Geology (journal)

{{Short description|Scientific journal}}

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| title = Geology

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| discipline = Geology

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| language = English

| abbreviation = Geology

| publisher = Geological Society of America

| country = United States

| frequency = Monthly

| history = 1973–present

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| impact = 5.399

| impact-year = 2020

| website = http://geology.geoscienceworld.org/

| link1 = https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/geology/list-of-years

| link1-name = Archives

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| ISSN = 0091-7613

| eISSN = 1943-2682

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Geology is a peer-reviewed publication of the Geological Society of America (GSA). GSA stated (in 2006){{cite web|url=https://www.geosociety.org/gsa/pubs/geology/home.aspx |title=Geology|year=2006 |publisher=Geological Society of America|access-date=2006-05-27}} (ISSN 0091-7613) that it is the most widely read scientific journal in the field of earth science.{{Update inline|date=July 2024|?=yes|reason=Is this 18-years-old claim still true?}} It is published monthly, with each issue containing 20 or more articles.

One of the goals of the journal is to provide a forum for shorter articles (four pages each) and less focus on purely academic research–type articles. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2020 impact factor of 5.399.{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=Geology |title=2020 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }} The journal is indexed in Scopus and SCImago.{{cite MIAR |title= Geology |issn=0091-7613 |access-date=2022-06-12}}