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Best Geochemistry and Petrology journals

164 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Geochemistry and Petrology. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 41 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 International Journal of Mining Science and Technology 24.5 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
2 Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 18.3 99th Q1 – – No
3 Petroleum Exploration and Development 16.2 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
4 Surveys in Geophysics 14.7 97th Q1 SCIE – No
5 International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials 13.8 97th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Journal of Rare Earths 13.5 96th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Petroleum Science 11.3 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Applied Clay Science 10.7 95th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Economic Geology 10.3 94th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Mineralium Deposita 9.9 94th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Earth and Planetary Science Letters 9.7 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
12 Petroleum 9.6 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
13 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 9.1 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
14 Journal of Metamorphic Geology 8.9 91st Q1 SCIE – No
15 Petroleum Research 8 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
16 Journal of Geodesy 7.6 90th Q1 SCIE – No
17 Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 7.5 89th Q1 SCIE – No
18 Journal of Geochemical Exploration 7.3 89th Q1 SCIE – No
19 China Petroleum Exploration 7.1 88th Q1 – – No
20 Ore Geology Reviews 7.1 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
21 China Geology 7.1 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
22 Environmental Geochemistry and Health 7 86th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 7 86th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Mining of Mineral Deposits 6.9 85th Q1 ESCI – No
25 Applied Geochemistry 6.8 85th Q1 SCIE – No
26 AAPG Bulletin 6.6 84th Q1 SCIE – No
27 Chemical Geology 6.6 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
28 Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 6.5 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
29 Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 6.4 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
30 Precambrian Research 6.3 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
31 Geophysics 6.2 81st Q1 SCIE – No
32 Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 6.2 80th Q1 SCIE – No
33 Journal of Petrology 6.2 80th Q1 SCIE – No
34 Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 6 79th Q1 SCIE – No
35 Bulletin of Volcanology 5.9 78th Q1 SCIE – No
36 Tectonics 5.9 78th Q1 SCIE – No
37 Geochemical Perspectives Letters 5.8 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
38 Geophysical Journal International 5.8 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
39 Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 5.5 76th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Journal of Applied Volcanology 5.4 75th Q1 – – Yes
41 ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 5.3 75th Q1 SCIE – No
42 American Mineralogist 5.1 74th Q2 SCIE – No
43 Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 5 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
44 Egyptian Journal of Petroleum 5 73rd Q2 – – Yes
45 Elements 5 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
46 Solid Earth 5 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
47 Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths 4.9 71st Q2 – – No
48 Organic Geochemistry 4.9 71st Q2 SCIE – No
49 Marine Geology 4.8 70th Q2 SCIE – No
50 Active Volcanoes of the World 4.8 69th Q2 – – No
51 Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 4.7 69th Q2 SCIE – No
52 Acta Petrologica Sinica 4.6 68th Q2 SCIE – No
53 Geochemistry 4.5 67th Q2 SCIE – No
54 Lithos 4.4 67th Q2 SCIE – No
55 Clays and Clay Minerals 4.3 66th Q2 SCIE – No
56 Volcanica 4.1 66th Q2 ESCI – Yes
57 Geochemical Transactions 4.1 65th Q2 – – Yes
58 Petroleum Geoscience 4 64th Q2 SCIE – No
59 Pure and Applied Geophysics 4 64th Q2 SCIE – No
60 Solid Earth Sciences 3.9 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
61 Marine Geophysical Research 3.8 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
62 Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 3.8 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
63 Applied Earth Science: Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 3.7 61st Q2 ESCI – No
64 Journal of Geomechanics 3.6 61st Q2 – – Yes
65 Acta Sedimentologica Sinica 3.6 60th Q2 – – Yes
66 Clay Minerals 3.6 60th Q2 SCIE – No
67 Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin 3.5 59th Q2 – – No
68 Environmental Chemistry 3.5 58th Q2 SCIE – No
69 Journal of Natural Gas Geoscience 3.4 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
70 Aquatic Geochemistry 3.4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
71 Journal of Seismology 3.4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
72 Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis 3.3 56th Q2 SCIE – No
73 Chinese Journal of Geophysics 3.3 55th Q2 SCIE – No
74 Journal of Mining and Environment 3.1 55th Q2 ESCI – No
75 Geophysical Prospecting 3 54th Q2 SCIE – No
76 Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology 3 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
77 Petroleum Geology and Oilfield Development in Daqing 3 53rd Q2 – – No
78 Geochemical Perspectives 2.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
79 Mineralogical Magazine 2.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
80 Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 2.8 51st Q2 SCIE – No
81 Developments in Clay Science 2.8 50th Q2 – – No
82 Geophysical Prospecting for Petroleum 2.8 50th Q2 – – No
83 Acta Geochimica 2.7 49th Q3 ESCI – No
84 European Journal of Mineralogy 2.7 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
85 Mineral Deposits 2.7 48th Q3 – – No
86 Carbonates and Evaporites 2.5 47th Q3 SCIE – No
87 Marine Origin Petroleum Geology 2.5 47th Q3 – – No
88 Acta Montanistica Slovaca 2.5 46th Q3 SCIE – Yes
89 Mineralogia 2.4 46th Q3 – – Yes
90 Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy: Transactions of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 2.3 45th Q3 ESCI – No
91 Geochemical Journal 2.3 44th Q3 SCIE – No
92 Mineralogy and Petrology 2.3 44th Q3 SCIE – No
93 Norwegian Journal of Geology 2.2 43rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
94 Archives of Mining Sciences 2.2 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
95 Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2.2 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
96 Mining Safety and Environmental Protection 2 41st Q3 – – Yes
97 Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen 2 41st Q3 SCIE – No
98 Gems and Gemology 2 40th Q3 SCIE – No
99 Andean Geology 2 39th Q3 SCIE – Yes
100 Petroleum Chemistry 1.9 39th Q3 SCIE – No
101 Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 1.9 38th Q3 – – No
102 Geoloski Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva 1.8 38th Q3 – – Yes
103 Periodico di Mineralogia 1.8 37th Q3 SCIE – No
104 Petrology 1.8 36th Q3 SCIE – No
105 Geology and Exploration 1.7 36th Q3 – – Yes
106 Geopersia 1.7 35th Q3 ESCI – No
107 Resource Geology 1.7 35th Q3 SCIE – No
108 Geological Review 1.7 34th Q3 – – No
109 Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 1.7 34th Q3 SCIE – No
110 Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry 1.6 33rd Q3 – – No
111 Geochemistry International 1.6 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
112 Bulletin of Canadian Energy Geoscience 1.5 32nd Q3 – – No
113 Lithology and Mineral Resources 1.4 31st Q3 SCIE – No
114 Geological Survey of China 1.4 30th Q3 – – Yes
115 Ugol 1.4 30th Q3 – – No
116 Led i Sneg 1.3 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
117 Journal of Volcanology and Seismology 1.3 28th Q3 SCIE – No
118 Rock and Mineral Analysis 1.3 28th Q3 – – Yes
119 Geology of Ore Deposits 1.2 27th Q3 SCIE – No
120 Revista Politecnica 1.2 27th Q3 – – Yes
121 REM - International Engineering Journal 1.1 26th Q3 – – Yes
122 Geologica Balcanica 1.1 25th Q3 – – No
123 Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Part A: Sustainable and Renewable Energy 1.1 25th Q3 SCIE – No
124 Visnyk of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, series 'Geology. Geography. Ecology' 1.1 24th Q4 ESCI – Yes
125 Mining Science 1 24th Q4 ESCI – Yes
126 Multipurpose Utilization of Mineral Resources 1 23rd Q4 – – Yes
127 Nafta - Gaz 1 22nd Q4 ESCI – No
128 Chemical and Petroleum Engineering 0.9 21st Q4 ESCI – No
129 Marine Geology and Quaternary Geology 0.9 21st Q4 – – No
130 Russian Journal of Pacific Geology 0.9 21st Q4 SCIE – No
131 Iraqi National Journal of Earth Science 0.9 20th Q4 – – Yes
132 Boletin Geologico y Minero 0.9 19th Q4 ESCI – No
133 Geological Journal (Ukraine) 0.9 19th Q4 – – No
134 Foldtani Kozlony 0.9 18th Q4 – – No
135 Journal of Seismic Exploration 0.8 17th Q4 SCIE – No
136 Ukrainian Antarctic Journal 0.8 17th Q4 – – Yes
137 Bulletin of Kamchatka Regional Association Educational-Scientific Center. Earth Sciences 0.8 16th Q4 – – Yes
138 Lithosphere (Russian Federation) 0.8 16th Q4 – – Yes
139 Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
140 Acta Geologica Slovaca 0.8 14th Q4 – – No
141 Mineralia Slovaca 0.8 14th Q4 – – Yes
142 Visnyk of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Geology 0.8 13th Q4 ESCI – Yes
143 Marine Science and Technology Bulletin 0.7 13th Q4 – – Yes
144 Mongolian Geoscientist 0.7 12th Q4 – – Yes
145 Perm Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering 0.7 11th Q4 – – No
146 Geologiya Nefti i Gaza 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
147 Geology and Mineral Resources of Siberia 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
148 Geophysical Research 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
149 Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 0.7 9th Q4 – – No
150 Mineralogical Journal (Ukraine) 0.7 8th Q4 ESCI – No
151 Serie Correlacion Geologica 0.6 8th Q4 – – No
152 Journal of Economic Geology 0.6 7th Q4 – – Yes
153 Journal of Gems and Gemmology 0.6 7th Q4 – – No
154 Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Part B: Subsurface Energy and Carbon Capture 0.5 6th Q4 SCIE – No
155 Journal of Gemmology 0.5 5th Q4 SCIE – No
156 Petrological Journal 0.5 5th Q4 – – Yes
157 Inzynieria Mineralna 0.4 4th Q4 ESCI – No
158 Astronomy and Geophysics 0.4 3rd Q4 SCIE – No
159 Geoscience Research Reports 0.4 3rd Q4 – – No
160 Advances in Volcanology 0.3 2nd Q4 – – No
161 Swiss Bulletin for Applied Geology 0.3 2nd Q4 – – No
162 Mining Report 0.2 1st Q4 – – No
163 Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 0.2 0th Q4 – – No
164 Advances in Isotope Geochemistry 0.1 0th Q4 – – No

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