Gondwana Research
Gondwana Research (Gondwana Res.) is a solid earth science journal published by Elsevier on behalf of the International Association for Gondwana Research and is the association's official journal. Founded in October 1997, it concentrates on the origin and evolution of continents, supercontinent cycles and metallogeny, appears twelve times a year, and had a 2025 impact factor of 8.9.《冈瓦纳研究》（Gondwana Research''''，缩写 Gondwana Res.''）是爱思唯尔代表国际冈瓦纳研究协会出版的固体地球科学刊物，1997 年 10 月创刊，为该协会官方刊物。该刊以大陆起源与演化、超大陆旋回与成矿作用为主，现为每年十二期，二〇二五年影响因子为 8.9。
Scope
The journal's editorial stance is that the solid earth has to be explained through the lens of Gondwana and the supercontinents: however rich the field data, results have to be interpreted within the framework of continental assembly, breakup and reworking. Coverage runs across the solid earth sciences and concentrates on:本刊的取稿立场是「以冈瓦纳与超大陆的视角解释固体地球」：一篇论文不论野外资料多么丰富，都要把结果放回大陆聚合、裂解与再造的框架中去解释。收文覆盖固体地球科学的主要方向，重点包括：
- Origin and evolution of continents: growth and reworking of continental crust, cratons and terranes, comparison of ancient blocks, and models of crustal evolution.大陆起源与演化： 大陆地壳的生长与再造、克拉通与地体、古老陆块的对比、地壳演化模型。
- Supercontinent cycles: assembly and breakup of Gondwana and Pangaea, supercontinent reconstruction, palaeogeography and palaeomagnetism, and the timing and mechanism of cycles.超大陆旋回： 冈瓦纳与潘吉亚的聚合裂解、超大陆重建、古地理与古地磁、旋回的时间与机制。
- Tectonics and orogeny: structure and evolution of orogenic belts, deformation and metamorphism, basin-range coupling, and tectonothermal events.构造与造山作用： 造山带结构与演化、变形与变质作用、盆地与山脉耦合、构造热事件。
- Petrology and geochemistry: petrogenesis of igneous and metamorphic rocks, geochemical discrimination and source tracing, lithospheric and mantle processes, and inclusions and experimental petrology.岩石学与地球化学： 岩浆岩与变质岩成因、地球化学判别与源区示踪、岩石圈与地幔过程、包裹体与实验岩石学。
- Geochronology: dating of zircon and other minerals, application of isotope systems, thermochronology and cooling histories, and geological interpretation of geochronological data.年代学： 锆石与其他矿物的定年、同位素体系的应用、热年代学与冷却历史、年代学数据的地质解释。
- Metallogeny and resources: metallogenic provinces and epochs, ore genesis and exploration models, energy and resource assessment, and the relation between tectonics and mineralisation.成矿与资源： 成矿省与成矿时代、矿床成因与勘查模型、能源与资源评价、构造与成矿的关系。
The journal is hybrid, and the publisher reports six days to first decision, seventy-three days to a decision after review, 198 days to acceptance and three days from acceptance to online, the first-decision figure including editorial screening本刊为混合出版，出版方公布的时效为投稿至首次决定六天、复审后决定七十三天、投稿至接收一百九十八天、接收至上线三天，其中首次决定包含编辑部初筛，录用比例未公布。 no acceptance rate is published.[1]
History
- Background and founding (1997): in the mid-1980s Masaru Yoshida of Osaka City University and M. Santosh formed the Gondwana Research Group, which developed through UNESCO-IGCP projects and the Gondwana Newsletter. Volume 1, issue 1, appeared in October 1997 under the present name.背景与创刊（1997年）： 1980 年代中期，（Masaru Yoshida）（大阪市立大学）与（M. Santosh）组建冈瓦纳研究组，其后经（UNESCO-IGCP）项目与《冈瓦纳通讯》逐步演进；1997 年 10 月出版第 1 卷第 1 期，创刊即用现名。[2]
- Publisher (2005): in its early years the association published the journal itself from Osaka. From 2005 Elsevier has published it in partnership with the association and the journal entered commercial publishing.出版方沿革（2005年）： 创刊初期由国际冈瓦纳研究协会在大阪自行出版；2005 年起由爱思唯尔与该协会合作出版，本刊进入商业出版体系。[3]
- Frequency and scale: the journal began as a quarterly and now appears twelve times a year, reaching volumes 149 to 160 in 2026. The increase in volume numbering reflects growth in submissions and in earth science output from the global south.刊期与体量： 创刊时为季刊，现为每年十二期，2026 年为第 149 至 160 卷；卷号的加密反映投稿量与全球南方地球科学研究产出的增长。
- Metrics and indexing: the impact factor is 8.9 and the CiteScore 18.7 on the publisher's journal insights page. The journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Scopus but not in MEDLINE.指标与收录： 影响因子 8.9、引用分数 18.7（出版方期刊指标页）；本刊被科学引文索引扩展版与 Scopus 收录，未被 MEDLINE 收录。[4]
Editors
The journal has been edited since founding by its founder M. Santosh, a rare case among solid earth science journals of a founder remaining in post for the long term. The present editor is based at China University of Geosciences in Beijing.本刊自创刊起由创办人（M. Santosh）担任主编至今，是固体地球科学刊物中罕见的「创刊者长期主持」的例子；现任主编供职于中国地质大学（北京）。[5]
- Present editor-in-chief: M. Santosh of China University of Geosciences in Beijing is the founding editor and has led the journal since 1997. He works on supercontinent reconstruction, metamorphism and metallogeny.现任主编： （M. Santosh）供职于中国地质大学（北京），为创刊主编，自 1997 年创刊起主持本刊；研究方向为超大陆重建、变质作用与成矿。
- Role in the field: the journal developed the regional concept of Gondwana into a global solid earth science title and is one of the main channels through which earth scientists in Asia, Africa and South America publish research on continental evolution.学科角色： 本刊把「冈瓦纳」这一区域概念发展为全球性的固体地球科学刊物，是亚洲、非洲与南美地球科学研究者发表大陆演化研究的主要渠道之一。