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Geological Survey of China is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.4), DOAJ. Published by Editorial Department of China Geological Survey.
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ISSN 2095-8706Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Editorial Department of China Geological Survey
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geophysics | 117 / 183 | 36th | Q3 |
| Geochemistry and Petrology | 114 / 164 | 30th | Q3 |
| Geology | 233 / 333 | 30th | Q3 |
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 173 / 244 | 29th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.4.
Geological Survey of China is Q3 in Geophysics (rank 117 of 183), Q3 in Geochemistry and Petrology (rank 114 of 164) and Q3 in Geology (rank 233 of 333), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Geological Survey of China 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 1.4, quartile Q3, 36th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.272, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 14.
Geological Survey of China is published by Editorial Department of China Geological Survey. Its ISSN is 2095-8706.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Geological Survey of China has an h-index of 0 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #138 of 159 Scopus journals in Geophysics.
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.
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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