Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems is a gold open access journal of the American Geophysical Union that began in 1999 and publishes research on Earth and planetary processes. It treats the Earth as a system, and its 2025 impact factor is 3.3.《地球化学地球物理与地球系统学》是美国地球物理联合会的金色开放获取期刊，1999 年创办，发表地球与行星过程的研究。它把地球当作一个系统，2025 年影响因子为 3.3。

Scope

• The journal publishes research on Earth and planetary processes, with the Earth understood as a system.该刊发表地球与行星过程的研究，把地球理解为一个系统。

• Observational work is taken, and a paper may report a measurement made in the field or from a satellite.观测性工作会被接收，论文可以报告在野外或自卫星所作的测量。

• Experimental work is welcome, since a process may be reproduced in a laboratory under controlled conditions.实验性工作受到欢迎，因为一种过程可以在受控条件下的实验室中被重现。

• Theoretical investigations are taken, and a model may set out how a system should behave.理论性探究会被接收，模型可以提出一个系统应当如何表现。

• The solid Earth is studied, so work on its structure, composition and dynamics has a place.固体地球受到研究，因此其结构，成分与动力学的工作有其位置。

• The hydrosphere is named, and a paper may follow the movement of water through a reservoir.水圈被列出，论文可以追踪水在一个储库中的运移。

• The atmosphere and the biosphere are covered, since the Earth works as one connected set of parts.大气圈与生物圈也在覆盖之列，因为地球作为一个相互连接的整体运作。

• The solar system appears among the subjects, so a planetary process may be compared with the terrestrial one.太阳系出现在选题之中，因此行星过程可以与地球上的过程相比较。

• All spatial and temporal scales are taken, so a study may span a crystal or a continent.所有空间与时间尺度都会被接收，因此研究可以跨越一颗晶体或一片大陆。

• The physics and the chemistry of the Earth are studied, since the two are joined in the rocks and the fluids.地球的物理与化学受到研究，因为两者在岩石与流体中相连。

• Geochemical proxies are applied to the record of Earth history, and a paper may read a past climate from a sediment.地球化学代用指标被用于地球历史的记录，论文可以自沉积物中读出一段古气候。

• The physical properties of a material are measured, so its behaviour at depth may be inferred.材料的物理性质受到测量，从而可以推断其深处的行为。

• Articles are expected to be of broad interest, so a result is placed in a wider setting.文章被期望具有广泛意义，因此结果被置于更宽广的背景中。

• Interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged, since a question about the Earth rarely respects the boundary of one field.跨学科方法受到鼓励，因为关于地球的问题很少尊重某一领域的边界。

• A paper may report the composition of a rock from one region and compare it with another, since a difference in chemistry points to a difference in origin.论文可以报告某一地区岩石的成分并与另一地区相比较，因为化学上的差异指向来源的不同。

• Work on the flow of heat through a plate boundary is taken, since the movement of the crust is bound up with the temperature below it.热穿过板块边界流动方面的工作会被接收，因为地壳的运动与其下方的温度紧密相连。

• The journal covers the magnetic record kept in a rock, since the field of the Earth is written into the minerals as they cool.该刊覆盖岩石中保存的磁性记录，因为地磁场在矿物冷却时被写入其中。

• A study of a volcano is taken, and the paper may link the chemistry of its lavas to the structure of the chamber below.火山的研究会被接收，论文可以把它熔岩的化学与下方岩浆房的结构相联系。

• Work on the deep interior is taken, since seismic waves carry information about material no one can reach.深部内部方面的工作会被接收，因为地震波携带着无人能及之处的信息。

• The journal takes work on a mineral under high pressure, and the experiment may reproduce a condition found far below the surface.该刊接收高压下矿物方面的工作，实验可以重现地表之下深处的一种条件。

• A paper may model the convection of a mantle, since the motion of the interior drives the plates on top.论文可以模拟地幔的对流，因为内部运动驱动着其上的板块。

• Work on the record in marine sediment is covered, since the layers preserve a climate signal that reaches back far beyond instruments.海洋沉积物中的记录方面的工作也在覆盖之列，因为层位保存着远及仪器之外的气候信号。

• The journal takes work on the geochemistry of an ocean, since the composition of seawater records what enters and what leaves.该刊接收入海地球化学方面的工作，因为海水的成分记录了进出之物。

• A study of a planet may be taken, and the paper may compare its interior with that of the Earth.行星的研究会被接收，论文可以把它内部与地球的内部相比较。

• Work on the dating of a rock is covered, since a history is only as good as the timescale it rests on.岩石定年方面的工作也在覆盖之列，因为一段历史只与其所依托的时间尺度同样可靠。

• A paper may report the chemistry of a spring and use it to infer what happens below, since water carries the signature of the rock it passed through.论文可以报告泉水的化学并据此推断下方的情况，因为水流带着其所经过岩石的特征。

• Work on the deformation of a region is taken, and a study may use the positions of satellites to measure how the ground moves.某地区变形方面的工作会被接收，研究可以用卫星的位置来测量地面如何移动。

• The journal covers the record of a magnetic reversal, since a change in the field is preserved in the rocks of the time.该刊覆盖地磁倒转的记录，因为磁场的变化保存在当时的岩石之中。

• A study of a subduction zone is taken, since the material that goes down returns through a volcano.俯冲带的研究会被接收，因为下行的物质经由火山返回。

• Work on the composition of the mantle is taken, and a paper may compare a sample brought up by a volcano with a meteorite.地幔成分方面的工作会被接收，论文可以把火山带上的样品与陨石相比较。

• The journal takes work on the acoustic structure of the crust, since a wave that travels through it reports what it passed.该刊接收地壳声学结构方面的工作，因为穿越它的波会报告其所经过的东西。

• A paper may report an experiment on a fluid at high temperature, since a condition inside the Earth can be reproduced in a press.论文可以报告高温流体的实验，因为地球内部的一种条件可以在压机中重现。

• Work on the chemistry of an island arc is covered, since the lavas there record what melted below.岛弧化学方面的工作也在覆盖之列，因为那里的熔岩记录了下方融化之物。

History

• The journal began in 1999, when its first papers appeared.该刊于 1999 年创办，其首批论文在当年面世。

• It is published by the American Geophysical Union.该刊由美国地球物理联合会出版。

• It appears in electronic form only, and its number is 1525-2027.该刊仅以电子形式出现，其刊号为 1525-2027。

• A volume appears each year, so the journal is continuous rather than divided into numbered issues.该刊每年出版一卷，因此是连续出版而非分编号期。

• It became fully open access in 2022, so every article is free from that year.该刊于 2022 年转为完全开放获取，因此自那年起每篇文章都免费。

• Its impact factor was 3.624 for 2021 and 3.3 for 2025, with a five-year figure of 3.6.其影响因子 2021 年为 3.624，2025 年为 3.3，五年影响因子为 3.6。

• The title records a CiteScore of 5.0 and a high h-index.该刊的 CiteScore 为 5.0，h 指数亦高。

• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and in Scopus.该刊被科学引文索引扩展版与 Scopus 收录。

• The Directory of Open Access Journals carries it as well.开放获取期刊目录也载有该刊。

• The journal was started with the aim of using the electronic medium to its full extent, as its founding editorial explained.如其创刊社论所述，该刊创办时意在充分运用电子媒介。

• Authors may choose among several licences, and the publisher states which apply.作者可以在若干许可中选择，出版方说明适用哪些。

• Data accompanying a paper are published with it, since a result in this field rests on its measurements.论文所附数据随论文发表，因为该领域的结果依托其测量。

Editors

• (Thorsten Becker) is the editor-in-chief of the journal.（Thorsten Becker）是该刊主编。

• He is a professor at the University of Southern California.他是南加州大学的教授。

• The journal is edited for the union, and the union appoints its editors.该刊为联合会编辑，编辑由联合会任命。

• An editorial board of geochemists and geophysicists covers the subjects the journal publishes.一个由地球化学家与地球物理学家组成的编委会覆盖该刊所发表的选题。

• A manuscript is sent to reviewers who work on the process it addresses.稿件被送给研究其所涉过程的评审人。

• The editors receive the reports and take the decision on a paper.编辑收到报告后就论文作出决定。

• The journal office answers queries about submission and follows each paper.该刊办公室答复关于投稿的询问并跟踪每篇论文。

• Because the title is open access, the review is arranged so that a paper reaches all readers at once.由于该刊是开放获取的，评审的安排使论文一次抵达全体读者。

• The editors state that a study is judged on the strength of its data and on the reach of its question.编辑声明研究据其数据的力度及其问题的广度来评判。