Geologische Rundschau

Geologische Rundschau
Title	Geologische Rundschau
Discipline	Geology, Earth sciences
Language	German, English
Publisher	E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Springer Science+Business Media
History	1910–present
Frequency	Quarterly
Issn	0016-7746
Eissn	1612-5137

Geologische Rundschau Geologische Rundschau is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focused on stratigraphy, tectonics, paleontology and regional geology, originating in the German-speaking geological community and now reaching an international audience through English-language contributions and global indexing. The journal serves as a forum connecting researchers from institutions such as the University of Bonn, University of Vienna, Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics, and GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences with practitioners from organizations like the Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, British Geological Survey, and U.S. Geological Survey. Its articles intersect with thematic work produced by projects and organizations including the International Union of Geological Sciences, European Geosciences Union, International Geological Congress, Geological Society of London, and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

History

Founded in 1910 during a period of institutional consolidation across European natural sciences, the journal emerged alongside publications such as Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Zeitschrift für angewandte Geologie, and Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France to document stratigraphic and tectonic studies from the Alps, Carpathians, and North Sea Basin. Early editors and contributors included scholars affiliated with Bergakademie Freiberg, University of Leipzig, University of Heidelberg, and the Natural History Museum, Vienna. Throughout the 20th century the periodical reflected shifts driven by plate tectonics debates involving figures associated with University of Cambridge, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Columbia University and by regional syntheses connected to the Alpine orogeny and the Variscan orogeny. In the postwar era the journal expanded its remit to integrate paleontological descriptions linked to collections at the Natural History Museum, London and the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, and to engage with stratigraphic standards promulgated by the International Commission on Stratigraphy.

Scope and Content

The journal publishes original research papers, review articles, and regional syntheses in topics spanning sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology, paleontology, geochronology, and basin analysis, addressing case studies from regions such as the European Alps, Mediterranean Basin, Baltic Sea Basin, Caucasus, Iberian Peninsula, and the North African Atlas. Contributions frequently integrate methods developed at institutions like Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, GFZ Potsdam, and Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory employing techniques tied to U–Pb dating, Ar–Ar dating, magnetostratigraphy, and seismic reflection interpreted within frameworks advanced by researchers at California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and University of Oxford. Paleontological reports often relate to taxa curated in collections at the Natural History Museum of Basel, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, and Natural History Museum of Vienna and connect to biostratigraphic schemes maintained by the International Paleontological Association.

Publication and Editorial Information

Published quarterly, the journal has been issued by houses including E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung and distributed through publishers such as Springer Science+Business Media for digital access, aligning with platforms used by periodicals like Journal of Geophysical Research and Tectonophysics. Editorial boards have included academics from University of Cologne, University of Munich, University of Warsaw, Charles University in Prague, and University of Strasbourg, and peer review practices reflect standards comparable to those of Geology (journal), Earth and Planetary Science Letters, and Journal of the Geological Society. The journal accepts submissions in German and English and issues guidelines paralleling policies from the Committee on Publication Ethics and indexing expectations of entities such as Clarivate Analytics and Scopus.

Abstracting and Indexing

Geologische Rundschau is abstracted and indexed in major bibliographic services used by geoscientists, including Web of Science, Scopus, GeoRef, Chemical Abstracts Service, EBSCOhost, and regional indices maintained by national libraries and academies such as the Austrian National Library and the German National Library. Its coverage facilitates discoverability alongside titles catalogued in databases from CrossRef, DOAJ, Dimensions, and bibliometric platforms operated by Elsevier and Clarivate. Indexing supports citation tracking in contexts shared with journals like Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Sedimentology, and Marine and Petroleum Geology.

Impact and Reception

The journal has sustained a reputation within European stratigraphic and regional geological research communities analogous to that of longstanding outlets such as Beiträge zur Paläontologie, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, and Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique. Citation metrics recorded in Web of Science and Scopus indicate influence on basin studies, tectonic reconstructions, and paleobiogeographic syntheses; its articles are cited in monographs issued by academic presses including Cambridge University Press, Springer Nature, and Elsevier. Geologische Rundschau has been used as a venue for debates and syntheses connected to conferences like the International Geological Congress, meetings of the European Geosciences Union, and symposia hosted by the Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft.

Notable Articles and Special Issues

Special issues have compiled thematic collections on topics such as Alpine tectonics, Basin and Range comparisons, and stratigraphic correlations for the Mesozoic and Cenozoic, featuring guest editors from University of Bern, University of Padua, University of Barcelona, and Université Grenoble Alpes. Notable articles include regional syntheses that influenced mapping efforts by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), paleontological descriptions that tied to collections at the Senckenberg Museum, and methodological papers on sequence stratigraphy that were referenced alongside work from American Association of Petroleum Geologists conferences and the International Association of Sedimentologists. The journal’s special issues have also intersected with EU-funded projects and collaborative networks such as Horizon 2020, the European Plate Observing System, and transnational initiatives coordinated by the European Commission.

Category:Geology journals