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Proceedings of the Geologists' Association is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.3), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Geologists' Association.
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ISSN 0016-7878Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Geologists' Association
Cost to publish: About US$3,300 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleontology | 60 / 121 | 50th | Q2 |
| Geology | 170 / 333 | 49th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1871–present (also 1861–1864, 1859), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.3.
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association is Q2 in Paleontology (rank 60 of 121) and Q3 in Geology (rank 170 of 333), by CiteScore 2025.
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 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 2.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 50th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.368, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 53.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,300 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association is published by Geologists' Association. Its ISSN is 0016-7878.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association has an h-index of 76 and a 2-year mean of 1.32 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #46 of 113 Scopus journals in Paleontology.
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association published 48 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 93. 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 89 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (35.7%), India (8.7%) and Tunisia (5.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.1 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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