M University
1 publication, 0.95%
Utah State University
1 publication, 0.95%
Université Clermont Auvergne
1 publication, 0.95%
Minia University
1 publication, 0.95%
Arish University
1 publication, 0.95%
Abdelmalek Essaâdi University
1 publication, 0.95%
University College Dublin
1 publication, 0.95%
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USA, 309, 2.88%
USA
309 publications, 2.88%
China, 38, 0.35%
China
38 publications, 0.35%
Australia, 31, 0.29%
Australia
31 publications, 0.29%
United Kingdom, 30, 0.28%
United Kingdom
30 publications, 0.28%
Canada, 30, 0.28%
Canada
30 publications, 0.28%
Germany, 29, 0.27%
Germany
29 publications, 0.27%
Italy, 18, 0.17%
Italy
18 publications, 0.17%
Japan, 17, 0.16%
Japan
17 publications, 0.16%
Spain, 13, 0.12%
Spain
13 publications, 0.12%
Republic of Korea, 10, 0.09%
Republic of Korea
10 publications, 0.09%
France, 9, 0.08%
France
9 publications, 0.08%
Mexico, 9, 0.08%
Mexico
9 publications, 0.08%
South Africa, 9, 0.08%
South Africa
9 publications, 0.08%
New Zealand, 7, 0.07%
New Zealand
7 publications, 0.07%
Norway, 7, 0.07%
Norway
7 publications, 0.07%
India, 6, 0.06%
India
6 publications, 0.06%
Brazil, 5, 0.05%
Brazil
5 publications, 0.05%
Denmark, 5, 0.05%
Denmark
5 publications, 0.05%
Iraq, 5, 0.05%
Iraq
5 publications, 0.05%
Switzerland, 4, 0.04%
Switzerland
4 publications, 0.04%
Egypt, 3, 0.03%
Egypt
3 publications, 0.03%
Ireland, 3, 0.03%
Ireland
3 publications, 0.03%
Saudi Arabia, 3, 0.03%
Saudi Arabia
3 publications, 0.03%
Turkey, 3, 0.03%
Turkey
3 publications, 0.03%
Russia, 2, 0.02%
Russia
2 publications, 0.02%
Austria, 2, 0.02%
Austria
2 publications, 0.02%
Greece, 2, 0.02%
Greece
2 publications, 0.02%
Sweden, 2, 0.02%
Sweden
2 publications, 0.02%
Estonia, 1, 0.01%
Estonia
1 publication, 0.01%
Belgium, 1, 0.01%
Belgium
1 publication, 0.01%
Hungary, 1, 0.01%
Hungary
1 publication, 0.01%
Vietnam, 1, 0.01%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.01%
Israel, 1, 0.01%
Israel
1 publication, 0.01%
Colombia, 1, 0.01%
Colombia
1 publication, 0.01%
Cuba, 1, 0.01%
Cuba
1 publication, 0.01%
Malaysia, 1, 0.01%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.01%
Morocco, 1, 0.01%
Morocco
1 publication, 0.01%
Nigeria, 1, 0.01%
Nigeria
1 publication, 0.01%
Netherlands, 1, 0.01%
Netherlands
1 publication, 0.01%
Puerto Rico, 1, 0.01%
Puerto Rico
1 publication, 0.01%
Romania, 1, 0.01%
Romania
1 publication, 0.01%
Sudan, 1, 0.01%
Sudan
1 publication, 0.01%
USSR, 1, 0.01%
USSR
1 publication, 0.01%
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USA, 19, 18.1%
USA
19 publications, 18.1%
China, 8, 7.62%
China
8 publications, 7.62%
Canada, 4, 3.81%
Canada
4 publications, 3.81%
Australia, 3, 2.86%
Australia
3 publications, 2.86%
Egypt, 3, 2.86%
Egypt
3 publications, 2.86%
Saudi Arabia, 3, 2.86%
Saudi Arabia
3 publications, 2.86%
United Kingdom, 2, 1.9%
United Kingdom
2 publications, 1.9%
South Africa, 2, 1.9%
South Africa
2 publications, 1.9%
Germany, 1, 0.95%
Germany
1 publication, 0.95%
France, 1, 0.95%
France
1 publication, 0.95%
India, 1, 0.95%
India
1 publication, 0.95%
Iraq, 1, 0.95%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.95%
Ireland, 1, 0.95%
Ireland
1 publication, 0.95%
Spain, 1, 0.95%
Spain
1 publication, 0.95%
Italy, 1, 0.95%
Italy
1 publication, 0.95%
Malaysia, 1, 0.95%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.95%
Morocco, 1, 0.95%
Morocco
1 publication, 0.95%
Norway, 1, 0.95%
Norway
1 publication, 0.95%
Sweden, 1, 0.95%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.95%
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