South African Journal of Geology

Published by Geological Society of South Africa

Abbrev: South Afr. J. Geol.
ISSN 1012-0750EISSN 1996-8590
Database Coverage
  • Scopus
  • SCIE
  • Scilit
Journal Articles
All-time journal articles
965
2025 journal articles
28
Subject
  • Solid Earth Sciences

Publications Analysis

Publications in 2016-2026
Open Access Publications in 2016-2026
Top Subjects

Publications in 2016-2026.

SubjectPublications
Solid Earth Sciences
340
Paleontology
89
Archaeology
45
Water Resources
29
Environmental Sciences
20
Environmental Imaging & Sensing
15
Astrophysics
12
Geomatics
11
Extractive Metallurgy
10
Climate Change
10

Top Countries

Publications in 2016-2026.

CountryPublications
South Africa
345
Germany
40
United States
36
United Kingdom
26
Australia
23
Sweden
17
Norway
14
Brazil
10
Namibia
9
China
8

Citation analysis
Publications published in 2023-2024 and cited in 2025.
Total Citations
103
Total Publications
69
Average Citations
1.49
Cited Publications
39
Cited Publications %
56.5%
Self Citations
18
Self Citations %
17.5%

Metrics
2025 Integrated Impact Indicators
I3
16
I3/N
0.39
h5_index
15
Monthly Citation Metric (MCM)
1.7

Monthly Citation Metric

Citations per year
All citations in 2016-2026

Citation Distribution
All citations to publications in 2023-2024.
Q1
1
Med
2
Q3
5
99%
20.6
Max
22

Citation Origins
Publications published in 2023-2024 and cited in 2025.
Citing Source Titles
Citing Publishers

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