Facies

Aims & Scope

The journal is open to papers dealing with the interpretation of ancient and modern biotopes and carbonate depositional environments by means of facies analysis in its broadest sense.

Once the central part of research in hydrocarbon exploration, facies analysis more and more integrates modern and ancient biogeological processes of a changing earth.

Special emphasis is laid on paleobiology and -ecology, basin evolution, sedimentology including diagenesis and geochemistry, as well as studies emphasising the impact of life on earth history.

The main part of the target group will be people in academia.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7
2024	1.80

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	134

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.643

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	65

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8971

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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.

• Modern cryptic microbialite/metazoan facies from Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia) formation and concepts

  Citation: 319

  Authors: Joachim

• The biology of carbonate precipitation by cyanobacteria

  Citation: 270

  Authors: Martina U. E.

• Microbial crusts of the late jurassic: Composition, palaeoecological significance and importance in reef construction

  Citation: 171

  Authors: Reinhold R., Martin, Dieter U., Winfried

• The behavior of trace elements in seawater, sedimentary pore water, and their incorporation into carbonate minerals: a review

  Citation: 170

  Authors: D., J., W., D., T., D., J.

• Microbialites and micro-encrusters in shallow coral bioherms (Middle to Late Oxfordian, Swiss Jura mountains)

  Citation: 161

  Authors: Christophe, André

• Coral growth and reef growth: a brief review

  Citation: 152

  Authors: Wolf-Christian

• Modern marine stromatolites in the Exuma Cays, Bahamas: Uncommonly common

  Citation: 151

  Authors: R. Pamela, Ian G., Kathleen M., Robert S., Timothy

• Morphologie und Bildung der frühontogenetischen Gehäuse bei conchiferen Mollusken | Morphology and formation of the early ontogenetic shells of conchiferan mollusks

  Citation: 150

  Authors: Klaus

• Paleoenvironmental model for Eocene foraminiferal limestones of the Adriatic carbonate platform (Istrian Peninsula)

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Vlasta, Katica, Alan

• Earliest Triassic microbialites in the South China block and other areas: controls on their growth and distribution

  Citation: 137

  Authors: Steve, Yue, Sylvie, Qinglai, Xinan, Pierre-Yves, Alan, Li

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