Open Access Geology Journals
A list of Open Access Geology journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Geology is study of the composition, structure, physical properties, and history of Earth's components, and the processes by which they are shaped
Open Access journals publish research articles that are free to to view and download. The main difference between articles in open access journals and those in closed journals is the business model. Both types of articles have to undergo the same peer review process.
Our team made this list of Geology Open Access journals with the aim to help you to decide where to publish your Geology manuscript.
Our list includes all the high-impact factor Geology journals as well as new journals. This should give you a better idea on where you should publish. Rather than displaying just the most relevant Geology journals, we have made an in-depth list of all the open accesss Geology journals. Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Geology venue for your manuscript.
The DOAJ columns refers to the The Directory of Open Access Journals, a list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
There are certain criteria a journal must meet to be indexed by DOAJ, and thus inclusion in the DOAJ index is seen by scholars as a mark of quality.
All the open access Geology journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Geology OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
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The Cryosphere | 1994-0416 | ☑ | 2271 | 65876 | 98.8 | Website | |
Climate of The Past | 1814-9324 | ☑ | 1713 | 50564 | 98.4 | Website | |
Ocean Science | 1812-0784 | ☑ | 1174 | 24002 | 97.8 | Website | |
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science | 2197-4284 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 495 | 5309 | 97.4 | Website |
International Journal of Erosion Control Engineering | 1882-6547 | Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering | 164 | 737 | 97 | ||
Scientific Drilling | 1816-3459 | ☑ | Copernicus GmbH | 572 | 3324 | 96.7 | Website |
The Open Hydrology Journal | 1874-3781 | Bentham Science | 58 | 961 | 96.6 | ||
Annals of Glaciology | 0260-3055 | ☑ | Cambridge University Press | 5605 | 92661 | 96.5 | Website |
Geosphere | 1553-040X | ☑ | Geological Society of America | 1360 | 26746 | 96.4 | Website |
Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society | 1229-2427 | Korean Geotechnical Society | 1755 | 1158 | 96.4 | ||
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies | 2214-5818 | ☑ | Elsevier | 1181 | 9483 | 96.4 | Website |
Soils and Foundations | 0038-0806 | Elsevier | 3861 | 84366 | 96.4 | Website | |
Solid Earth Sciences | 2451-912X | ☑ | Elsevier | 151 | 727 | 96 | Website |
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology | 1664-2376 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 249 | 1520 | 96 | Website |
Biogeosciences | 1726-4170 | ☑ | 5250 | 191990 | 96 | Website | |
Hydrology | 2306-5338 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 380 | 782 | 95.8 | Website |
Earth System Science Data | 1866-3508 | ☑ | 1116 | 28914 | 95.8 | Website | |
Swiss Journal of Geosciences | 1661-8726 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 557 | 8144 | 95.7 | Website |
Geochronometria | 1733-8387 | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 537 | 6541 | 95.7 | ||
Geodesy and Geodynamics | 1674-9847 | ☑ | Elsevier | 666 | 2562 | 95.6 | Website |
Geothermal Energy | 2195-9706 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 247 | 2384 | 95.5 | Website |
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences | 1027-5606 | ☑ | 5034 | 195330 | 95.4 | Website | |
Geoscience frontiers | 1674-9871 | ☑ | Elsevier | 1336 | 27578 | 95.4 | Website |
Earth System Dynamics Discussions | 2190-4987 | ☑ | Copernicus GmbH | 827 | 12959 | 95.4 | Website |
Central European Geology | 1788-2281 | Akademiai Kiado Zrt. | 259 | 1051 | 95.4 | ||
Petroleum Exploration and Development | 1876-3804 | ☑ | Elsevier | 2949 | 29655 | 95.3 | Website |
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters | 1674-2834 | ☑ | Elsevier | 1189 | 5026 | 95.2 | Website |
Earth Interactions | 1087-3562 | American Meteorological Society | 419 | 14171 | 95 | Website | |
Earth surface dynamics | 2196-632X | ☑ | Copernicus GmbH | 473 | 7055 | 94.9 | Website |
Solid Earth | 1869-9529 | ☑ | Copernicus GmbH | 990 | 14951 | 94.9 | Website |
Hydrology Research | 0029-1277 | ☑ | IWA Publishing | 2106 | 29750 | 94.9 | |
Journal of Geology & Geophysics | 2381-8719 | OMICS Publishing Group | 541 | 804 | 94.8 | ||
International Journal of Odonatology | 1388-7890 | ☑ | Worldwide Dragonfly Association | 599 | 3397 | 94.8 | Website |
Central European Journal of Geosciences | 2081-9900 | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 230 | 2378 | 94.8 | ||
Journal of Glaciology | 0022-1430 | ☑ | Cambridge University Press | 9111 | 163137 | 94.7 | Website |
Journal of Palaeogeography | 2095-3836 | ☑ | Elsevier | 312 | 2156 | 94.6 | Website |
Quaternary | 2571-550X | ☑ | MDPI AG | 177 | 713 | 94.4 | Website |
Geoscience Letters | 2196-4092 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 233 | 2026 | 94.4 | Website |
Geofluids | 1468-8115 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 3117 | 21309 | 94.4 | Website |
Frontiers in Earth Science | 2296-6463 | ☑ | Frontiers Media SA | 4985 | 24174 | 94.3 | Website |
Open Journal of geology | 2161-7570 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 764 | 1859 | 94.2 | ||
Carbon Balance and Management | 1750-0680 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 311 | 6704 | 94.2 | Website |
Lithosphere | 1947-4253 | ☑ | GeoScienceWorld | 980 | 11232 | 94.1 | Website |
Journal of Water and Climate Change | 2040-2244 | ☑ | IWA Publishing | 1017 | 5741 | 93.8 | Website |
Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication | 2188-8027 | The Japanese Geotechnical Society | 1003 | 870 | 93.7 | ||
Geologica Carpathica | 1335-0552 | ☑ | Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences | 606 | 5784 | 93.6 | Website |
Geologie En Mijnbouw | 0016-7746 | ☑ | Cambridge University Press | 1086 | 13625 | 93.5 | Website |
Geologica Acta | 1695-6133 | ☑ | Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona | 527 | 7629 | 93.4 | Website |
Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics | 0042-790X | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 525 | 5064 | 93.3 | Website | |
Proceedings of IAHS | 2199-899X | ☑ | Copernicus GmbH | 969 | 2622 | 93.2 | Website |
npj climate and atmospheric science | 2397-3722 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 277 | 3451 | 93.1 | Website |
Climate | 2225-1154 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 951 | 7903 | 93 | Website |
Journal of the Japanese Society of Snow and Ice | 0373-1006 | Japanese Society of Snow and Ice | 1701 | 1958 | 92.9 | ||
Physical Oceanography | 0928-5105 | ☑ | Marine Hydrophysical Institute of RAS | 1258 | 1469 | 92.9 | Website |
Earth and Space Science | 2333-5084 | ☑ | Wiley | 1331 | 7137 | 92.8 | Website |
Advances in Meteorology | 1687-9309 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 1473 | 14556 | 92.7 | Website |
Soil | 2199-398X | ☑ | Copernicus GmbH | 282 | 6514 | 92.6 | Website |
Geoenvironmental Disasters | 2197-8670 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 216 | 2199 | 92.6 | Website |
Hydrology | 2330-7617 | 728 | 3458 | 92.6 | |||
Geodinamica Acta | 0985-3111 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 772 | 15034 | 92.5 | Website |
Geosciences | 2076-3263 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 2598 | 15665 | 92.1 | Website |
Journal of geomagnetism and geoelectricity | 0022-1392 | Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences | 2790 | 34100 | 91.8 | ||
International Journal of Geosciences | 2156-8359 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 1050 | 5165 | 91.8 | ||
China geology | 2589-9430 | ☑ | 296 | 806 | 91.6 | Website | |
Hydrological Research Letters | 1882-3416 | ☑ | Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources | 260 | 2699 | 91.5 | Website |
The Open Atmospheric Science Journal | 1874-2823 | Bentham Science | 142 | 2029 | 91.5 | ||
Petroleum Research | 2096-2495 | ☑ | Elsevier | 257 | 922 | 91.1 | Website |
Soil and Water Research | 1801-5395 | ☑ | Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences | 474 | 3660 | 91.1 | Website |
Weather and climate extremes | 2212-0947 | ☑ | Elsevier | 444 | 9136 | 91 | Website |
Annales Geophysicae | 0992-7689 | ☑ | 7333 | 126576 | 90.8 | Website | |
Biological oceanography | 0196-5581 | Taylor & Francis | 108 | 3380 | 90.7 | Website | |
Journal of rock mechanics and geotechnical engineering | 1674-7755 | ☑ | Elsevier | 1194 | 18532 | 90.7 | Website |
Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology | 2190-0566 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 1535 | 8827 | 90.7 | Website |
European Journal of Remote Sensing | 2279-7254 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 788 | 8343 | 90.7 | Website |
International Journal of Geophysics | 1687-885X | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 277 | 2450 | 90.6 | Website |
Journal of The Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology | 0370-9868 | Japanese Association for Petroleum Engineers | 3661 | 2235 | 90.5 | ||
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica | 0567-7920 | ☑ | Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences) | 2084 | 28505 | 90.4 | Website |
Journal of Micropalaeontology | 0262-821X | ☑ | Copernicus GmbH | 818 | 9040 | 90.2 | Website |
Wetlands Australia Journal | 0725-0312 | University of New South Wales | 246 | 833 | 90.2 | ||
Journal of Geodetic Science | 2081-9943 | ☑ | De Gruyter Open Sp. z o.o. | 244 | 1703 | 90.2 | Website |
Tellus B | 0280-6509 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 3478 | 97974 | 90.2 | Website |
Earthquake Science | 1674-4519 | Earthquake Science | 691 | 3024 | 89.9 | ||
Proceedings of ... Conference on Coastal Engineering | 0589-087X | Coastal Engineering Reserach Council | 4525 | 17640 | 89.9 | ||
Journal of Sea Research | 1385-1101 | ☑ | Elsevier | 2207 | 53434 | 89.9 | Website |
Baltica | 0067-3064 | Association of Lithuanian Serials | 197 | 735 | 89.8 | ||
Smithsonian contributions to the marine sciences | 0196-0768 | Smithsonian Institution | 58 | 1983 | 89.7 | ||
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences | 1345-6296 | Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences | 897 | 6372 | 89.6 | ||
Petroleum Geology Conference series | 2047-9921 | Geological Society of London | 523 | 10691 | 89.5 | ||
Natural Gas Industry B | 2352-8540 | ☑ | Elsevier | 611 | 3586 | 89.5 | Website |
Polar Research | 0800-0395 | ☑ | Norwegian Polar Institute | 2235 | 28230 | 89.5 | Website |
Meteorological Monographs | 0065-9401 | American Meteorological Society | 226 | 5526 | 89.4 | Website | |
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics | 1680-7316 | ☑ | 15691 | 633663 | 89.2 | Website | |
Advances in Geosciences | 1680-7340 | ☑ | 1607 | 14613 | 89.2 | Website | |
Vadose Zone Journal | 1539-1663 | ☑ | Wiley | 2903 | 61354 | 89.1 | Website |
Paleoanthropology | 1545-0031 | Paleoantropology Society | 201 | 1098 | 89.1 | ||
Communications earth & environment | 2662-4435 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 486 | 1870 | 89.1 | Website |
Arctic science | 2368-7460 | ☑ | Canadian Science Publishing | 263 | 1413 | 89 | Website |
Remote Sensing | 2072-4292 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 25540 | 296960 | 88.9 | Website |
Applied and Environmental Soil Science | 1687-7667 | ☑ | Hindawi Limited | 452 | 5947 | 88.9 | Website |
American Journal of Climate Change | 2167-9495 | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. | 347 | 2341 | 88.8 |