Rocky Mountain Geology

Aims & Scope

This high-impact, online-only, scholarly journal, published by the University of Wyoming, is an important resource for professional earth scientists.

The high-quality, refereed articles report original research by top specialists in all aspects of geology and paleontology in the greater Rocky Mountain region.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.149

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	13

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	24657

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	7

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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

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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.

• Persistent influence of Proterozoic accretionary boundaries in the tectonic evolution of southwestern North America: Interaction of cratonic grain and mantle modification events

  Citation: 131

  Authors: K. E., E. D.

• Crustal and uppermost mantle structure along the Deep Probe seismic profile

  Citation: 73

  Authors: C. M., T. J., G. R., K. C., A.

• Medicine Bow orogeny: Timing of deformation and model of crustal structure produced during continent-arc collision, ca. 1.78 Ga, southeastern Wyoming

  Citation: 63

  Authors: K. R.

• Stratigraphy and megaflora of a K-T boundary section in the eastern Denver Basin, Colorado

  Citation: 55

  Authors: R. S.

• Paleobiology of middle Eocene plant-insect associations from the Pacific Northwest: A preliminary report

  Citation: 49

  Authors: C. C.

• Lithospheric buckling of the Laramide foreland during Late Cretaceous and Paleogene, western United States

  Citation: 48

  Authors: B.

• Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene turtles of the Denver Basin, Colorado

  Citation: 45

  Authors: J. H.

• Evidence for an in situ early Paleocene rainforest from Castle Rock, Colorado

  Citation: 44

  Authors: B.

• Overview of the Late Cretaceous, early Paleocene, and early Eocene megafloras of the Denver Basin, Colorado

  Citation: 40

  Authors: K. R.

• 2.01-Ga Kennedy dike swarm, southeastern Wyoming: Record of a rifted margin along the southern Wyoming province

  Citation: 37

  Authors: D. M.

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