Basin Research

Aims & Scope

Basin Research is an international journal which aims to publish original, high impact research papers on sedimentary basin systems.

We view integrated, interdisciplinary research as being essential for the advancement of the subject area; therefore, we do not seek manuscripts focused purely on sedimentology, structural geology, or geophysics that have a natural home in specialist journals.

Rather, we seek manuscripts that treat sedimentary basins as multi-component systems that require a multi-faceted approach to advance our understanding of their development.

During deposition and subsidence we are concerned with large-scale geodynamic processes, heat flow, fluid flow, strain distribution, seismic and sequence stratigraphy, modelling, burial and inversion histories.

In addition, we view the development of the source area, in terms of drainage networks, climate, erosion, denudation and sediment routing systems as vital to sedimentary basin systems.

The underpinning requirement is that a contribution should be of interest to earth scientists of more than one discipline.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6
2024	2.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.165

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3743

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1048

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Foreland basin systems

  Citation: 1137

  Authors: Peter G., Katherine A.

• Tectono‐sedimentary evolution of active extensional basins

  Citation: 570

  Authors: R. L., M. R.

• The large‐scale dynamics of grain‐size variation in alluvial basins, 1: Theory

  Citation: 502

  Authors: Chris, Paul L., Charles L.

• Late Cretaceous to Miocene sea‐level estimates from the New Jersey and Delaware coastal plain coreholes: an error analysis

  Citation: 463

  Authors: M. A., J. V., K. G., P. J., S., C. R.

• Types of carbonate platforms: a genetic approach

  Citation: 439

  Authors: L.

• Tectonostratigraphic units and stratigraphic sequences of the nonmarine Songliao basin, northeast China

  Citation: 412

  Authors: Feng, Jia, Xie, Zhang, Feng, Timothy A.

• Cenozoic stratigraphy and subsidence history of the South China Sea margin in the Taiwan region

  Citation: 353

  Authors: A. T., A. B., S. P.

• Tectono-sedimentary evolution of active extensional basins

  Citation: 306

  Authors: R. L., M. R.

• Relationships between morphological and sedimentological parameters in source‐to‐sink systems: a basis for predicting semi‐quantitative characteristics in subsurface systems

  Citation: 305

  Authors: Tor O., William, Ole J., John B.

• Trajectory analysis: concepts and applications

  Citation: 286

  Authors: W., G. J.

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