Geobiology

Aims & Scope

The field of geobiology explores the relationship between life and the Earth's physical and chemical environment.

Geobiology, launched in 2003, aims to provide a natural home for geobiological research, allowing the cross-fertilization of critical ideas, and promoting cooperation and advancement in this emerging field.

We also aim to provide you with a forum for the rapid publication of your results in an international journal of high standing.

We are particularly interested in papers crossing disciplines and containing both geological and biological elements, emphasizing the co-evolutionary interactions between life and its physical environment over geological time.

Geobiology invites submission of high-quality articles in the following areas: Origins and evolution of life Co-evolution of the atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere The sedimentary rock record and geobiology of critical intervals Paleobiology and evolutionary ecology Biogeochemistry and global elemental cycles Microbe-mineral interactions Biomarkers Molecular ecology and phylogenetics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.4
2024	2.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3016

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	506

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.318

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	89

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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
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, 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.

• Exopolymeric substances of sulfate‐reducing bacteria: Interactions with calcium at alkaline pH and implication for formation of carbonate minerals

  Citation: 491

  Authors: O., A. W., C., C., K. M., P. T.

• Serpentinization as a source of energy at the origin of life

  Citation: 402

  Authors: M. J., A. J., W.

• Towards a consistent classification scheme for geochemical environments, or, why we wish the term ‘suboxic’ would go away

  Citation: 365

  Authors: D. E., B.

• Oceanic oxygenation events in the anoxic Ediacaran ocean

  Citation: 302

  Authors: S. K., N. J., G., B., J. D., X., X., A. D., T. W.

• Geological and trace element evidence for a marine sedimentary environment of deposition and biogenicity of 3.45 Ga stromatolitic carbonates in the Pilbara Craton, and support for a reducing Archaean ocean

  Citation: 292

  Authors: Martin J., Gregory E., Balz S.

• Cyanobacterial calcification, carbon dioxide concentrating mechanisms, and Proterozoic–Cambrian changes in atmospheric composition

  Citation: 279

  Authors: R.

• A coupled atmosphere–ecosystem model of the early Archean Earth

  Citation: 272

  Authors: P., J., J.

• Fe(III) mineral formation and cell encrustation by the nitrate‐dependent Fe(II)‐oxidizer strain BoFeN1

  Citation: 263

  Authors: A., B., D. K.

• Biological weathering and the long‐term carbon cycle: integrating mycorrhizal evolution and function into the current paradigm

  Citation: 258

  Authors: L. L., J. R., J., K., S. A., D. J.

• The loss of mass‐independent fractionation in sulfur due to a Palaeoproterozoic collapse of atmospheric methane

  Citation: 256

  Authors: K., M., D.

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