Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Aims & Scope

Geological Society of America Bulletin is a leading international journal for major scholarly research in all branches of the earth sciences.

Published continuously since 1890.

Full-text available for all issues.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.7
2024	3.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.689

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1938

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2310

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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.

• Distribution of the Elements in Some Major Units of the Earth's Crust

  Citation: 4111

  Authors: KARL K., KARL HANS

• EROSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STREAMS AND THEIR DRAINAGE BASINS; HYDROPHYSICAL APPROACH TO QUANTITATIVE MORPHOLOGY

  Citation: 4109

  Authors: ROBERT E.

• Tectonic discrimination of granitoids

  Citation: 3637

  Authors: PAPU D., PHILIP M.

• HYPSOMETRIC (AREA-ALTITUDE) ANALYSIS OF EROSIONAL TOPOGRAPHY

  Citation: 2440

  Authors: ARTHUR N.

• EVOLUTION OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND SLOPES IN BADLANDS AT PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY

  Citation: 1925

  Authors: STANLEY A.

• Mineralogy and Sedimentation of Recent Deep-Sea Clay in the Atlantic Ocean and Adjacent Seas and Oceans

  Citation: 1733

  Authors: PIERRE E.

• REVISED CARBONATE-WATER ISOTOPIC TEMPERATURE SCALE

  Citation: 1731

  Authors: S., R., H. A., H. C.

• Landslides caused by earthquakes

  Citation: 1533

  Authors: DAVID K.

• ROLE OF FLUID PRESSURE IN MECHANICS OF OVERTHRUST FAULTING

  Citation: 1418

  Authors: M., WILLIAM W.

• Channel-reach morphology in mountain drainage basins

  Citation: 1396

  Authors: David R., John M.

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