''Geobiology'' is a
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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Content
Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...
of
geobiology
Geobiology is a field of scientific research that explores the interactions between the physical Earth and the biosphere. It is a relatively young field, and its borders are fluid. There is considerable overlap with the fields of ecology, evolutio ...
published by
Wiley-Blackwell
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. It was established in 2003 as both a print and online journal, with five issues per year. In 2011, the journal became online-only, and increased publication to six times per year. The
editor-in-chief
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is
Kurt Konhauser
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In Turkish, Kurt (surn ...
(
University of Alberta
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).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is indexed and abstracted in::
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2011
impact factor
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of 4.111, ranking it 6th out of 170 journals in the category "Geosciences, Multidisciplinary",
11th out of 84 journals in the category "Biology",
and 19th out of 205 journals in the category "Environmental Sciences".
References
External links
''Geobiology'' website
Geology journals
Biology journals
English-language journals
Publications established in 2003
Bimonthly journals
Wiley-Blackwell academic journals
Geobiology
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