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| Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana | |
|---|---|
| Title | Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana |
| Discipline | Geology |
| Language | Italian; English |
| Publisher | Società Geologica Italiana |
| Country | Italy |
| History | 1872–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Issn | 2039-4942 |
Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Società Geologica Italiana that covers research in stratigraphy, paleontology, tectonics and applied geology. The journal has served as a platform for contributions by scholars affiliated with institutions such as the Università di Bologna, Sapienza Università di Roma, Università degli Studi di Padova and Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia. It has engaged with international communities represented by universities and organizations including the University of Oxford, Harvard University, CNRS, Max Planck Society and the United States Geological Survey.
The Bollettino traces its foundation to the late 19th century when the Società Geologica Italiana sought to coordinate Italian research alongside contemporaries such as the Geological Society of London, the Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft, the Geological Survey of Finland and the U.S. Geological Survey. Early contributors included naturalists connected to the Università di Pisa, Università di Napoli Federico II and Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia. Over successive decades the journal documented work from geoscientists associated with institutions like the University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, Imperial College London, ETH Zurich and the University of Vienna. During the 20th century it featured studies linked to expeditions sponsored by the Royal Society, Academia dei Lincei, Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano and institutions such as Columbia University, Stanford University, Princeton University and the Smithsonian Institution. The journal evolved alongside developments from the Geological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, European Geosciences Union and International Union of Geological Sciences.
The journal publishes original research articles, review papers and field reports on stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology, structural geology, tectonics, volcanology and hydrogeology. Contributions often reference formations studied in regions such as the Apennines, Alps, Dolomites, Sardinia and Sicily and engage with comparative studies involving the Pyrenees, Andes, Alps, Carpathians, Balkans, Atlas Mountains and Ural Mountains. Authors have employed methods developed at institutions including the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Leibniz Institute, Geological Survey of Canada and Birkbeck, University of London. Case studies interact with themes addressed by scholars from the University of California, Berkeley, University of Texas, Austin, University of Milano-Bicocca, University of Padova, University of Perugia and University of Turin.
The publisher, Società Geologica Italiana, manages editorial processes supported by editors and reviewers drawn from universities and research centers including Sapienza Università di Roma, Università di Napoli, Università di Bologna, Università di Trieste, Università di Messina, Università di Catania and University of Milan. Editorial oversight has been compared to practices at journals such as Journal of the Geological Society, Terra Nova, Tectonophysics, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology and Journal of Sedimentary Research. The editorial board historically included members affiliated with the Università degli Studi di Milano, Politecnico di Milano, University of Leeds, University of Glasgow, University of Liverpool and University of Bristol. The journal issues are produced in collaboration with publishers and indexing partners that also serve Nature Publishing Group, Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley-Blackwell and Taylor & Francis.
Articles have been abstracted and indexed in databases alongside titles covered by Scopus, Web of Science, GeoRef, DOAJ and CrossRef. Coverage aligns with metadata practices used by ORCID, ResearchGate, PubMed (for interdisciplinary work), Google Scholar and Europe PMC. Institutional repositories at University of Bologna, Sapienza Università di Roma, CNR and INGV mirror records similar to those in JSTOR, ProQuest and EBSCOhost. Citation tracking interoperates with platforms maintained by Clarivate, Scopus, Dimensions and Altmetric.
The journal published influential regional stratigraphic syntheses comparing Apennine nappes with Alpine thrust systems and contributed to paleontological descriptions of Miocene, Pliocene and Pleistocene faunas studied by teams from Museo di Geologia, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Natural History Museum, London and Smithsonian Institution. Contributions included petrographic and geochemical studies employing methods developed at Caltech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago and University of Michigan. Papers addressing seismicity incorporated data and methodologies associated with Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, European Mediterranean Seismological Centre, United States Geological Survey and Italian Civil Protection Department. The journal has hosted monographic issues on topics analogous to volumes produced by Geological Magazine, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Quaternary Science Reviews.
The Bollettino has been cited by researchers at institutions such as the University of California system, Imperial College London, ETH Zurich, CNRS, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam and the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. Its regional focus has informed geological mapping projects undertaken by the Servizio Geologico d'Italia, regional administrations of Lazio, Tuscany, Sicily and Sardinia, and comparative studies published in journals like Nature, Science, Geology and Journal of Geophysical Research. Scholars from University College London, King's College London, University of Manchester, University of Sheffield and University of Southampton have referenced its articles in tectonic, stratigraphic and paleoclimatic syntheses.
The journal offers access to articles through the Società Geologica Italiana platform and participating institutional repositories including those at Università di Bologna, Sapienza Università di Roma, Università di Pisa and CNR. Back issues are held in collections at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, British Library, Bibliothèque nationale de France and Library of Congress. Libraries and consortia such as SCONUL, CARHUS Plus+, Research4Life and national libraries manage subscriptions in coordination with aggregators serving Wiley, Springer, Elsevier and Taylor & Francis.
Category:Geology journals Category:Academic journals established in 1872 Category:Italian scientific journals