Elements: An International Magazine of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Petrology  
Discipline Mineral sciences
Peer-reviewed Invited papers
Language English
Edited by David J. Vaughan, Harry Y. McSween, James I. Drever
Publication details
Publisher 16 scientific societies (Canada, USA)
Publication history 2005 to present
Frequency Bimonthly
Indexing
ISSN 1811-5209 (print)
1811-5217 (web)
CODEN EOOCAG
OCLC number 57359406
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Elements: An International Magazine of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Petrology, established in January 2005, is a bimonthly magazine, published by 16 scientific societies (see below). It publishes peer reviewed papers which are part of a theme based collection, along with other types of articles. The co-editors are David J. Vaughan (University of Manchester), Harry Y. McSween (University of Tennessee), James I. Drever (University of Wyoming). The focus of this magazine is broad coverage of the mineral sciences.

Scope

Coverage includes invited peer reviewed papers for thematic collections. The each different thematic collection is the focus of a particular published issue. Proposed topics of interest are submitted to editors for review. The magazine also covers conference reports, policy news, as well as news of the Societies.

Publishing societies

Elements is published by the Mineralogical Society of America, the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, the Mineralogical Association of Canada, the Geochemical Society, the Clay Minerals Society, the European Association of Geochemistry, the International Association of GeoChemistry, the Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, the Association of Applied Geochemists, the Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft, the Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, the International Association of Geoanalysts, the Polskie Towarzystwo Mineralogiczne (Mineralogical Society of Poland), the Sociedad Española de Mineralogía (Spanish Mineralogical Society), the Swiss Society of Mineralogy and Petrology, and The Meteoritical Society.[1][2]

Abstracting and indexing

This magazine is indexed in the following databases:[3]

Chemical Abstracts Service - CASSI

References

  1. "About Elements". Brief description of this magazine. Mineralogical Society of America. September 2010. http://www.elementsmagazine.org/aboutelements.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  2. "Elements". Description and url of magazine. New Journal. September 2010.
  3. "CAS Source Index (CASSI)". Bibliographical information for this magazine. American Chemical Society. September 2010. http://cassi.cas.org/publication.jsp?P=LglBQf5Q2NQyz133K_ll3zLPXfcr-WXfCHBdOL5zGTFujlCaOH557zLPXfcr-WXfimSBIkq8XcUjhmk0WtYxmzLPXfcr-WXf6_-dfCxvUq-W7I5--wJm0A. Retrieved 2010-09-23.