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International Journal of Speleology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Societa Speleologica Italiana.
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ISSN 0392-6672Verify ISSN ↗1827-806XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Societa Speleologica Italiana
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth-Surface Processes | 97 / 184 | 47th | Q3 |
| Geology | 193 / 333 | 42nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.9.
International Journal of Speleology is Q3 in Earth-Surface Processes (rank 97 of 184) and Q3 in Geology (rank 193 of 333), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Speleology is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 1.9, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 47th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.331, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 45.
International Journal of Speleology is published by Societa Speleologica Italiana. Its print ISSN is 0392-6672 and its online ISSN is 1827-806X.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Speleology has an h-index of 53 and a 2-year mean of 0.92 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.9, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #96 of 172 Scopus journals in Earth-Surface Processes.
International Journal of Speleology published 26 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 39. 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 98 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (19.2%), Spain (7.4%) and France (6.6%).
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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