Elements (journal)

Elements: An International Magazine of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Petrology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by 18 scientific societies: Mineralogical Society of America, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Mineralogical Association of Canada, Clay Minerals Society, Geochemical Society, European Association of Geochemistry, International Association of GeoChemistry, Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, Association of Applied Geochemists, Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft, Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, International Association of Geoanalysts, Polskie Towarzystwo Mineralogiczne (Mineralogical Society of Poland), Sociedad Española de Mineralogía (Spanish Mineralogical Society), Swiss Society of Mineralogy and Petrology, Meteoritical Society, Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences and the International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits.[2] It was established in January 2005.

Elements
DisciplineMineralogy, geochemistry, petrology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byJohn Eiler, Richard Harrison, Rebecca Lange[1]
Publication details
History2005-present
Publisher
Consortium of scientific societies
FrequencyBimonthly
4.500 (2013)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Elements
Indexing
CODENEOOCAG
ISSN1811-5209 (print)
1811-5217 (web)
LCCNcn2005390011
OCLC no.314493749
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The Executive Editor is Jodi J. Rosso (2015-ongoing) and the past Executive Editor was Pierette Tremblay (2004-2014). The editors-in-chief are John Eiler (2019-2021), Richard J. Harrison (2020-2022) and Rebecca A. Lange (2021-2023). Historically (from 2005 to 2021), 19 principal editors (PEs) have served with Elements: among them, four were women (21%). In the past 10 years, there have been 11 PEs, 3 of which have been women (27%). The executive editor is also considered part of the editorial board: both executive editors have been women. Elements’ editorial board (executive and principal editors) has always had 25%–50% women at any one time.

The journal covers all aspects of mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology. Each issue is devoted to a particular topic and contains invited review articles, as well as society news and book reviews.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Chemical Abstracts Service/CASSI,[3] Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences,[4] GEOBASE,[5] Science Citation Index,[4] and Scopus.[6] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 4.500.[7]

References
  1. "Editorial Team & Staff". Elements Magazine. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  2. "About Elements". Homepage. Mineralogical Society of America. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  3. "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  4. "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  5. "Content/Database Overview - GEOBASE Source List". Engineering Village. Elsevier. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  6. "Content overview". Scopus. Elsevier. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  7. "Elements". 2013 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2014.
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