Abstract: Summarize the bibliometric indicators and current status of periodical publication by China Geological Institutions, in order to provide journal’s value reference to relevant management.Based on thirty-one scientific journals published by China Geological Survey and its subordinate unit, the CNKI and A Guide to the Core Journals of China served as the data sources, this paper did statistical analysis on publishing, database including, literature cited and impact factor of journals published between 2012-2016.The results show that 54.8% journals were indexed by A Guide to the Core Journals of China, eighteen journals were selected by CNKI Geological High Citation Journals Top 100, two journals were international academic journal(English edition academic journal).All the journals present a rising trend in the ratio of project-founded articles, downloads, total cites and impact factors.