Geologica Acta

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Geologica Acta is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal that covers research in the Earth sciences. It was established in 2003 as a successor to Acta Geologica Hispanica (1966-2002), a locally oriented journal published in Spanish. The journal is published by the University of Barcelona, the Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera (CSIC), the Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (CSIC), and the Autonomous University of Barcelona. [1]

Scientific journal Periodical journal publishing scientific research

In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research.

Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth. This is a branch of science dealing with the physical constitution of the Earth and its atmosphere. Earth science is the study of our planet's physical characteristics, from earthquakes to raindrops, and floods to fossils. Earth science can be considered to be a branch of planetary science, but with a much older history. Earth science encompasses four main branches of study, the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the atmosphere, and the biosphere, each of which is further broken down into more specialized fields.

University of Barcelona University in Catalonia, Spain

The University of Barcelona is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain. With 73 undergraduate programs, 273 graduate programs and 48 doctorate programs to over 63,000 students, UB is considered to be the best university in Spain in the QS World University Rankings of 2018, which ranked the university 156th overall in the world. In the 2016-2017 ranking of University Ranking by Academic Performance, UB is considered the best university in Spain and 45th university in the world. Also, according to the yearly ranking made by US News, it is the 81st-best university in the world, and the best university in Spain.

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According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 0.692. [2]

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The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index which reflects the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field; journals with higher impact factors are often deemed to be more important than those with lower ones. The impact factor was devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). Impact factors are calculated yearly starting from 1975 for journals listed in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR).

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References

  1. "Journal Sponsorship". Geologica Acta. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  2. "Geologica Acta". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2018.