Geoheritage

Journal Title

Geoheritage

GEOHERITAGE

ISSN / eISSN

1867-2477 / 1867-2485

Aims and Scope

The Geoheritage journal is an international journal dedicated to discussing all aspects of our global geoheritage, both in situ and portable. The journal will invite all contributions on the conservation of sites and materials - use, protection and practical heritage management - as well as its interpretation through education, training and tourism.

The journal wishes to cover all aspects of geoheritage and its protection. Key topics are:

- Identification, characterisation, quantification and management of geoheritage;

- Geodiversity and geosites;

- On-site science, geological and geomorphological research:

- Global scientific heritage - key scientific geosites, GSSPs, stratotype conservation
and management;

- Scientific research and education, and the promotion of the geosciences thereby;

- Conventions, statute and legal instruments, national and international;

- Integration of biodiversity and geodiversity in nature conservation and land-use
policies;

- Geological heritage and Environmental Impact Assessment studies;

- Geological heritage, sustainable development, community action, practical initiatives and tourism;

- Geoparks: creation, management and outputs;

- Conservation in the natural world, Man-made and natural impacts, climate change;

- Geotourism definitions, methodologies, and case studies;

- International mechanisms for conservation and popularisation - World Heritage Sites,
National Parks etc.;

- Materials, data and people important in the history of science, museums, collections
and all portable geoheritage;

- Education and training of geoheritage specialists;

- Pedagogical use of geological heritage - publications, teaching media, trails, centres,
on-site museums;

- Linking the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005- 2014) with geoconservation.

Subject Area

GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

CiteScore

5.60 View Trend

CiteScore Ranking

Category	Quartile	Rank
Social Sciences - Geography, Planning and Development	Q1	#110/779
Social Sciences - Nature and Landscape Conservation	Q1	#33/196
Social Sciences - Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)	Q1	#27/141

Web of Science Core Collection

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
Indexed	-

Category (Journal Citation Reports 2023)	Quartile
GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY - SCIE	Q2

H-index

21

Country/Area of Publication

GERMANY

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Year Publication Started

2009

Annual Article Volume

130

Open Access

NO

Contact

TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, D-69121