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Best Stratigraphy journals

55 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Stratigraphy. The top 55 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 13 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 Coal Geology 11.9 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 International Journal of Sediment Research 7.4 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
3 Sedimentology 6.8 93rd Q1 SCIE No
4 Journal of Soils and Sediments 6.5 91st Q1 SCIE No
5 Climate of the Past 6.3 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
6 Sedimentary Geology 5.6 88th Q1 SCIE No
7 Quaternary Geochronology 5.2 86th Q1 SCIE No
8 Geosphere 5.2 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
9 Solid Earth 5 83rd Q1 SCIE Yes
10 Newsletters on Stratigraphy 5 81st Q1 SCIE No
11 Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie 4.7 79th Q1 SCIE No
12 Depositional Record 4.6 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
13 Geochronology 4.5 75th Q1 ESCI Yes
14 Acta Sedimentologica Sinica 3.6 74th Q2 Yes
15 E and G Quaternary Science Journal 3.5 72nd Q2 ESCI Yes
16 Facies 3.4 70th Q2 SCIE No
17 Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 3.1 68th Q2 SCIE Yes
18 Journal of South American Earth Sciences 3 66th Q2 SCIE No
19 Palaeoworld 2.8 65th Q2 SCIE No
20 Geology Today 2.7 63rd Q2 No
21 Carnets de Geologie 2.7 61st Q2 SCIE Yes
22 Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 2.6 59th Q2 SCIE No
23 Journal of Iberian Geology 2.6 58th Q2 SCIE No
24 Marine Origin Petroleum Geology 2.5 56th Q2 No
25 Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 2.3 54th Q2 No
26 Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 2 52nd Q2 SCIE No
27 Andean Geology 2 50th Q2 SCIE Yes
28 Carsologica Sinica 1.9 49th Q3 Yes
29 Geological Field Trips and Maps 1.9 47th Q3 ESCI No
30 Geoloski Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva 1.8 45th Q3 Yes
31 Journal of Mediterranean Earth Sciences 1.7 43rd Q3 No
32 Geological Review 1.7 41st Q3 No
33 Volumina Jurassica 1.6 40th Q3 No
34 Fossil Imprint 1.5 38th Q3 No
35 Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 1.5 36th Q3 SCIE No
36 Sedimentary Record 1.4 34th Q3 Yes
37 Latin American Journal of Sedimentology and Basin Analysis 1.3 33rd Q3 Yes
38 Geologie de la France 1.3 31st Q3 No
39 Rocky Mountain Geology 1.2 29th Q3 No
40 Geologica Balcanica 1.1 27th Q3 No
41 Boletin Geologico 1 25th Q3 Yes
42 Russian Journal of Pacific Geology 0.9 24th Q4 SCIE No
43 Iraqi National Journal of Earth Science 0.9 22nd Q4 Yes
44 Foldtani Kozlony 0.9 20th Q4 No
45 Lithosphere (Russian Federation) 0.8 18th Q4 Yes
46 U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 0.8 16th Q4 No
47 Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina 0.8 15th Q4 No
48 Acta Geologica Slovaca 0.8 13th Q4 No
49 Yerbilimleri/ Earth Sciences 0.7 11th Q4 No
50 Journal of Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Researches 0.6 8th Q4 Yes
51 Serie Correlacion Geologica 0.6 8th Q4 No
52 Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining 0.6 6th Q4 Yes
53 GSA Field Guides 0.5 4th Q4 No
54 Geoscience Research Reports 0.4 2nd Q4 No
55 Rocks and Minerals 0.4 0th Q4 No

Rank and percentile are within the Stratigraphy Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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