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Geological Society Special Publication is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.4). Published by Geological Society of London.
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ISSN 0305-8719Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geology | 45 / 333 | 86th | Q1 |
| Ocean Engineering | 23 / 123 | 81st | Q1 |
| Water Science and Technology | 57 / 279 | 79th | Q1 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1986–present (also 1981–1984, 1977–1978, 1974, 1971, 1969, 1967, 1964), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.4.
Geological Society Special Publication is Q1 in Geology (rank 45 of 333), Q1 in Ocean Engineering (rank 23 of 123) and Q1 in Water Science and Technology (rank 57 of 279), by CiteScore 2025.
Geological Society Special Publication is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.4, quartile Q1, 86th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.625, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 171.
Geological Society Special Publication is published by Geological Society of London. Its ISSN is 0305-8719.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Geological Society Special Publication has an h-index of 214 and a 2-year mean of 3.04 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #49 of 303 Scopus journals in Geology.
Geological Society Special Publication published 81 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 378. 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 97 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (15.5%), United States (12.6%) and Canada (6.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.2 per 1,000 papers). 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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