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Journal of Gemmology is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5), WoS SCIE. Published by Gem-A, The Gemmological Association of Great Britain.
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ISSN 1355-4565Verify ISSN ↗2632-1718Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Gem-A, The Gemmological Association of Great Britain
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geochemistry and Petrology | 156 / 164 | 5th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present (also 1981–1988), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
Journal of Gemmology is Q4 in Geochemistry and Petrology (rank 156 of 164), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Gemmology 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 0.5, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 5th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.285, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 13.
Journal of Gemmology is published by Gem-A, The Gemmological Association of Great Britain. Its print ISSN is 1355-4565 and its online ISSN is 2632-1718.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Gemmology has an h-index of 25 and a 2-year mean of 0.07 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #133 of 156 Scopus journals in Geochemistry and Petrology.
Journal of Gemmology published 150 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 171. 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.
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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