''Geology'' is a

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publication of the Geological Society of America (GSA). GSA stated (in 2006) (ISSN 0091-7613) that it is the most widely read

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in the field of

earth science Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth. This is a branch of science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biological complex constitutions and synergistic linkages of Earth's four spheres ...

. It is published monthly, with each issue containing 20 or more articles. One of the goals of the journal is to provide a forum for shorter articles (four pages each) and less focus on purely academic research–type articles. According to the ''

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'', the journal had a 2020

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of 5.399. The journal is indexed in

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and

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