International Geology Review

International Geology Review is a hybrid open access geology journal published by Taylor & Francis, founded in 1959, focused on the petrotectonic framework of the earth and the distribution of mineral and energy resources within that framework, with a 2025 impact factor of 2.2（International Geology Review）是 Taylor & Francis 出版的混合开放获取地质学期刊，1959 年创刊，聚焦地球岩石构造格架及其中矿产与能源资源的分布，2025 年影响因子为 2.2。

Scope

• It is dedicated to publishing original and timely research papers as well as in-depth scholarly reviews dealing with the petrotectonic framework of the earth and the distribution of mineral and energy resources within that framework致力于发表关于地球岩石构造格架及其中矿产与能源资源分布的原创及时研究论文与深入学术综述。
• Particularly emphasised are petroleum geology, economic geology, tectonics, geochemistry and petrology尤其强调石油地质、经济地质、构造地质、地球化学与岩石学。
• Geographic coverage is global and work on any part of the world is considered地理覆盖全球，任何地区的研究均可投稿。
• It has been published since 1959该刊自 1959 年起出版。
• It offers free colour pages to all its authors为所有作者提供免费彩色页面。
• Article types are original research articles and in-depth scholarly reviews文章类型为原创研究论文与深入学术综述。

History

• It was founded in 1959, with volume 1, number 1, whose first issue carried an Editorial Board page该刊 1959 年创刊，第一卷第一期，创刊号刊有编委会页。^[1]
• At launch its original language was Russian, as the journal began by translating Soviet geological literature, and it later shifted to international original papers创刊时原始语言为俄语，该刊以翻译苏联地质文献起家，后逐步转为以国际原创论文为主。
• It has no former titles and was published by V.H. Winston & Son of Silver Spring, Maryland from 1959 to about 2002, then by Bellwether Publishing from about 2003 to 2008, and by Taylor & Francis from volume 51 in 2009该刊无曾用名，1959 年至约 2002 年由马里兰州银泉的 V.H. Winston & Son 出版，约 2003 至 2008 年由 Bellwether Publishing 出版，2009 年自第 51 卷起由 Taylor & Francis 出版。
• It is published in cooperation with the American Geological Institute and in association with the International Division of the Geological Society of America该刊与美国地质研究所协作出版，并与美国地质学会国际部合作。
• NLM historically records a monthly frequency, while the publisher now lists 24 issues per year, with volume 68 reaching issue 19 in 2026NLM 历史记为月刊，而出版方现记每年 24 期，2026 年第 68 卷已出至第 19 期。
• Its impact factor is 2.2, its five-year impact factor is 2.3, its CiteScore is 4.8, its SNIP is 0.897 and its SJR is 0.717, with an acceptance rate of 28 percent, a median time to first decision of 4 days and acceptance to online publication of 18 days其影响因子为 2.2，五年影响因子为 2.3，CiteScore 为 4.8，SNIP 为 0.897，SJR 为 0.717，录用率 28%，投稿至首次决定中位 4 天，录用至在线出版 18 天。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Robert J. Stern, of the Department of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Dallas in the United States, and he took over as editor in 2013现任主编 Robert J. Stern，美国德州大学达拉斯分校地球科学系，2013 年接任主编。^[2][3]
• His field is petrotectonics and plate tectonics, subduction zones and intra-oceanic arcs, ophiolites and continental crustal growth, and he leads the South America Spotlight collection其研究领域为岩石构造学与板块构造、俯冲带与洋内弧、蛇绿岩与大陆地壳生长，并主持 South America Spotlight 专题集。
• The associate editors are Mihai Ducea of the University of Arizona and Matthew Leybourne of Queen's University in Canada, with Liam Holder as social media editor副编辑为亚利桑那大学的 Mihai Ducea 与加拿大女王大学的 Matthew Leybourne，社交媒体编辑为 Liam Holder。
• The editorial board has about 20 members and is highly international, covering Australia, Argentina, Canada, China, Spain, Russia, Belgium, Oman, Japan, Sweden and India编委会约 20 人，国际化程度高，涵盖澳大利亚、阿根廷、加拿大、中国、西班牙、俄罗斯、比利时、阿曼、日本、瑞典与印度。
• Submissions undergo rigorous peer review through the publisher's system, and the acceptance rate is 28 percent投稿经出版方的系统进行严格同行评审，录用率为 28%。
• Journal-specific policy includes free colour pages for all authors and membership of the Taylor & Francis Open Select hybrid programme, with special issues and collections such as South America Spotlight and Crust of the North Atlantic Realm该刊特有方针包括为所有作者提供免费彩色页面，属 Taylor & Francis Open Select 混合开放获取计划，并设 South America Spotlight 与 Crust of the North Atlantic Realm 等特刊与专题集。