Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Aims & Scope

The Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences is published electronically 6 times a year by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK).

It is an international English-language journal for the publication of significant original recent research in a wide spectrum of topics in the earth sciences, such as geology, structural geology, tectonics, sedimentology, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, igneous and metamorphic petrology, mineralogy, biostratigraphy, geophysics, geomorphology, paleoecology and oceanography, and mineral deposits.

Contribution is open to researchers of all nationalities.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.355

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	52

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	15023

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	242

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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.

• Geochemistry of sands along the San Nicolás and San Carlos beaches, Gulf of California, Mexico: implications for provenance and tectonic setting

  Citation: 110

  Authors: John S., Ramasamy, Yong Il, Juan J., Leslie P.

• Geology and the Tectonics of the Gediz Graben

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Tahir

• Geodynamic evolution of the Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, Zagros Orogen, Iran

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Javad, Mohssen

• The new empirical magnitude conversion relations using an improved earthquake catalogue for Turkey and its near vicinity (1900–2012)

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Filiz Tuba, Recai Feyiz

• An Example of Post-collisional Magmatism in Northwestern Anatolia: the Kızderbent Volcanics (Armutlu peninsula, Turkey)

  Citation: 62

  Authors: S. Can, Yücel

• Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Upper Paleozoic Sequences in the Pulur (Bayburt) Region, Eastern Pontides

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Aral I., E. Ja.

• Provenance, diagenesis, tectonic setting, and geochemistry of Hawkesbury Sandstone (Middle Triassic), southern Sydney Basin, Australia

  Citation: 51

  Authors: Samir Mahmoud, Fahad

• First 15 probability-based multidimensional tectonic discrimination diagrams for intermediate magmas and their robustness against postemplacement compositional changes and petrogenetic processes

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Surendra, Sanjeet

• REE geochemical characteristics of titanium-rich bauxites: the Permian Kanigorgeh horizon, NW Iran

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Ali, Ali Asghar

• Central Anatolian Plateau, Turkey: incision and paleoaltimetry recorded from volcanic rocks

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Erkan, H. Evren, Erdal, Lütfiye

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