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Meteoritics & Planetary Science Former name(s) Contributions of the Society for Research on Meteorites, Contributions of the Meteoritical Society, Meteoritics, Abbreviated title (ISO) Meteorit. Planet. Sci Discipline Planetary science Peer-reviewed yes Language English Edited by Professor A.J. Timothy Jull Publication details Publisher Meteoritical Society, Wiley-Blackwell (USA) Publication history 1953 to present Frequency Monthly Open access partial Impact factor
(2010)2.624 Indexing ISSN 1086-9379 (print)
1945-5100 (web)LCCN 96655038 OCLC number 34046030 Links Meteoritics & Planetary Science (MAPS) is a monthly, peer reviewed, scientific journal, which was first issued in 1953. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Meteoritical Society. The editor of this journal is A.J. Timothy Jull {NSF - Arizona Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) Laboratory). He has been the editor of Meteoritics & Planetary Science since January 1, 2003. The journal's broad focus is planetary science.[1][2][3]
Publication formats encompass original research papers, invited review papers, editorials, and book reviews. Archived articles from Vol. 37 in 2002 to Vol. 44 in 2009, are available at the University of Arizona Institutional Repository. The University of Arizona board of regents has been in charge of editing this journal since 2002, according to WorldCat.[1][4]
Contents
Former names
The journal was first published in 1935 under the title "Contributions of the Society for Research on Meteorites." In 1947, the publication became known as "Contributions of the Meteoritical Society" and continued through 1951. From 1953 to 1995, the publication was known as "Meteoritics: The journal of the Meteoritical Society and the Institute of Meteoritics of the University of New Mexico,"[5] and in 1996, the journal's name was changed to "Meteoritics and Planetary Science" or MAPS. The journal was not published in 1952 and from 1957 to 1964. [4]
Aims & scope
Topical coverage encompasses planets, natural satellites, interplanetary dust, interstellar medium, lunar samples, meteors, meteorites, asteroids, comets, craters, and tektites. The contributors, and editors, are scientists by profession, who reperesent multiple disciplines such as astronomy, astrophysics, physics, geophysics, chemistry, isotope geochemistry, mineralogy, earth science, geology, or biology.[1]
Abstracting and indexing
Meteoritics & Planetary Science is indexed / abstracted in the following databases:
- Current Contents /Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
- GEOBASE/Geographical & Geological Abstracts
- Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
- Science Citation Index
- Scopus
Notes and references
- ^ a b c "Meteoritics & Planetary Science" (Home page with relevant links). University of Arizona. June 09, 2010. http://meteoritics.org/. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- ^ "Editor" (relevant editor information). University of Arizona. January 27, 2010. http://meteoritics.org/Editor.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- ^ "Editorial contacts". Wiley-Blackwell. 2010. http://www.wiley.com/bw/editors.asp?ref=1086-9379&site=1. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- ^ a b "University of Arizona Institutional Repository (UAIR)" (archives of Meteoritics and Planetary Science). Department of Geosciences, U of A. 2010. http://digitalcommons.arizona.edu/holdings/journal?r=uadc://azu_maps/. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- ^ "Meteoritics: The journal of the Meteoritical Society and the Institute of Meteoritics of the University of New Mexico". Astronomical Journal 59: 272. Bibcode 1954AJ.....59R.272.. doi:10.1086/107081.
External links
Categories:- Meteorites
- Planetary science
- Astronomy journals
- Publications established in 1935
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