Long-term (five years, 2020-2024) metrics and publishing timeline

Other highlights

- First decision corresponds to the number of days for the first Editor's decision (Desk rejection / Additional requirements or adjustments to the original submission / Invite reviewers)

- Median number of days for revise or reject decision (i.e., after referees report): 55 days 

- Median number of days for publication after acceptance: 18 days (12 days in the last 3 years)

- Percentage of foreigner reviewers: 30%

- Percentage of authors from outside SGB: 43%

 

Citation analysis

Source: Scilit (2025-04-24)

Source: Open Alex (2025-04-24)

Source: Google Scholar (2025-04-24)

 

Most viewed/downloaded articles - First Quarter 2025

Article	Author(s)	Issue
Lithogeochemistry and zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Granjeiro Complex and associated units, Curral Novo do Piauí, SW-Borborema Province, Brazil: implications for Archean to Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution	Vale et al.	2023 v6 (3)
Pernambuco-Alagoas, Riacho do Pontal, and Sergipano domains of the Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil: a geological and geochronological synthesis	Santana et al.	2024 v7 (3)
Geological Survey of Brazil Spectral Library v. 1.0: Rock reflectance signatures in the visible to shortwave infrared range	Perrotta et al.	2024 v7 (3)
The Paleoproterozoic metaconglomerate-hosted Castelo de Sonhos gold deposit, Tapajós Gold Province, Amazonian Craton: a modified paleoplacer origin	Queiroz & Klein	2018 v1 (2)
The strategic diagnosis of the potassium fertilizer industry in Brazil	Farias et al.	2021 v4 (2)

 

Most viewed/downloaded articles in 2024

 

Article	Author(s)	Issue
Lithogeochemistry and zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Granjeiro Complex and associated units, Curral Novo do Piauí, SW-Borborema Province, Brazil: implications for Archean to Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution	Vale et al.	2023 v6 (3)
Investigation of Archean gamma-ray fingerprint: Methodology and tectonic application in central Brazil	Chiarini et al.	2024 v7 (1)
A design of gold-bearing metallogenic provinces and districts in Brazil	Klein et al.	2024 v7 (2)
Geochemical and isotopic constraints on the petrogenesis of the Cretaceous alkaline Morro Redondo intrusive complex, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: implications for alkaline magma genesis	Mota et al.	2024 v7 (2)
Distribution of lithium in soil from selected states of Brazil: mineral potential and health relationships	Silva et al.	2024 v7 (2)
A field guide to the sand-rich turbidite systems of the Taciba Formation, Itararé Group, Paraná basin, Brazil	Fallgatter et al.	2024 v7 (1)

 

Numbers and metrics of 2024

In 2024, 23 papers (among 34 manuscripts with final decision) were published in the volume 7 of Journal of the Geological Survey of Brazil (JGSB), in one special and three regular issues.

Acceptance percentage was 68 %.

The average and median times for the first-decision were 55 days (8 weeks) and 52 days, respectively.

The average time for the on-line publication was 122 days (17 weeks).

 

Most cited articles (≥ 12 citations)

	article	Author(s)	Issue	citations
	Predictive lithological mapping through machine learning methods: a case study in the Cinzento Lineament, Carajás Province, Brazil	Costa et al.	2019 v2 n1	29
	Neoarchean, Rhyacian and Neoproterozoic units of the Saquinho region, eastern Rio Piranhas-Seridó domain, Borborema Province (northeastern Brazil): implications for the stratigraphic model	Cavalcante et al.	2018 v1 n1	16
	A review of the geodynamic setting of the Volcanic Domain in the Juruena Magmatic Arc, southwestern Amazon Craton, Brazil, based on geochemical, U-Pb and Sm-Nd data	Duarte et al.	2019 v2 n1	15
	The Archean Rio das Velhas greenstone belt revisited: new insights into the stratigraphy	Araújo et al.	2020 v3 n3	14
	Evidence for ca. 2046 Ma high-grade metamorphism in Paleoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks of the northern Borborema Province, NE Brazil: constraints from U-Pb (LA-ICP-MS) zircon ages	Calado et al.	2019 v2 n3	13
	Insights on the framework of the Carajás Province, Amazonian Craton, Brazil, and on the three-dimensional shape of the Carajás Basin, based on gravity data	Oliveira	2018 v1 n3	12
	The Paleoproterozoic metaconglomerate-hosted Castelo de Sonhos gold deposit, Tapajós Gold Province, Amazonian Craton: a modified paleoplacer origin	Queiroz and Klein	2018 v1 n2	12
	Source: Google Scholar, January 6th, 2025