Academic Journal
Q1Sedimentology
About Sedimentology
Sedimentology is a scholarly journal published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 1.158 and H-index of 138.
Coverage: 1962-2026. Research categories: Geology (Q1); Stratigraphy (Q1).
Verified field sources
- Editor(s): Daniel Ariztegui (University of Geneva), Marcos Aurell (University of Zaragoza), Charles Bristow (University College London) and Frans van Buchem (KAUST) (Editor) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Editorial leadership listed under Edited By on the Wiley journal homepage; publisher role retained without assuming Editor-in-Chief.
- Journal Impact Factor: 3.4 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from Wiley Journal Metrics, distinct from CiteScore and Journal Citation Indicator.
- Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from Wiley Journal Metrics, distinct from CiteScore and Journal Citation Indicator.
Source-backed journal facts
Topics in published research
Geological formations and processes; Geology and Paleoclimatology Research; Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils; Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes; Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis; Aeolian processes and effects.
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Reported open-access list prices
4,250.00 USD; 3,520.00 EUR; 2,840.00 GBP
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Aims & Scope
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Conditions and timing for the precipitation of early marine diagenetic dolomite in the Triassic Dolomia Principale (northern Italy)
Vivien Folliot, Giovanna Della Porta, Mathias Mueller, Fabrizio Berra et al.
2026-10-01 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70154Siliceous sponges or seawater as a silicon source? Tracing silicon burial pathways of the Upper Cretaceous opal‐ CT deposits using δ 30 Si and δ 7 Li
Agata Jurkowska, Ewa Świerczewska‐Gładysz, Marek Szczerba, Tomáš Magna et al.
2026-10-01 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70155Burial‐diagenetic reticulate structures in carbonates: Bed‐confined tensile fracture networks from the Lower Triassic Feixianguan Formation, South China
Shenyuan Peng, Kui Wu, Dan Qiao, Xin Jin et al.
2026-09-21 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70153Issue Information
2026-10 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70152Analysis of a deltaic system reorganisation during regression and subordinate transgression: Insights from the Lower Cretaceous Pilmatué Member
Lucas F. Mon, Marcello Gugliotta, Carlos A. Echevarría, Ernesto Schwarz et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70151Rethinking microtidal systems: Tidal signatures in the fluvial deposits of the Po River, Italy
Anna E. van Yperen, Alvise Finotello, Riccardo Maitan, Ivar Midtkandal et al.
2026-08-28 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70147Drowned carbonate‐rimmed margin controlling shelf‐edge delta progradation and sedimentation dynamics: Upper Cretaceous Woodbine Formation, Texas, USA
Abdulkarim Al‐Hussaini, Cornel Olariu, Charles Kerans, Ronald Steel et al.
2026-08-25 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70150Not all rhodoliths need a bed–depositional mechanisms in shallow water Sporolithon nodosum rhodoliths from the Whangaparaoa peninsula (North Island, New Zealand)
Sebastian Teichert, Thomas Mölg, Ines Pyko, Elena Kropač et al.
2026-08-24 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70143From spiculites to glass ramps – palaeoenvironmental reassessment of Upper Jurassic shallow‐marine sediments dominated by siliceous sponges (Fulmar Formation, UK Central North Sea)
Stuart Gowland, Andrew M. Taylor, Robert Raine
2026-08-23 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70144Coupled plagioclase dissolution and K‐feldspar overgrowth precipitation preserve anomalously high permeability in deeply buried sandstones
Changgui Xu, Huan Li, Wei Wang, Yangdong Gao et al.
2026-08-23 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70148Early development of anoxia prior to the main euxinic phase of the Jenkyns Event on the margin of the Western Tethys (Sachrang Basin, Eastern Alps)
Tamás Müller, Stefan Neumeister, Jan Schlögl, Emanuela Mattioli et al.
2026-08-23 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70149Skewness for sand‐sized particles by laser diffraction: Looking inside the bias
Ivan Martini, Allegra Burgassi
2026-08-16 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70146Contourite erosional and depositional features of the Maastrichtian chalk on Jasmund peninsula (Rügen island, NE Germany)
Marcel Schlembach, Heiko Hüneke, Mike Reich, Svante Peters et al.
2026-08-13 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70145Evidence for the continental origin of Pliocene deposits in the central Baja California peninsula, Mexico, and implications for controls on biodiversity
Kevin K. Gardner, Rebecca J. Dorsey, Stephen T. Hasiotis, José Luis Antinao et al.
2026-10 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70140Cenozoic tropical carbonate platforms in the Santos Basin, SE Brazilian Margin
Mateus Gama, Gabriel Tagliaro, Adolfo Britzke, Pedro Bauli et al.
2026-10 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70139Petrology of modern river sands in China across tectonic, topographic and climatic gradients: Implications for sediment generation
Siyuan Fang, Xing Jian, Xiaotian Shen, Yuhao Chen et al.
2026-10 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70142Issue Information
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70141A Triassic chronostratigraphic and palaeogeographic framework for the Utsira High area, northern North Sea: Reconstructing a basin‐scale drainage divide
Riccardo Sordi, Adrian Hartley, Shaan Heydenrych, Spyridon Saltapidas et al.
2026-10 · DOI: 10.1111/sed.70138Reviews
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