''Geologica Acta'' is a
peer-reviewed
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open-access
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scientific journal
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Content
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that covers research in the
Earth science
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s. It was established in 2003 as a successor to ''Acta Geológica Hispánica'' (1966-2002), a locally oriented journal published in Spanish. The journal is published by the
University of Barcelona
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, the
Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera (
CSIC), the
Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (CSIC), and the
Autonomous University of Barcelona
The Autonomous University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; , es, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona; UAB), is a public university mostly located in Cerdanyola del Vallès, near the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain.
...
.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2017
impact factor
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of 0.692.
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Publications established in 2003
English-language journals
Geology journals
Quarterly journals
Spanish-language journals
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