| Discipline | Planetary science |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | A.J. Timothy Jull |
| Publication details | |
Former name | Meteoritics |
| History | 1953-present |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of theMeteoritical Society |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Hybrid | |
| 2.40 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Meteorit. Planet. Sci. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 1086-9379 (print) 1945-5100 (web) |
| LCCN | 96655038 |
| OCLC no. | 34046030 |
| Links | |
Meteoritics & Planetary Science is a monthlypeer-reviewedscientific journal published byWiley-Blackwell on behalf of theMeteoritical Society. It specialises in the fields ofmeteoritics andplanetary science.
The journal was established asMeteoritics in 1953, adopting its current name when the scope was broadened in 1996. Since January 1, 2003, theeditor-in-chief isA.J. Timothy Jull (Arizona Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory).
The journal was established in 1953 as the successor of theNotes and Contributions that were published on behalf of the Meteoritical Society inPopular Astronomy, from 1933 to 1951.[1] Initially titledMeteoritics, with the 1996 January issue the journal becameMeteoritics and Planetary Science.[2]
Coverage encompassesplanets,natural satellites,interplanetary dust,interstellar medium,lunar samples,meteors,meteorites,asteroids,comets, craters, andtektites and comes from multiple disciplines, such asastronomy,astrophysics,physics,geophysics,chemistry, isotopegeochemistry,mineralogy,Earth science,geology, orbiology
The journal publishes originalresearch papers, invitedreviews,editorials, andbook reviews.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science is indexed and abstracted in:
According to theJournal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019impact factor of 2.863, ranking it 37h out of 85 journals in the category "Geochemistry & Geophysics".[3]