Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Aims & Scope

Comptes Rendus Géoscience is a peer-reviewed electronic journal, which covers all areas of the Earth Sciences: solid earth, continental surfaces and waters, ocean/climate/atmosphere, science and society and all their sub- areas.

It mainly publishes original research articles, but also review articles, historical perspectives, pedagogical texts or conference proceedings, with no limit in length and in a format as flexible as necessary (figures, associated data, etc.).

Articles are published in English or French

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

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• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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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.

• The impact of climate change on large mammal distribution and extinction: Evidence from the last glacial/interglacial transition

  Citation: 82

  Authors: Adrian M., Anthony J.

• Archean inheritances in the pyroxene–amphibole-bearing gneiss of the Méiganga area (Central North Cameroon): Geochemical and 207Pb/206Pb age imprints

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Alembert Alexandre, Wolfgang, Wolfgang, Georges Emmanuel, Cosmas Kongyuy, Vincent

• L'unité de la Boghen (Nouvelle-Calédonie, Pacifique sud-ouest) : un complexe d'accrétion jurassique. Données radiochronologiques préliminaires Uî—¸Pb sur les zircons détritiques

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Dominique, Sébastien

• The impact of Cyclone Nargis on the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River delta shoreline and nearshore zone (Myanmar): Towards degraded delta resilience?

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Manon, Edward J., Philippe, Marc

• The dependence of albite feldspar dissolution kinetics on fluid saturation state at acid and basic pH: Progress towards a universal relation

  Citation: 36

  Authors: Roland, Damien, Delphine

• La marge européenne de la Téthys jurassique en Corse : datation de trondhjémites de Balagne et indices de croûte continentale sous le domaine Balano-Ligure

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Philippe, Alain, Didier, C. Mark

• Un réseau fluviatile d'âge Burdigalien terminal dans le Sud-Est de la France : remplissage, extension, âge, implications

  Citation: 28

  Authors: David, Olivier, Jean-Loup, Jean-Pierre, Marie-Pierre, Bernard, William A., Georges, Philippe, Yann, Nicolas, Silvia, Gonzalo, Cécile, Jacques, Katharina, Jean-Pierre, Jean-Yves, Roland

• Discovery of Latest Devonian/Earliest Mississippian microfossils in San Salvador Patlanoaya (Puebla, Mexico); biogeographic and geodynamic consequences

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Daniel, Antonio

• The effects of layering and local stresses in composite volcanoes on dyke emplacement and volcanic hazards

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Agust

• Rapid deuterium-excess changes in Greenland ice cores: a link between the ocean and the atmosphere

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Jean, Valérie, Michel, Amaëlle, Françoise, Sigfus J., Arny E., James W.C.