Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Aims & Scope

Netherlands Journal of Geosciences - Geologie en Mijnbouw is a fully open access journal which publishes papers on all aspects of geoscience, providing they are of international interest and quality.

As the official publication of the 'Netherlands Journal of Geosciences' Foundation the journal publishes new and significant research in geosciences with a regional focus on the Netherlands, the North Sea region and relevant adjacent areas.

A wide range of topics within the geosciences are covered in the journal, including "geology, physical geography, geophyics, (geo-)archeology, paleontology, hydro(geo)logy, hydrocarbon exploration, modelling and visualisation." The journal is a continuation of Geologie and Mijnbouw (published by the Royal Geological and Mining Society of the Netherlands, KNGMG) and Mededelingen Nederlands Instituut voor Toegepaste Geowetenschappen (published by TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands).

The journal is published in full colour.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.549

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	54

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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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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.

• The Holocene evolution of the barrier and the back-barrier basins of Belgium and the Netherlands as a function of late Weichselian morphology, relative sea-level rise and sediment supply

  Citation: 152

  Authors: Dirk J., Adam J. F.

• A sporomorph ecogroup model for the Northwest European Jurassic - Lower Cretaceousi: concepts and framework

  Citation: 132

  Authors: O.A., J.H.A., H.

• Citation: 126

  Authors: M.J.

• Citation: 102

  Authors: Ji-Jun, Xiao-Min, Rob, Jun-Jie, Conall, Ji-Xiu, Wei, Huai-Lu, Jianli, Jian-Ming, Yie-Chun

• <i>Dallasaurus turneri</i>, a new primitive mosasauroid from the Middle Turonian of Texas and comments on the phylogeny of Mosasauridae (Squamata)

  Citation: 93

  Authors: G.L., M.J.

• Subsurface structure of the Netherlands - results of recent onshore and offshore mapping

  Citation: 90

  Authors: E.J.T., J.C., R.H.B., J.W., Th.E.

• Diagnostic sedimentary structures of the fluvial-tidal transition zone – Evidence from deposits of the Rhine and Meuse

  Citation: 86

  Authors: J.H., J.R., A.

• Modelling the effect of water-table management on CO₂ and CH₄ fluxes from peat soils

  Citation: 82

  Authors: J., R., I.

• Heavy-metal pollution of the river Rhine and Meuse floodplains in the Netherlands

  Citation: 78

  Authors: H.

• A review of the occurrence of<i>Corbicula</i>in the Pleistocene of North-West Europe

  Citation: 77

  Authors: T., R.C.

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