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Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 2590-0560Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geology | 58 / 333 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Earth-Surface Processes | 38 / 184 | 79th | 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 5.4.
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X is Q1 in Geology (rank 58 of 333) and Q1 in Earth-Surface Processes (rank 38 of 184), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X 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 5.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.532, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 16.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,460 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its ISSN is 2590-0560.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 1.74 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #97 of 303 Scopus journals in Geology.
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X published 25 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 54. 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 93 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from China (20.6%), India (18.3%) and Iran (7.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (14.9 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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