Economic and Environmental Geology

Aims & Scope

The Economic and Environmental Geology (Econ.

Environ.

Geol.) is the official journal of the Korean Society of Economic and Environmental Geology.

The prime focus of the journal will remain on high-impact original research and reviews in the fields of ore deposits, economic and environmental geology of the solid Earth at all scales.

To better represent the changes we face today, Econ.

Environ.

Geol. particularly encourages submission of papers based on the integration of a multitude of geophysical, geological, geochemical, hydrogeological, mineralogical, and applied geological approaches.

Within this space, we are particularly keen to advance roles of Econ.

Environ.

Geol. in delivering scientific solutions to the pressing issues of our time, namely in reducing our vulnerability to the 'solid-earth' natural hazards and in resource development applications.

With growing demand for access to Earth's resources and urgent needs to seek new solutions for dealing with harmful waste, we have enormous benefits to be gained from better a understanding of the physics of this extraordinary dynamic planet.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.3
2024	0.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.208

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	8

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20729

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	95

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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 and Environmental Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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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.

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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.

• Applications of Isotope Ratio Infrared Spectroscopy (IRIS) to Analysis of Stable Isotopic Compositions of Liquid Water

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Youn-Young, Dong-Chan, Jeonghoon, Kyung-Seok

• Review on the Chugaryeong Fault

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Sung-Ja, Uee-Chan, Hee-Kwon, Yoon-Gu, Il-Mo

• Reactivated Timings of Some Major Faults in the Chugaryeong Fault Zone since the Cretaceous Period

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Donghoon, Yungoo, Changyun, Il-Mo, Sung-Ja, Chuluunbaatar

• Quaternary Fault Activity of the Yangsan Fault Zone in the Samnam-myeon, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, Korea

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Joo-Seok, Hee-Kwon

• LA-MC-ICPMS U-Pb Ages of the Detrital Zircons from the Baengnyeong Group: Implications of the Dominance of the Mesoproterozoic Zircons

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Myoung Jung, Jeong-Woong, Tae-Ho, Yong-Sun, Kye-Hun

• Sequence Stratigraphy of the Yeongweol Group (Cambrian-Ordovician), Taebaeksan Basin, Korea: Paleogeographic Implications

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Y.K.

• Geochemical Characteristics of Black Slate and Coaly Slate from the Uranium Deposit in Deokpyeong Area

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Dong-Bok, Su-Jeong

• Construction of Precise Digital Terrain Model for Nonmetal Open-pit Mine by Using Unmanned Aerial Photograph

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Seong-Jun, Eun-Seok, Il-Mo

• A Preliminary Evaluation on CO₂Storage Capacity of the Southwestern Part of Ulleung Basin, Offshore, East Sea

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Yu-Lee, Keum-Suk, So-Hyun, Min-Jun, Jong-Soo, Myong-Ho

• Optimization of Illite Polytype Quantification Method

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Donghoon, Yungoo, Il-Mo, Chang-Yoon

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