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Geoconservation Research (Geoconserv. Res.)

Editor-in-Chief: Michael Benton, PhD

Online ISSN: 2588-7343

Print ISSN: 2645-4661

Publishes Biannual

Stats

0.4
2023 JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR (Ref: JCR 2023)
7
Number of Volumes
11
Number of Issues
125
Number of Articles
306
Number of Contributors
59,006
Article View
35,339
PDF Download
472
View Per Article
283
PDF Download Per Article
150
Number of Submissions
9
Reject Rate (%)
122
Accepted Submissions
81
Acceptance Rate (%)
133
Time to Accept (Days)
18
Number of Indexing & Abstracting Databases
600
Number of Reviewers

Semiannual Journal of Geoconservation Research (Geoconserv. Res.) is an international, single-blind, open access and peer-review journal. Accepted manuscripts will not be subject to any page charges and article processing charges. We encourage all researchers, professors, experts and practitioners to submit their original work and papers to the GCR journal. The journal grants all users free, worldwide and perpetual access and was fully funded by IAUniversity –Isfahan Branch. The new publisher of the journal is OICC Press.

Journal DOI: 10.57647/gcr

Journal Abbreviation:  Geoconserv Res

Journal Title Acronym: GCR

Owner: Islamic Azad University

Impact factor: 0.5 (2022)

Call for Papers: Special Issue on

” Geoconservation and Museums”

The aim of this special issue is to explore how museums can improve and encourage knowledge of the scientific importance, and ongoing conservation, education, geoheritage and geotourism aspects of geological visitors of regional and international significance.

 You may submit the paper promptly, and not later than August 31st, 2024, and we will publish articles online as soon as they have been reviewed and revised and then put the volume together after everything has arrive.

Submission URL: https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/gcr          

Guest Editor:

Dr. Sarah King,

Curator of Natural Sciences at York Museums Trust

Email: [email protected]

Lead Editor:

Professor Michael J. Benton

 Editor in Chief, University of Bristol, UK

Email: [email protected]

 


Aim and Scopes of Geoconserv. Res.:

  • Geoconservation in theory and practice
  • Thematic scope of geoconservation projects
  • Geodiversity and its scientific justification at national, regional and global scales
  • Geoparks, practical aspects of identification, establishment, and enhancement
  • Geological site maintenance and enhancement: practical aspects of geoconservation
  • Museums: specimen-based geoconservation
  • Geotourism: harnessing the interest of different interest groups
  • Education and how to engage and explain geoconservation sites
  • Geohazards, understanding, predicting and mitigating

This journal is a member of COPE and subscribes to the principles of, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)(https://publicationethics.org/).

Geoconservation Research has been indexed in  Emerging Sources Citation Index

Note: The previous URL of the journal was https://gcr.isfahan.iau.ir/  


Latest Articles

Original Article
Repatriation and Decolonization of Geology Collections in an Evolving Sector

The repatriation of geological specimens can be regarded as a barometer of the progress of decolonization. The ongoing proactive repatriation of four dinosaur eggs and a Confuciusornis sanctus specimen from the Manchester Museum to China is discussed. Except for this example, proactive repatriation of geological specimens does not yet happen. This paper is a call […]

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Original Article
A New View of Lake District Geology, Past and Present, at Kendal Museum, England: A Case Study in Community Involvement

In 2023, the geological collection at Kendal Museum in north-west England was redisplayed to (i) draw attention to Kendal’s links to the earliest geological exploration of the English Lake District and (ii) provide an accessible guide to current interpretations of that area’s complex geology. The project, although implemented by a professional geological design partnership, was […]

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