Journal profile
Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana
ISSN 0037-8763 · eISSN 2038-1727 · Tri-annual
Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana: impact factor 1.3 (journal website); subscription journal; no APC; community-reported acceptance: easy; 36 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana's largest topics are earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide, together about 44.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Geophysics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Italian Journal of Geosciences (Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana e del Servizio Geologico d'Italia) is the official journal of the Italian Geological Society. It is published every four months in February, June and October. It is a Diamond Open Access journal included in the Journal of Citation Report issued by the Institute of Scientific Information (Thomson ISI database) since 2004. It is indexed by Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCIE), Web of Science, Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences (CC/PC&ES).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Federico ROSSETTIPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- earthquake and tectonic studiesEarth and Planetary Sciences17.5%
- Geological and Geochemical AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences15.7%
- Geological and Geophysical Studies WorldwideEarth and Planetary Sciences11.6%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences11%
- Geological formations and processesEarth and Planetary Sciences8.3%
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEarth and Planetary Sciences3.8%
- Evolution and Paleontology StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences2.9%
- Geochemistry and Geologic MappingComputer Science2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEWeb of ScienceCurrent ContentsPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- SJR (publisher) 2024
- 0.51Publisher website ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.71Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 272OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.44OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 572 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 36 | 16 | 41 |
| 2024 | 20 | 7 | 52 |
| 2023 | 29 | 9 | 84 |
| 2022 | 28 | 9 | 162 |
| 2021 | 10 | 3 | 68 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- editorialIt is a general principle of scholarly communication that the Editors of a learned journal is solely and independently responsible for deciding which articles s…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Data availability
Data Availability Statement required. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts must include a Data Availability Statement describing where the data supporting the findings of the study can be accessed.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY 4.0 license. Model summary
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Diamond Open Access model adopted since 1 January 2026, no APCs. Model summary
Since 1 January 2026, the Italian Journal of Geosciences has adopted a Diamond Open Access model in order to promote the widest possible dissemination of scientific knowledge while removing financial barriers for both authors and readers. This decision reflects the journal's commitment to supporting an inclusive, sustainable, and community-driven system of scholarly communication, in which high-qu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Anonymous peer review. Model summary
Anonymous Peer Reviewing is the adopted method for the scientific evaluation of the submitted manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Similarity screening with iThenticate. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are screened for similarity using iThenticate through the Nestor submission platform.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- ISSN
- 0037-8763
- Print ISSN
- 2038-1719
- Electronic ISSN
- 2038-1727
- Society / sponsor
- Italian Geological Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana
What is the impact factor of Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 40.
Which databases index Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana?
The journal's website lists SCIE, Web of Science and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana open access, and what is the APC?
Bollettino Della Societa Geologica Italiana is a subscription journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .