Geology is a publication of the Geological Society of America

Geological Society of America

The Geological Society of America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences. The society was founded in New York in 1888 by Alexander Winchell, John J. Stevenson, Charles H. Hitchcock, John R. Proctor and Edward Orton and has been headquartered at 3300 Penrose...

 (GSA). The GSA claims that it is the most widely read scientific journal

Scientific journal

In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...

 in the field of earth science

Earth science

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. It is published monthly, with each issue containing 20 or more articles

Article (publishing)

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, and an annual total of 1166 pages.

One of the goals of the journal is to provide a forum for shorter articles and less focus on pure academic research type articles.

See also

• List of scientific journals
• List of scientific journals in earth and atmospheric sciences

External links

• Archives
• Table of contents for current edition (with freely available abstracts
  Abstract (summary)
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  for current articles)