Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Aims & Scope

Papers must have a regional appeal and should present work of more than local significance.

Research papers dealing with the regional geology of South American cratons and mobile belts, within the following research fields: -Economic geology, metallogenesis and hydrocarbon genesis and reservoirs. -Geophysics, geochemistry, volcanology, igneous and metamorphic petrology. -Tectonics, neo- and seismotectonics and geodynamic modeling. -Geomorphology, geological hazards, environmental geology, climate change in America and Antarctica, and soil research. -Stratigraphy, sedimentology, structure and basin evolution. -Paleontology, paleoecology, paleoclimatology and Quaternary geology.

New developments in already established regional projects and new initiatives dealing with the geology of the continent will be summarized and presented on a regular basis.

Short notes, discussions, book reviews and conference and workshop reports will also be included when relevant.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.5

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.630

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	92

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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.

• The Pampean flat-slab of the Central Andes

  Citation: 610

  Authors: Victor A., E.O., Daniel J.

• Updated azca (Farallon)—South America relative motions during the last 40 My: implications for mountain building in the central Andean region

  Citation: 359

  Authors: R.

• Wide plate margin deformation, southern Central America and northwestern South America, CASA GPS observations

  Citation: 331

  Authors: Robert, James N., Jeffrey T., Hector P.

• Magmatism as a probe to the Neogene shallowing of the Nazca plate beneath the modern Chilean flat-slab

  Citation: 316

  Authors: Suzanne, Constantino

• A stratigraphic chart of the Late Carboniferous/Permian succession of the eastern border of the Paraná Basin, Brazil, South America

  Citation: 284

  Authors: Michael, Almério B., Paulo A., Roberto, Rosemarie

• The Borborema shear zone system, NE Brazil

  Citation: 265

  Authors: A., S., R., M., M., M., V.

• and geochronologic studies of the eastern Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil: initial conclusions

  Citation: 253

  Authors: W.R., B.B., P., M.

• Patagonia: A paleozoic continent adrift?

  Citation: 250

  Authors: Victor A.

• Chronology of the Late Cenozoic Patagonian glaciations and their correlation with biostratigraphic units of the Pampean region (Argentina)

  Citation: 236

  Authors: Jorge, Andrea M., Mónica

• The Nazca–South America Euler vector and its rate of change

  Citation: 230

  Authors: Eric, Michael, Robert, Benjamin, Rodrigo Barriga, Eduardo, Luiz Paulo Souto

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