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Editorial board: Thomas Wiersberg (editor in chief), Nadine Hallmann (editor), Tomoaki Morishita (editor), Will Sager (editor) & Hendrik Vogel (editor)

eISSN: 1816-3459

Scientific Drilling (SD) is a multidisciplinary journal dedicated to sharing the latest scientific advancements and news from scientific drilling and related programs within the geoscience community. The journal features peer-reviewed science reports on recently completed and ongoing international scientific drilling projects, updates on technical developments, workshops reports, progress reports, and news & updates from the community. SD publishes only contributions related to drilling for scientific purposes, including but not limited to topics such as paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental change, deep biosphere, geohazards, geodynamic processes, and sustainable georesources.

JIF1.6

JIF 5-year1.2

CiteScore2.5

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06 Mar 2025 Get involved, become a referee, and help shape SD's community publication output

We are pleased to announce that a new referee application form is now available. This means that if you are interested in contributing to the peer-review process and supporting high-quality scientific publishing in your community then you can apply today to become a referee. Your expertise can make a difference. Visit the online form here to learn more and join our reviewer community.

06 Mar 2025 Get involved, become a referee, and help shape SD's community publication output

We are pleased to announce that a new referee application form is now available. This means that if you are interested in contributing to the peer-review process and supporting high-quality scientific publishing in your community then you can apply today to become a referee. Your expertise can make a difference. Visit the online form here to learn more and join our reviewer community.

05 Feb 2025 Copernicus Publications and all journals left Twitter

The Copernicus Twitter account as well as all Twitter accounts of journals published by us have been deactivated. There will be no automatic feeds of newly posted preprints or published journal articles anymore, we do not actively tweet, and the status informs that the accounts are no longer maintained. Twitter is no longer linked from the journal websites or in the share section of the preprint or journal article HTML pages.

05 Feb 2025 Copernicus Publications and all journals left Twitter

The Copernicus Twitter account as well as all Twitter accounts of journals published by us have been deactivated. There will be no automatic feeds of newly posted preprints or published journal articles anymore, we do not actively tweet, and the status informs that the accounts are no longer maintained. Twitter is no longer linked from the journal websites or in the share section of the preprint or journal article HTML pages.

20 Jun 2024 Release of journal metrics 2023

The journal metrics 2023 were released. Please find further information on the journal metrics page.

20 Jun 2024 Release of journal metrics 2023

The journal metrics 2023 were released. Please find further information on the journal metrics page.

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