GEOCHEMISTRY Chemie der Erde - Interdisciplinary Journal for Chemical Topics of the Geosciences AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK TABLE OF CONTENTS XXX . • Description p.1 • Audience p.1 • Impact Factor p.1 • Abstracting and Indexing p.2 • Editorial Board p.2 • Guide for Authors p.4 ISSN: 0009-2819 DESCRIPTION . GEOCHEMISTRY was founded as Chemie der Erde 1914 in Jena, and, hence, is one of the oldest journals for geochemistry-related topics. GEOCHEMISTRY (formerly Chemie der Erde / Geochemistry) publishes original research papers, short communications, reviews of selected topics, and high-class invited review articles addressed at broad geosciences audience. Publications dealing with interdisciplinary questions are particularly welcome. Young scientists are especially encouraged to submit their work. Contributions will be published exclusively in English. The journal, through very personalized consultation and its worldwide distribution, offers entry into the world of international scientific communication, and promotes interdisciplinary discussion on chemical problems in a broad spectrum of geosciences. The following topics are covered by the expertise of the members of the editorial board (see below): cosmochemistry, meteoritics igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary petrology volcanology low & high temperature geochemistry experimental - theoretical - field related studies mineralogy - crystallography environmental geosciences archaeometry AUDIENCE . Mineralogists, petrologists, pedologists, geochemists, meteoritic studies experts, mineraldeposit experts, geologists, miners, limnologists, marine research experts, environmental scientists IMPACT FACTOR . 2020: 2.292 © Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports 2021 AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 5 Oct 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/chemer 1 ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING . Chemical Abstracts Current Contents - Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences Elsevier BIOBASE Engineering Village - GEOBASE GeoRef Mineralogical Abstracts INIS Atomindex Referativnyi Zhurnal VINTI-RAN (Russian Academy of Sciences) Research Alert Science Citation Index Expanded Scopus Deep Sea Research & Oceanographic Abstracts Economic Geology ISI Alerting Services Geo Abstracts Astrophysics Data System INSPEC EDITORIAL BOARD . Editor-in-Chief Astrid Holzheid, University of Kiel Department of Geosciences, 24118, Kiel, Germany Associate Editors Carita Augustsson, Stavanger, Norway (sedimentology, sedimentary petrology & geochemistry) Maurizio Barbieri, Roma, Italy (environmental geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, hydrogeochemistry and hydrogeology) Wentao Cao, Fredonia, New York, United States of America Metamorphic Petrology, Phase equilibrium modeling, Crustal melting, Tectonics, Structural Geology Okay Çimen, Tunceli, Turkey (Petrology, Isotope Geochemistry, Geochronology, Carbonatites) Martin Dietzel, Graz, Austria (mineralogy, hydrogeochemistry, stable isotopes, carbonates) Klaus-Dieter Grevel, Jena, Germany Mineralogical Thermodynamics, Experimental Petrology Vincenza Guarino, Via Cintia, Naples, Italy (Igneous geochemistry, Alkaline rocks, Petrology, Archaeometry) Huaming Guo, Beijing, China Biogeochemistry, Arsenic, Isotope, Groundwater Orhan Karsli, Trabzon, Turkey (igneous petrology, radiogenic isotope geochemistry, granitoid petrogenesis) Klaus Keil, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America (cosmochemistry, meteoritics) Weiqiang Li, Nanjing, China Metal stable isotope geochemistry, Chemical sediments, Mineral deposits Federico Lucci, Roma, Italy (mineralogy, igneous and metamorphic petrology, geochemistry, volcanology) Tomas Magna, Praha, Czechia (isotope geochemistry, cosmochemistry) Kirsten Nicolaysen, Walla Walla, Washington, United States of America (Igneous petrology, igneous geochemistry, volcanology, archaeometry) Grzegorz J. Nowak, Warszawa, Poland (coal and dispersed organic matter petrology, fossil fuels geology) Jacek Puziewicz, Wroclaw, Poland (petrology, geochemistry) Priyadarsi Debajyoti Roy, Mexico D.F., Mexico (environmental geochemistry, hydrology, paleoclimatology, sedimentology) Behnam Sadeghi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 5 Oct 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/chemer 2 Mineral exploration, mathematical geosciences, geostatistics, GIS and mineral prospectivity mapping Thorsten Schaefer, Jena, Germany (hydrogeology, environmental & applied geology) Jörg Schäfer, Bordeaux, France (aquatic geochemistry) Susanne P. Schwenzer, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom (planetary geochemistry, noble gases, volatile rock interactions) Pradip K. Singh, Varanasi, India Crustal petrology, Geochronology Irina Talovina, Sankt Peterburg, Russian Federation (mineralogy, geochemistry, ore petrology) Dewashish Upadhyay, Kharagpur, India (geochemistry, isotope geology, petrology) Sanjeet Kumar Verma, San Luis, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Igneous petrology, geochemistry, geochronology Hongbo Zhao, Changsha, China (bio-hydrometallurgy, geomicrobiology) Editor emeritus Alexander Deutsch, Münster, Germany Klaus Heide, Jena, Germany AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 5 Oct 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/chemer 3 GUIDE FOR AUTHORS . Aims and Scope Chemie der Erde/Geochemistry, one of the oldest journals for geochemistry-related topics, promotes broad interdisciplinary discussion on chemical problems in the geosciences, planetary sciences, geoecology and environmental sciences. Publications addressing interdisciplinary questions are particularly encouraged. 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