Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences
The Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences is an international, bi-monthly, peer-reviewed, diamond open-access journal published by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK). Turk J Earth Sci publishes manuscripts on a wide spectrum of topics in the earth sciences, such as geology, structural geology, tectonics, sedimentology, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, igneous and metamorphic petrology, mineralogy, biostratigraphy, geophysics, geomorphology, paleoecology and oceanography, and mineral deposits. The journal is published in January, March, May, July, September, and November. The journal has been indexed in SCI-E and Scopus.
ISSN: 1300-0985
EISSN: 1303-619X
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CiteScore 2.5
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Impact Factor 1.8
Category Quartile Q3The Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences is pleased to announce its support to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs); the journal explicitly concentrates on three out of 17 goals: sustainable cities and communities, climate action, and life on land.
Current Issue: Volume 35, Number 5 (2026)
Article
Review Article
Integrated assessment of groundwater quality and human health risks in a semiarid region of Kemaliye (Türkiye)
VELİ KESKİN and CELALETTİN ŞİMŞEK
Pages 422-449
Research Articles
Possible fluid contributions from active faults to mercury distribution in surface sediments of the Gemlik Gulf and health risk assessment
EROL SARI, M. NAMIK ÇAĞATAY, TUĞÇE NAGİHAN ARSLAN KAYA, ZEYNEP ÇETİN, and NURAY ÇAĞLAR
Pages 385-400
Neoproterozoic uranium-mineralized sedimentary rocks from the Kaladgi Basin, Dharwar Craton, southwestern India: source and transport mechanism of uranium
PONNALAGU GOVINDARAJ, ARUMUGAM SHANMUGASUNDARAM, SOORIAMUTHU RAMASAMY, and MUTHUSAMY RAVICHANDRAN
Pages 401-421
Paleoecology of Loftusia species (large benthic foraminifera) in the Zagros Basin, north of the Neotethys
HOSSEIN GHANBARLOO and AMROLLAH SAFARI
Pages 450-469
Signals in the ionosphere ahead of tsunami arrival
SVETLANA RIABOVA and SERGEY SHALIMOV
Pages 470-480
Editorial Note
Response to Letter to the Editor
Citation scope and scientific relevance in an event-based seismotectonic study: reply to the comment by Elitez on Eski (2026)
SEMİH ESKİ
Pages 482-484
Letter to the Editor
Selective citation: the systematic omission of established regional literature
İREM ELİTEZ
Pages 485-486
Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Prof. Dr. Orhan TATAR Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Türkiye
- Associate Editor-in-Chief
- Prof. Dr. Baochun HUANG Peking University, P.R. China