Journal profile · GEOLOGY-PALEONTOLOGY
CARNETS DE GEOLOGIE
ISSN 1634-0744 · Association Carnets de Geologie · FRANCE
CARNETS DE GEOLOGIE: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.76; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 17 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
CARNETS DE GEOLOGIE is published by Association Carnets de Geologie and is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Marine Biology and Ecology Research, together about 48.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Paleontology and Oceanography. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Information not localized
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): GEOLOGY-PALEONTOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsEarth and Planetary Sciences25.6%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences15.7%
- Marine Biology and Ecology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences7.5%
- Geological formations and processesEarth and Planetary Sciences7.3%
- Evolution and Paleontology StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences6.7%
- Paleontology and Evolutionary BiologyEarth and Planetary Sciences5.5%
- Geological and Geophysical Studies WorldwideEarth and Planetary Sciences4.7%
- Geological Formations and Processes ExplorationEarth and Planetary Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Paleontology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Paleontology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Paleontology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.76LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 118OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 441 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 5 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 7 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 33 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 21 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | 100 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 119 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Association Carnets de Geologie
- Country or region
- FRANCE
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 1634-0744
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about CARNETS DE GEOLOGIE
What CAS zone is CARNETS DE GEOLOGIE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, CARNETS DE GEOLOGIE is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Geology / Paleontology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of CARNETS DE GEOLOGIE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.76; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at CARNETS DE GEOLOGIE?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index CARNETS DE GEOLOGIE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, CARNETS DE GEOLOGIE is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is CARNETS DE GEOLOGIE open access, and what is the APC?
CARNETS DE GEOLOGIE is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .