Journal profile
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta is published by Elsevier BV under ISSN 0016-7037. It holds an h-index of 470 across 26,387 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 3.98, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Astro and Planetary Science.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 0016-7037 |
| All ISSNs | 0016-7037, 1872-9533 |
| Indexed works | 26,387 |
| Total citations | 1,997,081 |
| h-index | 470 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 3.98 |
| Open access | Not fully open access |
| Main topics | Geological and Geochemical Analysis · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Astro and Planetary Science · Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis · High-pressure geophysics and materials |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
Abundances of the elements: Meteoritic and solar
- Authors
- Edward Anders, N. Grevesse
- Year
- 1989
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 197-214
IEEE
E. Anders, N. Grevesse "Abundances of the elements: Meteoritic and solar," Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 197-214, 1989, doi: 10.1016/0016-7037(89)90286-x.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Anders, E., & Grevesse, N. (1989). Abundances of the elements: Meteoritic and solar. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 53(1), 197-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(89)90286-x
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{anders1989,
author = {Edward Anders and N. Grevesse},
title = {Abundances of the elements: Meteoritic and solar},
journal = {Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta},
volume = {53},
number = {1},
pages = {197--214},
year = {1989},
issn = {0016-7037},
doi = {10.1016/0016-7037(89)90286-x}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta records 26,387 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta carries an h-index of 470, which is above 80% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 1,997,081 citations across 26,387 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 3.98.
209 of the journals covered here are published by Elsevier BV. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
What is the ISSN of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta?
The linking ISSN is 0016-7037. The journal also carries 1872-9533, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta?
Elsevier BV publishes it. 209 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.
Is Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta open access?
OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.
How do I cite an article from Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key anders1989 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 197 to 214, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta?
Its h-index is 470, above 80% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 1,997,081 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 3.98. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 470 and a two-year mean citedness of 3.98 across 26,387 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.