The quaternary active faults database of Iberia (QAFI v.2.0); [La base de datos de fallas activas en el cuaternario de Iberia (QAFI v.2.0)]
Publicated to:Journal Of Iberian Geology. 38 (1): 285-302 - 2012-01-01 38(1), DOI: 10.5209/rev_JIGE.2012.v38.n1.39219
Authors: García-Mayordomo J; Insua-Arévalo JM; Martínez-Díaz JJ; Jiménez-Díaz A; Martín-Banda R; Martín-Alfageme S; Álvarez-Gómez JA; Rodríguez-Peces M; Pérez-López R; Rodríguez-Pascua MA; Masana E; Perea H; Martín-González F; Giner-Robles J; Nemser ES; Cabral J; Sanz de Galdeano C; Peláez JA; García-Tortosa FJ; Gràcia E; Bartolomé R; González Á; Azañón JM; Alfaro P; Moreno X; Ferrero-Vega A; Dias R; Martínez S; Gutiérrez F; Ortuño M; Booth-Rea G; Giaconia F; Martínez-Martínez JM; Villegas I; Lo Iacono C; Pérez-Peña JV; Brum da Silveira A; García-Meléndez E; Lafuente P; Simón JL; Arlegui LE; Liesa CL; Bach J; Linares R
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Abstract
The Quaternary Active Faults Database of Iberia (QAFI) is an initiative lead by the Institute of Geology and Mines of Spain (IGME) for building a public repository of scientific data regarding faults having documented activity during the last 2.59 Ma (Quaternary). QAFI also addresses a need to transfer geologic knowledge to practitioners of seismic hazard and risk in Iberia by identifying and characterizing seismogenic fault-sources. QAFI is populated by the information freely provided by more than 40 Earth science researchers, storing to date a total of 262 records. In this article we describe the development and evolution of the database, as well as its internal architecture. Additionally, a first global analysis of the data is provided with a special focus on length and slip-rate fault parameters. Finally, the database completeness and the internal consistency of the data are discussed. Even though QAFI v.2.0 is the most current resource for calculating fault-related seismic hazard in Iberia, the database is still incomplete and requires further review. © 2012, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. All rights reserved.
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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel
The work has been published in the journal Journal Of Iberian Geology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2012, it was in position 23/47, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Geology. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría .
From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 2.36, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)
This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:
- Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 9.57 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)
Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-06, the following number of citations:
- Scopus: 90
Impact and social visibility
Leadership analysis of institutional authors
This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Portugal.
There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GARCIA MAYORDOMO, JULIO) .