About this journal
Aims and scope
Geology, Ecology and Landscapes is a peer-reviewed open access journal publishing research on geology and related ecological changes forming within the tropical regions.
Geology, Ecology and Landscapes is the official journal of International Water, Air and Soil Conservation Society (INWASCON).
The journal aims to share high-quality research that maps, tracks, and assesses the different drivers of ecosystem conservation to speed up the dissemination of research work and promote discussion between global researchers and practitioners. The journal’s scope covers a range of research topics including:
- Agriculture, forestry and biodiversity
- Carbon capture and storage
- Ecosystems, ecotoxicity and biogeochemistry
- Environmental geology
- Remote sensing and planetary geology
- Ecosystems ecology, conservation and restoration ecology
- Evolutionary ecology
- Global change and sustainable ecosystems
- Landscape ecology, hydrology, water resources and environmental sustainability
Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes accepts research articles, review articles, editorial papers and short communications.
The Journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 226K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 10.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.291 (2023) SNIP
- 0.626 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 78 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 79 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 8 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 35% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor in Chief
Professor Dr. Zhou Qixing
Dean
College of Environmental Science and Engineering
Nankai University, Tianjin
People's Republic of China
[email protected]
Managing Editor
Professor Jalal Khan Chowdhury
Kulliyyah of Science
International Islamic University Malaysia
Associate Editors
Prof. Dr. Mohd Jamil Maah
Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Science
University Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Assistant Prof. Richard Ross Shaker
Department of Geography & Environmental Studies
Ryerson University
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Assistant Prof. K. Mohan
Geology and Geotechnical Engineering Division
School of Mechanical and Building Sciences (SMBS)
VIT University, Chennai Campus
Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road
Chennai-600127
India
Dr. Mohammadreza Gharibreza
Department of River & Coastal Engineering
Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute (SCWMRI)
Tehran
Iran
Dr. Archana Sharma
School of Architecture & Planning
Graduate Program in Landscape Architecture
Morgan State University
Baltimore
Maryland
USA
Editorial Board
Professor Muhammad Aqeel Ashraf
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, China University of Geoscience, China
Assistant Prof. Xiang Huang
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China
Dr. Akbar John
Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University, Malaysia
Dr. Mohd Armi Abu Samah
Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University, Malaysia
Dr. Mylene G. Cayetano
Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines
Dr. A. Jafar Ahmad
Jamal Mohamed College, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India
Prof. Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh
School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Dr. Khaled S. Balkhair
Department of Water Resources Sciences and Management, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Karamat Mahmood
Department of Chemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Prof. How-Ran Chao
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
Dr. Safiah Yusmah Muhammad Yusoff
Department of Geography, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Dr. Radwan Al-Farawati
Department of Marine Chemistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Uzaira Rafique
Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Nawaz
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Dr. Aamna Blouch
Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
Dr. Yan Cheng
School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, China
Dr. Farah Naz Talpur
Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
Prof. Mudasir Mudasir
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Dr. Radziah Othman
Department of Land Management, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Prof. Che Fauzia Ishak
Department of Land Management, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Nur Zurairahetty Mohd Yunas
Department of Geotechnics and Transportation, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University Technology Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Micòl Mastrocicco
Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Dr. Nor Rohaizah Jamil
Department of Environmental Science, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Firuza Begham Mustafa
Department of Geography, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Dr. Nicolò Colombani
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy
Dr. Xin Wang
College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, China
Dr. Md. Maniruzzaman B. A. Aziz
Department of Geotechnical Engineering, University Technology Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Norshuhaila Mohamed Sunar
Faculty of Engineering Technology, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr. Shatirah Mohamed Akib
School of Science and Engineering, Teesside University, United Kingdom
Dr. Mansour Balkhyour
Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Sciences Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Hamid Reza Pourghasemi
Department of Natural Resources and Environment, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Prof. Mingcai Hou
Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, China
Dr. Wei Gao
School of Information Science and Technology, Yunnan Normal University, China
Dr. Wenfei Xi
School of Tourism and Geography Science, Yunnan Normal University, China
Prof. Jiading Wang
Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
Dr. Roniza Ismail
Faculty of Earth Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan Jeli, Kelantan, Malaysia
Prof. Ahmad Zaharin Aris
Faculty of Environmental Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Associate Prof. Muhammad Firuz Ramli
Faculty of Environmental Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Associate Prof. Xiao-Guang Yue
WBZC, Chashan Higher Education Park, Wenzhou Zhejiang, China
Associate Prof. Nguyen Xuan Phuong
President, Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport, Vietnam
Dr. Sudhir Kumar Singh
K. Banerjee Centre of Atmospheric & Ocean Studies, University of Allahabad, India
Dr. Nguyen Hoang Phuong
Academy of Political Regional II, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Updated 17th October 2022
Abstracting and indexing
Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes is abstracted/indexed in:
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- GEOBASE
- Scopus
Open access
Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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Society information
INWASCON
International Water, Air & Soil Conservation Society (INWASCON), known as "Persatuan Pemuliharaan Air, Udara Dan Tanah Antrabangsa” in Malay, is a nonprofit organization (www.inwascon.org.my). It has been registered (PPM-017-14-08062015) under the Society Registration Act 1966 of Malaysia. The aim of the Society is to spread the awareness of environmental conservation to all community levels in order to utilize natural resources wisely.
PREAMBLE
We are concerned local and international conservationists;
DEDICATED
to promote the conservation of water, air & soil in Malaysia and overseas;
COMMITTED
to environmental sustainability by making the right choices today in an environment where water is increasingly scarce, natural resources are constrained and biodiversity is declining.
BELIEVING
that environmental resources (water, air & soil) should be protected, conserved and managed for sustainable use;
COOPERATING
with local communities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governments, national institutions and international organizations with similar objectives;
SPEAKING
for all who support our cause.
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