''Episodes'' is the quarterly journal of the
International Union of Geological Sciences
The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) is an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the field of geology.
About
The IUGS was founded in 1961 and is a Scientific Union member of the Inte ...
, published in
Seoul
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,
Korea
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. In circulation since 1978, Episodes is an international and interdisciplinary open access and free, both to submit and download, publication journal that covers all
geoscience
Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth. This is a branch of science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biological complex constitutions and synergistic linkages of Earth's four spheres ...
disciplines. Episodes includes authoritative articles that reflect global research advances, evolving trends in geoscience disciplines and concise reports on the results of international meetings, conferences, and symposia. It is a high visibility journal, and is indexed in
Science Citation Index
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(SCI), Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE; Web of Science), and
Journal Citation Reports
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(JCR)/Science Edition, along with many other databases such as
SCOPUS
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. Submitted manuscripts are
peer-review
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ed, and a first decision is provided to authors approximately within 30 days after submission.
See also
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List of scientific journals
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References
External links
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IUGS publications program, incorporating Episodes journal
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Geology journals
Quarterly journals
Publications established in 1978