Journal metric profile

Geosciences

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 2.100 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.500 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 138/258 Recorded category rank

Geosciences JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Geosciences is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by MDPI. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.100, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q3.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 138 out of 258 journals in its listed category. A Q3 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 7,825 total citations, 335 total articles, 353 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.500, which is 0.400 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 2.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.560.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 4.5 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 12.3 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Geosciences is identified in this record by electronic ISSN 2076-3263. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameGeosciences
Abbreviated journalGEOSCIENCES
PublisherMDPI
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,872
ISSNNot available
eISSN2076-3263
Total cites7,825
Total articles335
Citable items353
Cited half-life4.5 years
Citing half-life12.3 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.100
5-Year Impact Factor2.500
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.000
Journal Citation Indicator0.560
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank138/258
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Geosciences?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Geosciences is 2.100 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Geosciences?

Geosciences is listed in quartile Q3. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Geosciences?

Geosciences is listed as being published by MDPI.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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