Journal Guide

The AAPG Bulletin is a technical journal that is recognized in the industry as the leading peer-reviewed publication for information on geoscience and the associated technology of the energy industry. The Bulletin is received monthly online or in print by all members.

ACS ES&T Air welcomes novel, cutting-edge, and globally relevant original research on all aspects of outdoor and indoor air quality sciences and engineering. The journal focuses on investigations of air chemistry and physics, air pollution, and climate change that impact human and ecosystem health, encompassing laboratory and in-situ measurements, remote sensing observations, and computational and modeling studies. Specific topics of interest may include (but are not limited to):

• Chemical, physical, and biological processes in the atmosphere
• Gases, aerosols, and clouds
• Climate change and air quality across scales
• Health impacts of air pollution
• Effects of air pollution on ecosystems
• Atmosphere-biosphere interactions
• Atmosphere-hydrosphere interactions
• Air pollution sources, control technologies and atmospheric implications
• Advances in instrumentation, model development, and remote sensing techniques
• Indoor air chemistry and air quality
• Science/Policy interface
• Air quality in disproportionately impacted communities

ACS ES&T Water is a high-quality specialist journal dedicated to water research and policy. This international, multidisciplinary journal publishes novel, high-impact, peer-reviewed research on all aspects of water quality, chemistry, treatment, protection, and sustainable use/reuse and supply. The Journal considers both marine and freshwater environments as well as water utilized for industrial and municipal applications. ACS ES&T Water's multi-disciplinary research focus also welcomes other water-related research fields. Manuscripts describing public policy and the underlying science utilized for decision making are also encouraged. Specific topics of interest may include (but are not limited to) the following areas:

• Water quality and the transformation, transport, and behavior of contaminants in aquatic environments (groundwater, surface water, snow/ice, precipitation, and marine water) and engineered systems
• Water/wastewater treatment and innovative technologies, including biological, physical, chemical, and natural processes
• Sustainable water supply, reuse, and integrated water resource management
• Industrial water systems and process water treatment
• Marine, estuarine, and freshwater biogeochemistry and ecology
• Direct and indirect impacts of climate change on water sustainability
• Remediation and restoration of natural aquatic systems
• Innovative technologies for water quality monitoring and spatial vulnerability assessments
• Modelling groundwater, surface water and marine flow and contaminant fate and transport
• Spatial data on global and local water supply and water quality monitoring data trends.
• Water quality impacts on human and environmental health, including pathogen, chemical, and physical stressors
• Risk assessment and regulatory frameworks
• Life-cycle assessments and economic impact calculations, and social science implications

The scope of ACS Earth and Space Chemistry includes the application of analytical, experimental, and theoretical chemistry to investigate research questions relevant to the Earth and Space. The journal encompasses the highly interdisciplinary nature of research in this area, while emphasizing chemistry and chemical research tools as the unifying theme. The journal publishes broadly in the domains of high- and low-temperature geochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, marine chemistry, planetary chemistry, astrochemistry, and analytical geochemistry.

Among the areas the journal covers are:

Earth Interior

• High pressure experiments
• Core and mantle investigations
• Studies of planetary Interiors
• Mineral-melt phase equilibria, partitioning, and kinetics
• Mineralogy and mineral physics
• Igneous and metamorphic petrology, petrogenesis, and geochronology

Earth Surface

• Mineral-microbe-water reactions, thermodynamics, and kinetics
• Reactive transport modeling and colloid transport
• Multiscale science and scaling of geochemical and biogeochemical reactions

Atmosphere

• Atmospheric composition and reaction pathways
• Chemistry-climate interactions
• Biogeochemical cycles

Ocean

• Chemical fluxes and marine trace element chemistry
• Effects of global change on marine chemistry and the cryosphere
• Chemistry of the paleo-environment

Space

• Chemistry of planetary atmospheres and surfaces
• Investigations of meteorites and tektites
• Properties of cometary and interstellar materials
• Spectroscopy and chemistry of stars, interstellar clouds, and planetary formation

Analytical

• Analytical methods for characterization of Earth and Space materials

The journal publishes original research papers in the field of geodesy and geophysics under headings: aeronomy and space physics, electromagnetic studies, geodesy and gravimetry, geodynamics, geomathematics, rock physics, seismology, solid earth physics, history. Papers dealing with problems of the Carpathian region and its surroundings are preferred. Similarly, papers on topics traditionally covered by Hungarian geodesists and geophysicists (e.g. robust estimations, geoid, EM properties of the Earth’s crust, geomagnetic pulsations and seismological risk) are especially welcome.

Acta Geotechnica is an international journal devoted to the publication and dissemination of basic and applied research in geoengineering – an interdisciplinary field dealing with geomaterials such as soils and rocks. Coverage emphasizes the interplay between geomechanical models and their engineering applications. The journal presents original research papers on fundamental concepts in geomechanics and their novel applications in geoengineering based on experimental, analytical and/or numerical approaches. The main purpose of the journal is to foster understanding of the fundamental mechanisms behind the phenomena and processes in geomaterials, from kilometer-scale problems as they occur in geoscience, and down to the nano-scale, with their potential impact on geoengineering. The journal strives to report and archive progress in the field in a timely manner, presenting research papers, review articles, short notes and letters to the editors. Indexed by SCOPUS, Ulrich´s, MetaPress, Swets Informatin Service

Acta Montanistica Slovaca publishes high quality articles on basic and applied research in such fields as geology and geological survey, mining, earth resources, underground engineering and geotechnics, mining mechanization, mining transport, deep hole drilling, surveying and engineering geodesy, ecotechnology and mineralurgy, process control, automation and applied informatics in raw materials extraction, utilization and processing, and in other similar fields.

The official journal of the Chinese Society of Oceanography, this publication provides a forum for research papers in the field of oceanography from all over the world. It features coverage from all branches of oceanography, including marine physics, marine chemistry, marine geology, marine biology, marine hydrology, marine meteorology, ocean engineering, marine remote sensing and marine environment sciences. Acta Oceanologica Sinica includes original research papers, review articles as well as research notes covering the whole spectrum of oceanography. It also features special issues emanating from related conferences and meetings.