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Best Stratigraphy journals

56 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Stratigraphy. The top 56 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 14 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 International Journal of Coal Geology 11.9 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Marine and Petroleum Geology 8 97th Q1 – – No
3 International Journal of Sediment Research 7.4 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
4 Sedimentology 6.8 93th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Journal of Soils and Sediments 6.5 91th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Climate of the Past 6.3 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
7 Sedimentary Geology 5.6 88th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Quaternary Geochronology 5.2 86th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Geosphere 5.2 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
10 Solid Earth 5 83th Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Newsletters on Stratigraphy 5 81th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie 4.7 79th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Depositional Record 4.6 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 Geochronology 4.5 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
15 Acta Sedimentologica Sinica 3.6 74th Q2 – – Yes
16 E and G Quaternary Science Journal 3.5 72th Q2 ESCI – Yes
17 Facies 3.4 70th Q2 SCIE – No
18 Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 3.1 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
19 Journal of South American Earth Sciences 3 66th Q2 SCIE – No
20 Palaeoworld 2.8 65th Q2 SCIE – No
21 Geology Today 2.7 63th Q2 – – No
22 Carnets de Geologie 2.7 61th Q2 SCIE – Yes
23 Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 2.6 59th Q2 SCIE – No
24 Journal of Iberian Geology 2.6 58th Q2 SCIE – No
25 Marine Origin Petroleum Geology 2.5 56th Q2 – – No
26 Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 2.3 54th Q2 – – No
27 Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 2 52th Q2 SCIE – No
28 Andean Geology 2 50th Q2 SCIE – Yes
29 Carsologica Sinica 1.9 49th Q3 – – Yes
30 Geological Field Trips and Maps 1.9 47th Q3 ESCI – No
31 Geoloski Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva 1.8 45th Q3 – – Yes
32 Journal of Mediterranean Earth Sciences 1.7 43th Q3 – – No
33 Geological Review 1.7 41th Q3 – – No
34 Volumina Jurassica 1.6 40th Q3 – – No
35 Fossil Imprint 1.5 38th Q3 – – No
36 Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 1.5 36th Q3 SCIE – No
37 Sedimentary Record 1.4 34th Q3 – – Yes
38 Latin American Journal of Sedimentology and Basin Analysis 1.3 33th Q3 – – Yes
39 Geologie de la France 1.3 31th Q3 – – No
40 Rocky Mountain Geology 1.2 29th Q3 – – No
41 Geologica Balcanica 1.1 27th Q3 – – No
42 Boletin Geologico 1 25th Q3 – – Yes
43 Russian Journal of Pacific Geology 0.9 24th Q4 SCIE – No
44 Iraqi National Journal of Earth Science 0.9 22th Q4 – – Yes
45 Foldtani Kozlony 0.9 20th Q4 – – No
46 Lithosphere (Russian Federation) 0.8 18th Q4 – – Yes
47 U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 0.8 16th Q4 – – No
48 Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
49 Acta Geologica Slovaca 0.8 13th Q4 – – No
50 Yerbilimleri/ Earth Sciences 0.7 11th Q4 – – No
51 Journal of Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Researches 0.6 8th Q4 – – Yes
52 Serie Correlacion Geologica 0.6 8th Q4 – – No
53 Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining 0.6 6th Q4 – – Yes
54 GSA Field Guides 0.5 4th Q4 – – No
55 Geoscience Research Reports 0.4 2th Q4 – – No
56 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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