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Journal of Sedimentary Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.3), WoS SCIE. Published by SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology.
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ISSN 1527-1404Verify ISSN ↗1938-3681Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geology | 125 / 333 | 62nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1931–1949 (also 1980–1983, 1985–1993, 1996–present), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.3.
Journal of Sedimentary Research is Q2 in Geology (rank 125 of 333), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Sedimentary Research 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 3.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 62nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.612, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 130.
Journal of Sedimentary Research is published by SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology. Its print ISSN is 1527-1404 and its online ISSN is 1938-3681.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Sedimentary Research has an h-index of 207 and a 2-year mean of 1.87 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #90 of 303 Scopus journals in Geology.
Journal of Sedimentary Research published 62 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 89. 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 94 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (34.2%), Canada (9.3%) and United Kingdom (8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.2 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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