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Geochronology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Copernicus Publications.
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ISSN 2628-3697Verify ISSN ↗2628-3719Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleontology | 16 / 121 | 87th | Q1 |
| Stratigraphy | 14 / 56 | 75th | Q1 |
| Geology | 83 / 333 | 75th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.5.
Geochronology is Q1 in Paleontology (rank 16 of 121), Q1 in Stratigraphy (rank 14 of 56) and Q1 in Geology (rank 83 of 333), by CiteScore 2025.
Geochronology is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 87th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.136, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 24.
Geochronology is published by Copernicus Publications. Its print ISSN is 2628-3697 and its online ISSN is 2628-3719.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Geochronology has an h-index of 31 and a 2-year mean of 3.33 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #5 of 113 Scopus journals in Paleontology.
Geochronology published 34 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 41. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (31.7%), Canada (11.4%) and Germany (10.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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