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Journal of the Geological Society (JGS) is owned and published by the Geological Society.

Scope

JGS publishes topical, innovative and interdisciplinary research with global reach across the full range of Earth and planetary sciences. Regional geological studies of interest to our international readership are also welcomed.

The journal publishes research and invited review articles, discussion papers and thematic collections.

Each year JGS presents the ‘JGS Early Career Award' for papers published in the journal, which rewards the writing of well-written, exciting papers from early career geologists.

JGS Editor-in-Chief
The Editor-in-Chief Yildirim Dilek (Miami University, USA) is supported by Deputy Editors Anna Bird (University of Hull, UK), Lorenzo Fedele (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy), Andrea Festa (University of Turin, Italy), Matías Ghiglione (Buenos Aires University, Argentina), and an international Editorial Board.

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (QJEGH) is owned by the Geological Society of London and published by the Geological Society.

Scope

QJEGH was established in 1967 to foster engineering geology research and practice. International in scope, its focus is on geology as applied to civil and environmental engineering and groundwater resource management. QJEGH publishes high-quality, authoritative, peer reviewed, international papers, addressing sustainability, climate change, energy transition, geohazards and geo-resilience, to inform academic and industry practitioners in engineering geology and hydrogeology.

The William Dearman Early Career Award is annually presented for the best QJEGH paper from an author in the early stages of their career.

Papers are invited from, and about, all areas of the world on engineering geology and hydrogeology topics, including but not limited to:

• engineering and environmental geology

• applied geomorphology and geophysics

• ground modelling

• hydrogeology

• groundwater quality and resources

• contaminated land

• waste management

• ground source energy

• land use planning

• surface and underground mining

• geotechnics

• landslides

• geomaterials

• rock mechanics

• geological hazards

QJEGH publishes the prestigious:

• Glossop Lecture of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society,

• Ineson Lecture of the Hydrogeological Group of the Geological Society,

• John Mitchell Lecture, and

• Hanrahan Lecture

Editor-in-Chief & Assistant Editors

The Editor-in-Chief, Prof Cherith Moses (Edge Hill University, UK) is supported by four Assistant Editors from the following sub disciplines: engineering geology, geomaterials, geotechnical, hydrogeology, along with an international editorial board.

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis (GEEA) is a co-owned journal of the Geological Society and the Association of Applied Geochemists (AAG).

Scope

GEEA welcomes papers that focus on the use of geochemistry in mineral exploration and resource development, the application of geochemistry to environmental issues related to mining and mineral processing, and the development of methods and techniques to geochemically analyze rocks, soils, sediments, waters, and vegetation. Particularly welcome are papers that examine:

• the integration of geological, geochemical, and geophysical methods in relation to mineral exploration

• geochemical mapping at all scales

• the application of geochemistry in identifying the nature and extent of pollution associated with mining and mineral processing, and approaches to remediation

• the application of geochemistry to geometallurgy

• case histories of broad interest, such as the use of innovative geochemical methods leading to new mineral discoveries, and solving environmental issues related to mining, mineral processing and remediation.

Editor-in-Chief

Professor Matthew Leybourne, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. 

Earth Science, Systems and Society (ES3) is a fully open access journal owned and published by the Geological Society.

Scope

ES3 is dedicated to the publication of cross-disciplinary research and opinion that showcases the relevance of geoscience to sustainability in society and contemporaneous challenges and developments of geoscience communities. It also aims to provide a fully open access home for other timely and topical research of high importance across the full breadth of the geosciences.

ES3 welcomes contributions that explore challenges around areas such as, but not limited to:

• Climate change – past, present and future

• Energy transition, decarbonization and critical materials

• Hazards and risk – prediction, mitigation and reduction

• Urban development and land-use dynamics

• Habitable planet – terrestrial and extra-terrestrial life

• Holocene–Anthropocene interface

• Big data, data science and mathematical modelling

• Sustainable and responsible natural resource management

• Geohealth – the intersection of geoscience and health

• Earth systems science – natural and social science interaction

• Monitoring change – advances in technology and instrumentation

• Geoscience communication and ethics

Editor-in-Chief

Kathryn Goodenough, British Geological Survey, The Lyell Centre Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Petroleum Geoscience (PG) is a co-owned journal of the Geological Society and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) 

Petroleum Geoscience transcends disciplinary boundaries and publishes a balanced mix of articles that drives the science to enhance sustainable development covering all aspects of the petroleum system. The journal content reflects the international nature of the research.

PG’s sister journal, Geoenergy, welcomes submissions on subsurface geoscience and the emerging energy transition field.

Scope

Petroleum Geoscience welcomes a range of papers on themes that include:

• Exploration, exploitation, appraisal, development and monitoring of sub-surface hydrocarbon resources.

• Enhancing exploration efficiency, lowering technological and environmental risk, and improving hydrocarbon recovery.

• Transferable knowledge and integration of disciplines in an applied context.

Editor-in-Chief

Jonathan Redfern, University of Manchester, UK

Geoenergy is a co-owned journal of the Geological Society and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) launched in January 2023.

Continuing the mission of its sister journal, Petroleum Geoscience, Geoenergy focuses on the publication of timely and topical research in subsurface geoscience, critical for this new era of sustainable energy.

Scope

Geoenergy considers submissions on the following themes:

• Energy storage: thermal energy storage, compressed air energy storage, hydrogen storage, hydroelectric storage

• Subsurface disposal and storage: carbon capture and storage (CCS), bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), radioactive waste storage

• Geothermal energy: exploration, characterization and modelling of geothermal fields

• Hydrogen energy: exploration, production and storage of hydrogen

• Critical minerals and raw materials: minerals for the energy transition

• Wind energy: subsurface characterisation for siting windfarms

• Sustainability: surveillance and long-term assurance for management of subsurface resources

Editor-in-Chief

Sebastian Geiger, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Although published only since 1965, the Scottish Journal of Geology (SJG) has a long pedigree. It is the joint publication of the Geological Society of Glasgow and the Edinburgh Geological Society, which prior to 1965 published separate Transactions: from 1860 in the case of Glasgow and 1863 for Edinburgh.

Scope

Traditionally, the Journal has acted as the focus for papers on all aspects of Scottish geology and its contiguous areas, including the surrounding seas. The publication policy has always been outward looking, with the Editors encouraging review papers and papers on broader aspects of the earth sciences that cannot be discussed solely in terms of Scottish geology.

The diverse geology of Scotland continues to provide an important natural laboratory for the study of earth sciences; many seminal studies in geology have been carried out on Scottish rocks, and over the years the results of much of this work had been published in the Journal and its predecessors.

The Journal fully deserves its high reputation worldwide and intends to maintain its status in the front rank of publications in the Earth sciences.

Editor-in-Chief

Heather Stewart, Kelpie Geoscience Limited, Edinburgh, UK

The Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society (PYGS) has been published without a break since 1839. It is one of the leading journals of British geology publishing original research papers on all aspects of geology.

Scope

Traditionally the Proceedings concentrated on the geology of northern England and its neighbouring areas, however submission of papers on related topics of a more general interest is encouraged. All papers are subjected to the full scrutiny of two independent referees.

Editor-in-Chief

With over 550 hardback volumes, and wide global dissemination online through the Lyell Collection and GeoscienceWorld ebooks, Special Publications offer collaboration with a prestigious, not-for-profit publisher with a strong legacy of geoscience publishing. 

Selected Special Publications are available in print format from the Geological Society online bookshop. 

Scope

State-of-the-art collections renowned throughout the geoscience community for their eminent science, high production values, and global profile, the GSL Special Publications is a prestigious book series that offers maximum longevity for your research. Special Publications serve as seminal texts across emerging and established geoscience fields, with citation metrics in line with Q1 journals: the series has an H-index of 158 and citations per paper over a 4 year period are 2.56.* Offering an in-house, personalised editorial and production service, we encourage industry experts and researchers with a range of career experience to consider editing a collection or contributing as an author to the series. 
* SJR data, 2024.

The Special Publications series operates an Online First publication model, whereby DOIs are available for accepted manuscripts within two weeks, once the print threshold has been met. Volumes are also published in print as high-quality, hardback books. There are no page limits or charges, and free colour figures throughout our Special Publications, as well as free data hosting via Figshare - the all-in-one repository that makes your data easy to find. 

GeoHorizons is a new open science book series owned jointly by the American Geophysical Union and the Geological Society of London. All aspects of book publishing are handled by the Geological Society Publishing House.

GeoHorizons is committed to the principles of open science. Volumes will be published Open Access, with hybrid routes to publication available on a case-by-case basis.

Scope

The GeoHorizons series focus is on solution-based science that addresses the challenges facing humanity and the environment, such as climate change, sustainable development, natural hazards and others.

The American Geophysical Union and the Geological Society are welcoming ideas and proposals for this new series. We will welcome contributions that surround, but are not limited to:

• Climate change and global warming

• Transition to renewable energy

• Natural resource management – sustainability and economics

• Machine learning and AI in geosciences – advances and impacts

• Geoscience communication and ethics

• Biogeosciences

• Geoscience policy

• Oceanography and marine geology

• Planetary habitability – astrobiology and habitable zones

• Natural hazards and risk management

• Big data, data science, and mathematical modelling

• Earth and climate systems science

• Geohealth – the crossover of human health and the environment

• Sustainable development and urban planning

The Energy Geoscience Conference series succeeds the former Petroleum Geology Conference series and comprises a sequence of edited and peer-reviewed volumes arising from the conferences. Oriented towards the energy transition, volumes will explore understanding, technologies, lessons learned and subsurface insights across the full sphere of energy geoscience.

This successful and popular series is devoted to engineering geology and geotechnical topics. The volumes are highly regarded internationally with editors and authors from all areas of the world contributing expertise in a broad range of topics related to engineering geology. The first volume was published in 1985 and the series now includes over 27 volumes. 

Volumes are available online in the Lyell Collection or as printed books from the Geological Society online bookshop. 

Memoirs are definitive treatments of key subject areas by acknowledged experts. Ranging in format from edited collections of papers to volumes written by a single author or group of authors Memoirs are authoritative and widely respected. 

This series was first launched in 1958 and now includes over 60 volumes covering topics including but not limited to the Oman mountains, the Antarctic, Myanmar, the Arabian Peninsular and the UK oil and gas fields.

Geoscience in Practice is a series of books covering the use and application of geological techniques relevant to a subdiscipline. The series aims to present balanced, practical expertise and critical hands-on information from experienced contributors in a way that is clear, straightforward and relevant for a broad audience, including undergraduates, trainee geoscientists, professionals, practitioners, and others. Techniques covered may be field, laboratory, office-based or any combination. A theoretical knowledge in the subdiscipline will be assumed to allow the volumes to solely concentrate on how to apply the techniques in practice, with key text augmented by flow charts, top tips and worked examples from industry and academia. Books in the series will follow a specifically designed, accessible layout and include full colour illustrations.

Geoscience in Practice is a unique series, distinct from our other books series.

Series Editor: Professor Angela L. Coe, The Open University

These regional geology titles appeal to a broad audience, from amateurs and professionals visiting a region on their holidays, to researchers and engineers needing an overview of an area they are planning to work in.