Aims and Scope:
Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry is a community-led journal that aims to publish innovative and globally relevant articles in geochemistry and cosmochemistry, which are free to read, free to publish and whereby authors retain full copyright. Regional studies put in the context of a wider globally relevant research question will also be considered. All material is published under a CC BY 4.0 licence.
We welcome all contributions that use geochemical data and models to study chemical, physical and biological processes on Earth and other planetary bodies. Such contributions can cover, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Solid Earth processes
- Earth surface processes
- Geochemical records of past and modern climate and environmental change
- Cosmochemistry and planetary science
- Experimental petrology and geochemistry
- Economic geology and exploration
- Biogeochemistry and biogeochemical cycling
- Aqueous and environmental geochemistry
- Organic geochemistry
- Geo/thermo/cosmochronology
- Atmospheric geochemistry
- Analytical, data processing, and model developments
- Forensic geochemistry
- Data curation
- EDIA, communication and outreach
Manuscript types:
Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry publishes articles in the following formats. Authors with contributions longer than the word limit that cannot be shortened should contact the executive editors via contact@agcj.org prior to submission.
Full-length articles: Original research papers presenting advances in knowledge and understanding of geochemical processes, addressing longstanding questions in geoscience and/or environmental science, or describing novel and significant analytical methods. Papers are limited to 12,000 words in length and a combined total of 15 figures and tables.
Reviews: Papers that present a synthesis of the current state of an area of research or a longstanding question. Papers are limited to 20,000 words in length and a combined total of 20 figures and tables. Although not mandatory, authors of review papers are encouraged to contact the relevant production editors well in advance of submission via reviewandspecialissue@agcj.org, to discuss their plans and fit to scope.
Technical notes: Short contributions that present significant improvements to analytical methods, algorithms, software, or reference material characterizations in all fields of geochemistry and cosmochemistry. Papers are limited to 3,000 words in length and a combined total of 3 figures and tables.
Comments: Short communications discussing published papers from author(s) not involved in the original study. These can involve challenges or clarifications of any sort. Comments will be subjected to peer review before acceptance and published alongside a reply from the author(s) of the original study. Authors of the original study will only be contacted after successful peer review. Comments and replies are limited to 1,500 words in length and a combined total of 3 figures and tables. Although not mandatory, authors of comments are encouraged to contact the production editors well in advance of submission via contact@agcj.org, to discuss its relevance and timeliness.