Meteoritics & Planetary Science


Meteoritics & Planetary Science is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1953. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Meteoritical Society. Since January 1, 2003, the editor-in-chief is A.J. Timothy Jull. The journal's broad focus is planetary science.

History

The journal was established in 1953 as the successor of the Notes and Contributions that were published on behalf of the Meteoritical Society in Popular Astronomy, from 1933 to 1951.

Scope

Coverage encompasses planets, natural satellites, interplanetary dust, interstellar medium, lunar samples, meteors, meteorites, asteroids, comets, craters, and tektites and comes from multiple disciplines, such as astronomy, astrophysics, physics, geophysics, chemistry, isotope geochemistry, mineralogy, Earth science, geology, or biology
The journal publishes original research papers, invited reviews, editorials, and book reviews.

Abstracting and indexing

Meteoritics & Planetary Science is indexed and abstracted in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2011 impact factor of 2.719, ranking it 18th out of 76 journals in the category "Geochemistry & Geophysics".