Journal profile · GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Journal of the Geological Society of Korea
ISSN 0435-4036 · eISSN 2288-7377 · The Geological Society of Korea
Journal of the Geological Society of Korea: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 41 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); 43 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Geological Society of Korea is published by The Geological Society of Korea 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 Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 40% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences13.3%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences13.3%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering13.3%
- Geological Modeling and AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences7%
- Geological formations and processesEarth and Planetary Sciences5.8%
- Geological and Geochemical AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences5.3%
- Geological and Geophysical StudiesEarth and Planetary Sciences3.7%
- Geochemistry and Geologic MappingComputer Science3.7%
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 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 199OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.71OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 47LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,656 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48 | 1 | 29 |
| 2025 | 43 | 0 | 17 |
| 2024 | 49 | 1 | 54 |
| 2023 | 47 | 0 | 82 |
| 2022 | 41 | 0 | 115 |
| 2021 | 53 | 0 | 184 |
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 Crossref · to
41 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 30 days – 52 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (87 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 63 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (101 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- The Geological Society of Korea
- ISSN
- 0435-4036
- Electronic ISSN
- 2288-7377
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Geological Society of Korea
What CAS zone is Journal of the Geological Society of Korea in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the Geological Society of Korea is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Geosciences, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Geological Society of Korea?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 41 days (interquartile range 30–52 days). 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 Journal of the Geological Society of Korea?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Geological Society of Korea is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of the Geological Society of Korea open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Geological Society of Korea is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .