''Elements: An International Magazine of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Petrology'' is a bimonthly

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published by 18 scientific societies:

Mineralogical Society of America The Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) is a scientific membership organization. MSA was founded in 1919 for the advancement of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, and petrology, and promotion of their uses in other sciences, industry, ...

, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Mineralogical Association of Canada,

Clay Minerals Society The Clay Minerals Society is an international non-profit organization devoted to the study of clays and clay minerals. History The Clay Minerals Society began as the Clay Minerals Committee of the National Academy of Sciences—National Resear ...

Geochemical Society The Geochemical Society is a nonprofit scientific organization founded to encourage the application of chemistry to solve problems involving geology and cosmology. The society promotes understanding of geochemistry through the annual Goldschmidt C ...

European Association of Geochemistry The European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) is a pan-European organization founded to promotes geochemical research. The EAG organizes conferences, meetings and educational courses for geochemists in Europe, including the Goldschmidt Conference w ...

International Association of GeoChemistry The IAGC (International Association of GeoChemistry, formerly known as the International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry) is affiliated with the International Union of Geological Sciences and has been one of the pre-eminent interna ...

Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie Lactalis is a French multinational dairy products corporation, owned by the Besnier family and based in Laval, Mayenne, France. The company's former name was Besnier SA. Lactalis is the largest dairy products group in the world, and is the se ...

, Association of Applied Geochemists, , ,

International Association of Geoanalysts The International Association of Geoanalysts (referred to as the IAG) is an international not-for-profit learned society. Its objectives are to: "serve as an international forum for the advancement of geoanalytical science and to promote the int ...

, Polskie Towarzystwo Mineralogiczne ( Mineralogical Society of Poland), Sociedad Española de Mineralogía (

Spanish Mineralogical Society Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries ** Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...

Swiss Society of Mineralogy and Petrology Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland *Swiss people Places *Swiss, Missouri *Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia *Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports * Swiss Internationa ...

Meteoritical Society The Meteoritical Society is a non-profit scholarly organization founded in 1933 to promote research and education in planetary science with emphasis on studies of meteorites and other extraterrestrial materials that further our understanding of th ...

, Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences and the International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits. It was established in January 2005. The

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are Richard J. Harrison (2020-2022),

Rebecca A. Lange Rebecca Ann Lange is a professor of experimental petrology, magmatism and volcanism at the University of Michigan. Her research investigates how magmatism has shaped the evolution of the Earth, as well as the formation of continental crust. ...

(2021-2023), and

Janne Blichert-Toft Janne Blichert-Toft is a geochemist, specializing in the use of isotopes with applications in understanding planetary mantle- crust evolution, as well as the chemical composition of matter in the universe. To further this research, Blichert-T ...

(2022-2024). The journal covers all aspects of

mineralogy Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts. Specific studies within mineralogy include the proce ...

geochemistry Geochemistry is the science that uses the tools and principles of chemistry to explain the mechanisms behind major geological systems such as the Earth's crust and its oceans. The realm of geochemistry extends beyond the Earth, encompassing the ...

, and

petrology Petrology () is the branch of geology that studies rocks and the conditions under which they form. Petrology has three subdivisions: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary petrology. Igneous and metamorphic petrology are commonly taught together ...

. Each issue is devoted to a particular topic and contains invited

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s, as well as society news and

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Abstracting and indexing

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/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences,

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, and

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 3.632.

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* {{Authority control Mineralogy Petrology Geology journals English-language journals Bimonthly journals Publications established in 2005 Academic journals published by learned and professional societies