About

Aims and scope

The Swiss Journal of Geosciences is an international fully Open Access peer-reviewed journal and publishes original research and review articles, with a particular focus on the evolution of the Tethys realm and the Alpine/Himalayan orogen. By consolidating the former Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae and Swiss Bulletin of Mineralogy and Petrology, this international journal covers all disciplines of the solid Earth Sciences, including their practical applications.

The journal gives preference to articles that are of wide interest to the international research community, while at the same time recognising the importance of documenting high-quality geoscientific data in a regional context, including the occasional publication of maps.

Thematic "Special Issues” such as the “Alpine Workshop Special Issues” are published at irregular intervals. Contact us if you have a proposal for a Special Issue.

The Swiss Journal of Geosciences has editorial waivers available for outstanding contributions and review articles from researchers who lack funding for fully OA publication. Members of the Swiss Geological Society benefit from a reduced APC fee of EUR 800.

An international editorial team as well as guest editors guarantee that all regular articles as well as articles in Special Issues are peer-reviewed and meet the highest standards.

Bibliographic Data
Swiss J Geosci
First published in 1888 as Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae
renamed in 2007

Open access

All articles published by the Swiss Journal of Geosciences are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. Further information about open access can be found here.

As authors of articles published in the Swiss Journal of Geosciences you are the copyright holders of your article and have granted to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate your article, according to the SpringerOpen copyright and license agreement.

For those of you who are US government employees or are prevented from being copyright holders for similar reasons, SpringerOpen can accommodate non-standard copyright lines. Please contact us if further information is needed.

Article-processing charges

Open access publishing is not without costs. Swiss Journal of Geosciences therefore levies an article-processing charge of £1050.00/$1540.00/€1250.00 for each article accepted for publication.

If the corresponding author's institution participates in our open access membership program, some or all of the publication cost may be covered (more details available on the membership page). We routinely waive charges for authors from low-income countries. For other countries, article-processing charge waivers or discounts are granted on a case-by-case basis to authors with insufficient funds. Authors can request a waiver or discount during the submission process. For further details, see our article-processing charge page.

SpringerOpen provides a free open access funding support service to help authors discover and apply for article processing charge funding. Visit our OA funding and policy support page to view our list of research funders and institutions that provide funding for APCs, and to learn more about our email support service.

Indexing Services

All articles published in Swiss Journal of Geosciences are included in:

Science Citation Index
Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch)
Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
SCOPUS
INSPEC
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
Google Scholar
ASFA
Biological Abstracts
BIOSIS
CNKI
Current Contents/Physical
Chemical and Earth Sciences
EBSCO Academic Search
EBSCO Biomedical Reference Collection
EBSCO Discovery Service
EBSCO Energy & Power Source
EBSCO Engineering Source
EBSCO STM Source
EBSCO TOC Premier
Expanded Academic
Gale
Gale Academic OneFile
Gale InfoTrac
Geobase
GeoRef
INIS Atomindex
International Bibliography of Book Reviews (IBR)
International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ)
OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
ProQuest Central
ProQuest Earth
Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database
ProQuest Natural Science Collection
ProQuest Science Database
ProQuest SciTech Premium Collection
ProQuest-ExLibris Primo
ProQuest-ExLibris Summon
Referativnyi Zhurnal (VINITI)
Zoological Record

The full text of all articles is deposited in digital archives around the world to guarantee long-term digital preservation. You can also access all articles published by SpringerOpen on SpringerLink. Swiss Journal of Geosciences has an Impact Factor of 3.1 (2022) .

Peer-review policy

Peer-review is the system used to assess the quality of a manuscript before it is published. Independent researchers in the relevant research area assess submitted manuscripts for originality, validity and significance to help editors determine whether the manuscript should be published in their journal. You can read more about the peer-review process here.

Swiss Journal of Geosciences operates a single-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers are aware of the names and affiliations of the authors, but the reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous. Publication of research articles by Swiss Journal of Geosciences is dependent primarily on their scientific validity and coherence as judged by our external expert editors and/or peer reviewers, who will also assess whether the writing is comprehensible and whether the work represents a useful contribution to the field. Submitted manuscripts will generally be reviewed by two to three experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, whether it duplicates already published work, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication. Reviewers will also be asked to indicate how interesting and significant the research is. The Editors will reach a decision based on these reports and, where necessary, they will consult with members of the Editorial Board.

Citing articles in Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Articles in Swiss Journal of Geosciences should be cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal. Because articles are not printed, they do not have page numbers; instead, they are given a unique article number.

Article citations follow this format:

Authors: Title. Swiss J Geosci [year], [volume number]:[article number].

e.g. Roberts LD, Hassall DG, Winegar DA, Haselden JN, Nicholls AW, Griffin JL: Increased hepatic oxidative metabolism distinguishes the action of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor delta from Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor gamma in the Ob/Ob mouse. Swiss J Geosci 2009, 1:115.

1:115 refers to article 115 from Volume 1 of the journal.

Editorial policies

All manuscripts submitted to Swiss Journal of Geosciences should adhere to SpringerOpen's editorial policies.

Once your article is accepted, it will be processed by production and published shortly afterwards. In some cases, articles may be held for a short period of time prior to publication. If you have any concerns or particular requirements please contact the Journal.

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Appeals and complaints

Authors who wish to appeal a rejection or make a complaint should follow the procedure outlined in the BMC Editorial Policies .

Benefits of publishing with SpringerOpen

High visibility

Swiss Journal of Geosciences's open access policy allows maximum visibility of articles published in the journal as they are available to a wide, global audience.

Speed of publication

Swiss Journal of Geosciences offers a fast publication schedule whilst maintaining rigorous peer review; all articles must be submitted online, and peer review is managed fully electronically (articles are distributed in PDF form, which is automatically generated from the submitted files). Articles will be published with their final citation after acceptance, in both fully browsable web form, and as a formatted PDF; the article will then be available through Swiss Journal of Geosciences and SpringerOpen.

Flexibility

Online publication in Swiss Journal of Geosciences gives you the opportunity to publish large datasets, large numbers of color illustrations and moving pictures, to display data in a form that can be read directly by other software packages so as to allow readers to manipulate the data for themselves, and to create all relevant links (for example, to PubMed, to sequence and other databases, and to other articles).

Promotion and press coverage

Articles published in Swiss Journal of Geosciences are included in article alerts and regular email updates.
In addition, articles published in Swiss Journal of Geosciences may be promoted by press releases to the general or scientific press. These activities increase the exposure and number of accesses for articles published in Swiss Journal of Geosciences.

Copyright

Authors of articles published in Swiss Journal of Geosciences retain the copyright of their articles and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work (for further details, see the copyright and license agreement).

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