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Best Geology journals

330 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Geology. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 82 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 Remote Sensing of Environment 22.8 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Gondwana Research 18.7 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Petroleum Exploration and Development 16.2 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
4 Engineering Geology 14 98th Q1 SCIE – No
5 International Journal of Coal Geology 11.9 98th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 11.6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Petroleum Science 11.3 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Georisk 11.1 97th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Natural Gas Industry B 11 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
10 Rock Mechanics Bulletin 10.9 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
11 Geological Journal 10.8 96th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Applied Clay Science 10.7 96th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Economic Geology 10.3 96th Q1 SCIE – No
14 International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks 10.2 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
15 Shiyou Kantan Yu Kaifa/Petroleum Exploration and Development 10.1 95th Q1 – – Yes
16 Petroleum 9.6 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
17 Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes 9.4 95th Q1 – – Yes
18 Oil and Gas Geology 9.4 94th Q1 – – No
19 Earthquake Research Advances 9.2 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
20 Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Sciences 9.2 94th Q1 – – Yes
21 Elementa 9.2 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
22 Geology 9.2 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
23 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 9.1 93rd Q1 SCIE A No
24 Anthropocene Review 9 92nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
25 Journal of Mining Institute 9 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
26 Journal of Metamorphic Geology 8.9 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
27 Memoir of the Geological Society of America 8.4 92nd Q1 – – No
28 Geothermics 8.2 91st Q1 SCIE – No
29 Petroleum Research 8 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
30 Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 8 90th Q1 SCIE – No
31 Seismic Record 7.8 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
32 Energy Geoscience 7.7 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
33 International Journal of Sediment Research 7.4 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
34 Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment 7.2 89th Q1 SCIE – No
35 China Petroleum Exploration 7.1 89th Q1 – – No
36 Ore Geology Reviews 7.1 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
37 China Geology 7.1 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
38 Earth Systems and Environment 7 88th Q1 ESCI – No
39 Geohazard Mechanics 6.9 88th Q1 – – Yes
40 Progress in Oceanography 6.9 87th Q1 SCIE – No
41 Sedimentology 6.8 87th Q1 SCIE – No
42 AAPG Bulletin 6.6 87th Q1 SCIE – No
43 Chemical Geology 6.6 86th Q1 SCIE – No
44 Aeolian Research 6.4 86th Q1 SCIE – No
45 Geological Society Special Publication 6.4 86th Q1 – – No
46 Precambrian Research 6.3 86th Q1 SCIE – No
47 Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 6.2 85th Q1 SCIE – No
48 International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment 6.1 85th Q1 SCIE – No
49 Quaternary Science Reviews 6 85th Q1 SCIE – No
50 Basin Research 5.8 84th Q1 SCIE – No
51 Geochemical Perspectives Letters 5.8 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
52 Geological Society Memoir 5.7 84th Q1 – – No
53 Sedimentary Geology 5.6 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
54 Journal of Structural Geology 5.5 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
55 Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering 5.4 83rd Q1 – – No
56 Environmental Earth Sciences 5.4 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
57 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X 5.4 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
58 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 5.3 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
59 Meitiandizhi Yu Kantan/Coal Geology and Exploration 5.3 82nd Q1 – – Yes
60 Boreas 5.3 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
61 Journal of the Geological Society 5.3 81st Q1 SCIE – No
62 Quaternary Science Advances 5.3 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
63 Zhongguo Kuangye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of China University of Mining and Technology 5.3 80th Q1 – – No
64 Geosphere 5.2 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
65 Lithologic Reservoirs 5.2 80th Q1 – – No
66 Quaternary Geochronology 5.2 80th Q1 SCIE – No
67 Earth, Planets and Space 5.1 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
68 Newsletters on Stratigraphy 5 79th Q1 SCIE – No
69 Solid Earth 5 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
70 Geological Magazine 5 78th Q1 SCIE – No
71 Petroleum Geology and Experiment 5 78th Q1 – – Yes
72 Natural Gas Geoscience 4.9 78th Q1 – – No
73 Earthquake Science 4.9 77th Q1 ESCI – Yes
74 Lithosphere 4.9 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
75 Minerals 4.9 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
76 Marine Geology 4.8 77th Q1 SCIE – No
77 Active Volcanoes of the World 4.8 76th Q1 – – No
78 International Geology Review 4.8 76th Q1 SCIE – No
79 Depositional Record 4.6 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
80 Journal of African Earth Sciences 4.6 75th Q1 SCIE – No
81 Geochronology 4.5 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
82 Journal of Petroleum Geology 4.5 75th Q1 SCIE – No
83 Journal of Mountain Science 4.5 74th Q2 SCIE – No
84 Mining 4.5 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
85 Applied Computing and Geosciences 4.4 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
86 Mining Science and Technology (Russian Federation) 4.4 74th Q2 – – Yes
87 Continental Shelf Research 4.4 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
88 Lithos 4.4 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
89 Swiss Journal of Geosciences 4.4 73rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
90 Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 4.4 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
91 Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 4.3 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
92 Earth Science Frontiers 4.1 72nd Q2 – – No
93 Terra Nova 4.1 71st Q2 SCIE – No
94 Volcanica 4.1 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
95 Geoenergy 4 71st Q2 – – No
96 Geology in China 4 71st Q2 – – No
97 Petroleum Geoscience 4 70th Q2 SCIE – No
98 Dizhi Xuebao/Acta Geologica Sinica 3.9 70th Q2 – – No
99 Solid Earth Sciences 3.9 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
100 Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica 3.9 69th Q2 SCIE – No
101 Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 3.8 69th Q2 SCIE – No
102 New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 3.8 69th Q2 SCIE – No
103 Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering 3.7 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
104 Environmental Research Communications 3.6 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
105 Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems 3.6 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
106 Journal of Geomechanics 3.6 68th Q2 – – Yes
107 Acta Sedimentologica Sinica 3.6 67th Q2 – – Yes
108 Arid Zone Research 3.6 67th Q2 – – No
109 Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 3.6 67th Q2 SCIE – No
110 Annales Geophysicae 3.5 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
111 Antarctic Science 3.5 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
112 Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin 3.5 66th Q2 – – No
113 E and G Quaternary Science Journal 3.5 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
114 Mining Technology: Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy 3.5 65th Q2 ESCI – No
115 Sedimentary Geology and Tethyan Geology 3.4 65th Q2 – – No
116 US Geological Survey Professional Paper 3.4 65th Q2 – – No
117 Arid Land Geography 3.4 64th Q2 – – No
118 Journal of Natural Gas Geoscience 3.4 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
119 Special Paper of the Geological Society of America 3.4 64th Q2 – – No
120 Facies 3.4 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
121 Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography 3.3 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
122 Journal of Geology 3.3 63rd Q2 – – No
123 Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary 3.3 62nd Q2 – – Yes
124 Journal of Sedimentary Research 3.3 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
125 Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans 3.2 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
126 Journal of Geodesy and Geoinformation Science 3.2 62nd Q2 – – Yes
127 Journal of Geophysics and Engineering 3.1 61st Q2 SCIE – Yes
128 Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 3.1 61st Q2 SCIE – Yes
129 GSA Today 3 61st Q2 – – No
130 Acta Geoscientica Sinica 3 60th Q2 – – No
131 Geodiversitas 3 60th Q2 SCIE – Yes
132 Petroleum Geology and Oilfield Development in Daqing 3 60th Q2 – – No
133 Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland 3 59th Q2 SCIE – Yes
134 Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology 3 59th Q2 – – Yes
135 Journal of South American Earth Sciences 3 59th Q2 SCIE – No
136 Northwestern Geology 3 59th Q2 – – No
137 GEUS Bulletin 3 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
138 Geographica Pannonica 2.9 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
139 Jilin Daxue Xuebao (Diqiu Kexue Ban)/Journal of Jilin University (Earth Science Edition) 2.9 58th Q2 – – No
140 Geochemical Perspectives 2.9 57th Q2 SCIE – No
141 Journal of Sustainable Mining 2.9 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
142 Developments in Clay Science 2.8 57th Q2 – – No
143 Advances in Earth Science 2.8 56th Q2 – – No
144 Geophysical Prospecting for Petroleum 2.8 56th Q2 – – No
145 Rudarsko Geolosko Naftni Zbornik 2.8 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
146 Shiyou Diqiu Wuli Kantan/Oil Geophysical Prospecting 2.8 56th Q2 – – No
147 Carnets de Geologie 2.7 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
148 Geology Today 2.7 55th Q2 – – No
149 Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2.7 55th Q2 SCIE – No
150 Mineral Deposits 2.7 54th Q2 – – No
151 Geologica Carpathica 2.6 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
152 Italian Journal of Geosciences 2.6 54th Q2 SCIE – No
153 Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 2.6 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
154 Iraqi Journal of Science 2.6 53rd Q2 – – No
155 Journal of Iberian Geology 2.6 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
156 Leading Edge 2.6 53rd Q2 ESCI – No
157 Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology 2.6 52nd Q2 – – Yes
158 Ofioliti 2.6 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
159 Acta Montanistica Slovaca 2.5 51st Q2 SCIE – Yes
160 Journal of Chengdu University of Technology (Science and Technology Edition) 2.5 51st Q2 – – No
161 Marine Origin Petroleum Geology 2.5 51st Q2 – – No
162 Journal of the Geological Society of India 2.5 50th Q2 SCIE – No
163 Mineralogia 2.4 50th Q2 – – Yes
164 Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing 2.4 50th Q2 SCIE – No
165 Trabajos de Geologia 2.4 50th Q2 – – No
166 Journal of Southwest Petroleum University(Science & Technology Edition) 2.4 49th Q3 – – No
167 SOCAR Proceedings 2.4 49th Q3 ESCI – No
168 Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 2.3 49th Q3 SCIE – No
169 Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 2.3 48th Q3 – – No
170 Iraqi Geological Journal 2.3 48th Q3 – – Yes
171 Island Arc 2.2 48th Q3 SCIE – No
172 Geoscience 2.2 47th Q3 – – No
173 News of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Series of Geology and Technical Sciences 2.2 47th Q3 – – No
174 Norwegian Journal of Geology 2.2 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
175 U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 2.2 46th Q3 – – No
176 Exploration Geophysics 2.1 46th Q3 SCIE – No
177 Geologica Acta 2.1 46th Q3 SCIE – Yes
178 US Geological Survey Circular 2.1 46th Q3 – – No
179 Green and Smart Mining Engineering 2.1 45th Q3 ESCI – No
180 International Journal of Mining and Geo-Engineering 2.1 45th Q3 – – Yes
181 Russian Geology and Geophysics 2.1 45th Q3 SCIE – No
182 Geologiya i Geofizika Yuga Rossii 2.1 44th Q3 – – Yes
183 Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 2 44th Q3 SCIE – No
184 Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2 44th Q3 – – Yes
185 Andean Geology 2 43rd Q3 SCIE – Yes
186 Interpretation 2 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
187 Mining Safety and Environmental Protection 2 43rd Q3 – – Yes
188 South African Journal of Geology 2 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
189 Geological Field Trips and Maps 1.9 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
190 GFF 1.9 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
191 International Journal of Speleology 1.9 42nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
192 Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 1.9 41st Q3 – – No
193 Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 1.9 41st Q3 SCIE – No
194 Geoconservation Research 1.8 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
195 Geoloski Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva 1.8 41st Q3 – – Yes
196 Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration 1.8 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
197 Chinese Journal of Geology/Scientia Geologica Sinica 1.8 40th Q3 – – No
198 Geotectonica et Metallogenia 1.8 40th Q3 – – No
199 Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 1.8 39th Q3 – – No
200 Periodico di Mineralogia 1.8 39th Q3 SCIE – No
201 World Geomorphological Landscapes 1.8 39th Q3 – – No
202 Acta Geologica Polonica 1.7 38th Q3 SCIE – No
203 Geology and Exploration 1.7 38th Q3 – – Yes
204 Journal of Mediterranean Earth Sciences 1.7 38th Q3 – – No
205 Central European Geology 1.7 37th Q3 – – No
206 Geopersia 1.7 37th Q3 ESCI – No
207 Geotectonics 1.7 37th Q3 SCIE – No
208 Resource Geology 1.7 37th Q3 SCIE – No
209 Geological Review 1.7 36th Q3 – – No
210 Kuangwu Yanshi/ Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology 1.7 36th Q3 – – No
211 Dizhen Dizhi 1.6 36th Q3 – – No
212 Atlantic Geoscience 1.6 35th Q3 – – No
213 Geodynamics and Tectonophysics 1.6 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
214 Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 1.6 35th Q3 ESCI – No
215 Quaternaire 1.6 34th Q3 SCIE – No
216 Volumina Jurassica 1.6 34th Q3 – – No
217 Fossil Imprint 1.5 34th Q3 – – No
218 Geological Quarterly 1.5 34th Q3 SCIE – No
219 Natural History Sciences 1.5 33rd Q3 – – Yes
220 Rendiconti Online Societa Geologica Italiana 1.5 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
221 Tree-Ring Research 1.5 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
222 Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 1.5 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
223 Bulletin of Canadian Energy Geoscience 1.5 32nd Q3 – – No
224 Derbyana 1.5 32nd Q3 – – Yes
225 Gornaya Promyshlennost 1.5 31st Q3 – – No
226 Scottish Journal of Geology 1.5 31st Q3 SCIE – No
227 Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal 1.4 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
228 Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum 1.4 30th Q3 – – Yes
229 Geological Survey of China 1.4 30th Q3 – – Yes
230 Journal of Mining Science 1.4 30th Q3 SCIE – No
231 Sedimentary Record 1.4 30th Q3 – – Yes
232 Estudios Geologicos 1.4 29th Q3 SCIE – Yes
233 Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia 1.3 29th Q3 SCIE – No
234 Geograficky Casopis 1.3 29th Q3 ESCI – No
235 Geodynamics 1.3 28th Q3 ESCI – No
236 Geologie de la France 1.3 28th Q3 – – No
237 Georesursy 1.3 28th Q3 ESCI – Yes
238 Latin American Journal of Sedimentology and Basin Analysis 1.3 28th Q3 – – Yes
239 Journal of Volcanology and Seismology 1.3 27th Q3 SCIE – No
240 Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 1.2 27th Q3 SCIE – No
241 US Geological Survey Data Report 1.2 27th Q3 – – No
242 Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Finland 1.2 26th Q3 – – No
243 Geology of Ore Deposits 1.2 26th Q3 SCIE – No
244 Rocky Mountain Geology 1.2 26th Q3 – – No
245 CTyF - Ciencia, Tecnologia y Futuro 1.1 25th Q3 SCIE – Yes
246 Geologica Balcanica 1.1 25th Q3 – – No
247 REM - International Engineering Journal 1.1 25th Q3 – – Yes
248 Turkiye Insansiz Hava Araclari Dergisi 1.1 25th Q3 – – No
249 Advances in Polar Science 1.1 24th Q4 – – No
250 Journal of the Geological Society of Korea 1.1 24th Q4 ESCI – No
251 Visnyk of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, series 'Geology. Geography. Ecology' 1.1 24th Q4 ESCI – Yes
252 Geologija 1.1 23rd Q4 – – Yes
253 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 1 23rd Q4 – – No
254 US Geological Survey Open-File Report 1 23rd Q4 – – No
255 Multipurpose Utilization of Mineral Resources 1 22nd Q4 – – Yes
256 Scientific Contributions Oil and Gas 1 22nd Q4 – – No
257 Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Earth Sciences 1 22nd Q4 ESCI – No
258 World Earthquake Engineering 1 22nd Q4 – – No
259 Annals of Carnegie Museum 1 21st Q4 SCIE – No
260 Boletin Geologico 1 21st Q4 – – Yes
261 Marine Geology and Quaternary Geology 0.9 21st Q4 – – No
262 Russian Journal of Pacific Geology 0.9 21st Q4 SCIE – No
263 Iraqi National Journal of Earth Science 0.9 20th Q4 – – Yes
264 Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 0.9 20th Q4 SCIE – Yes
265 Boletin Geologico y Minero 0.9 19th Q4 ESCI – No
266 Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 0.9 19th Q4 – – No
267 Geological Journal (Ukraine) 0.9 19th Q4 – – No
268 Studia Quaternaria 0.9 19th Q4 ESCI – No
269 Foldtani Kozlony 0.9 18th Q4 – – No
270 Revista de la Sociedad Geologica de Espana 0.9 18th Q4 ESCI – Yes
271 Riset Geologi dan Pertambangan 0.8 18th Q4 ESCI – No
272 Acta Geographica Lodziensia 0.8 17th Q4 – – No
273 Kartografija i Geoinformacije 0.8 17th Q4 – – Yes
274 Mineral Resources of Ukraine 0.8 17th Q4 – – Yes
275 Ocean and Polar Research 0.8 16th Q4 – – No
276 Quaderni di Geofisica 0.8 16th Q4 ESCI – No
277 Suo 0.8 16th Q4 – – No
278 Ukrainian Antarctic Journal 0.8 16th Q4 – – Yes
279 Cuaternario y Geomorfologia 0.8 15th Q4 ESCI – No
280 Lithosphere (Russian Federation) 0.8 15th Q4 – – Yes
281 U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
282 USGS Scientific Investigations Report 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
283 Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias 0.8 14th Q4 – – Yes
284 Geologia USP - Serie Cientifica 0.8 14th Q4 – – Yes
285 Bulletin of Kamchatka Regional Association Educational-Scientific Center. Earth Sciences 0.8 13th Q4 – – Yes
286 Economic and Environmental Geology 0.8 13th Q4 ESCI – No
287 Glasnik - Srpskog Geografskog Drustva 0.8 13th Q4 – – Yes
288 Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina 0.8 13th Q4 – – No
289 Acta Geologica Slovaca 0.8 12th Q4 – – No
290 Mineralia Slovaca 0.8 12th Q4 – – Yes
291 Visnyk of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Geology 0.8 12th Q4 ESCI – Yes
292 Mongolian Geoscientist 0.7 11th Q4 – – Yes
293 Perm Journal of Petroleum and Mining Engineering 0.7 11th Q4 – – No
294 Prospecting and Development of Oil and Gas Fields 0.7 11th Q4 – – No
295 Geologiya Nefti i Gaza 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
296 Geology and Mineral Resources of Siberia 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
297 Journal of Analytical and Numerical Methods in Mining Engineering 0.7 10th Q4 – – Yes
298 Yerbilimleri/ Earth Sciences 0.7 10th Q4 – – No
299 Mineralogical Journal (Ukraine) 0.7 9th Q4 ESCI – No
300 Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 0.7 9th Q4 – – No

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