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Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.6), DOAJ. Published by Science China Press.
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ISSN 1000-0240Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Science China Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geophysics | 82 / 183 | 55th | Q2 |
| Geology | 159 / 333 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Earth-Surface Processes | 89 / 184 | 51st | Q2 |
| Atmospheric Science | 108 / 160 | 32nd | 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 Q2, CiteScore 2.6.
Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology is Q2 in Geophysics (rank 82 of 183), Q2 in Geology (rank 159 of 333) and Q2 in Earth-Surface Processes (rank 89 of 184), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology 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 2.6, quartile Q2, 55th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.406, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 22.
Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology is published by Science China Press. Its ISSN is 1000-0240.
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.
Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology has an h-index of 25 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #138 of 159 Scopus journals in Geophysics.
Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology published 1 papers in 2017; its busiest recent year was 2011 with 162. 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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