Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
    • Journal home
    • Lyell Collection home
    • Geological Society home
  • Content
    • Online First
    • Current issue
    • Past issues
    • Collections
    • Supplementary publications
    • Open Access
  • Subscribe
    • GSL fellows
    • Institutions
    • Corporate
    • Other member types
  • Info
    • Authors
    • Librarians
    • Readers
    • Access for GSL Fellows
    • Access for other member types
    • Press office
    • Help
  • Alert sign up
    • eTOC alerts
    • Online First alerts
    • RSS feeds
    • Newsletters
    • GSL blog
  • Submit
  • Geological Society of London Publications
    • Engineering Geology Special Publications
    • Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis
    • Journal of Micropalaeontology
    • Journal of the Geological Society
    • Lyell Collection home
    • Memoirs
    • Petroleum Geology Conference Series
    • Petroleum Geoscience
    • Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society
    • Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
    • Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society
    • Scottish Journal of Geology
    • Special Publications
    • Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society
    • Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow
    • Transactions of the Geological Society of London

User menu

  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
Journal of the Geological Society
  • Geological Society of London Publications
    • Engineering Geology Special Publications
    • Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis
    • Journal of Micropalaeontology
    • Journal of the Geological Society
    • Lyell Collection home
    • Memoirs
    • Petroleum Geology Conference Series
    • Petroleum Geoscience
    • Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society
    • Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
    • Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society
    • Scottish Journal of Geology
    • Special Publications
    • Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society
    • Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow
    • Transactions of the Geological Society of London
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • My Cart
  • Follow gsl on Twitter
  • Visit gsl on Facebook
  • Visit gsl on Youtube
  • Visit gsl on Linkedin
Journal of the Geological Society

Advanced search

  • Home
    • Journal home
    • Lyell Collection home
    • Geological Society home
  • Content
    • Online First
    • Current issue
    • Past issues
    • Collections
    • Supplementary publications
    • Open Access
  • Subscribe
    • GSL fellows
    • Institutions
    • Corporate
    • Other member types
  • Info
    • Authors
    • Librarians
    • Readers
    • Access for GSL Fellows
    • Access for other member types
    • Press office
    • Help
  • Alert sign up
    • eTOC alerts
    • Online First alerts
    • RSS feeds
    • Newsletters
    • GSL blog
  • Submit

Editorial

Journal of the Geological Society, 170, 1, 4 January 2013, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2013Ed
PreviousNext
  • Article
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

The Journal of the Geological Society, and prior to 1971 the Quarterly Journal, has been the flagship journal of the Geological Society of London for over 165 years. The Journal continues its aim to publish the most topical and highest quality papers, summarizing the results of recent research across the full range of the Earth Sciences (provided that it does not conflict with the other Society journals). We offer a variety of formats including Research Articles, Review Articles, Thematic Sets and ‘Specials’, the latter being shorter papers that receive fast-track reviewing leading to a more rapid turnaround time for publication.

The Journal of the Geological Society is a truly international journal, which is reflected by the membership of the Editorial Board and both the author and article geography. Roughly half of the Editorial Board are UK based, with the remainder of the board residing in Europe, North America, the Far East, Australia and elsewhere. Over the past two years 60 to70% of authors publishing in the Journal have been based outside of the UK.

As many of you are aware, science publishers have transformed the way they produce content quite dramatically during the past few years, and it continues to evolve. As a journal we strive to provide services to reflect this. In the past three years the Geological Society as a whole has seen a considerable increase in online usage and article downloads in addition to the readership of the printed journal. In response to an increased use of electronic media, services have been extended to include versions of the Lyell Collection sites for use via mobile technologies. The Society has recently launched the mobile site for the Journal of the Geological Society, which can be found at http://jgs.lyellcollection.org. This added capability has increased ease of access to journal articles and initial reports indicate the general readership is making good use of this new facility.

In addition to this new mobile service, a publish-ahead-of-print site, Online First, is currently being launched for the Journal whereby individual papers will appear online on the Lyell Collection website once they have passed through the production system. This will mean papers accepted for publication will be made available to the reader shortly after proof correction, rather than waiting for the full issue to be assembled. Instructions for citing Online First articles will be launched simultaneously on the Journal and Lyell Collection sites when the first papers appear online.

As some of the readership might be aware, in 2011 a UK Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings was established. The Working Group reported several key recommendations in June 2012. This was followed by an announcement of a new policy on Open Access to Research Outputs by Research Councils UK (RCUK). All papers arising from RCUK-funded research submitted from 1 April 2013 must be published via Gold or Green Open Access. Analysis of author affiliation for the Journal between 2009 and 2011 indicates that approximately half of authors would fall under this RCUK funded category. The Geological Society’s publications have been Green compliant for some time and the Geological Society Publications Management Committee and the Geological Society Council have recently agreed a policy for optional Gold Open Access publishing. The associated article processing charge (APC) will be decided in due course. Authors who do not require Gold Open Access will not be required to pay any fee.

I look forward to another year as Chief Editor and wish to continue to encourage Fellows and other readers to submit some of your best research and review papers to the Journal.

Quentin Crowley
JGS Chief Editor
28 November 2012

  • © The Geological Society of London
View Abstract
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Journal of the Geological Society: 170 (1)
Journal of the Geological Society
Volume 170, Issue 1
January 2013
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • Index by author
  • Back Matter (PDF)
  • Front Matter (PDF)
Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Citation tools

Editorial

Journal of the Geological Society, 170, 1, 4 January 2013, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2013Ed

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Permissions
View PDF
Share

Editorial

Journal of the Geological Society, 170, 1, 4 January 2013, https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2013Ed
del.icio.us logo Digg logo Reddit logo Twitter logo CiteULike logo Facebook logo Google logo Mendeley logo
Email to

Thank you for sharing this Journal of the Geological Society article.

NOTE: We request your email address only to inform the recipient that it was you who recommended this article, and that it is not junk mail. We do not retain these email addresses.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Editorial
(Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from Journal of the Geological Society
(Your Name) thought you would be interested in this article in Journal of the Geological Society.
Print
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
  • Article
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

Similar Articles

Cited By...

More in this TOC Section

  • Editorial
  • Janet Vida Watson, FRS: an appreciation
Show more: Editorial
  • Most read
  • Most cited
Loading
  • The Mesoproterozoic Stac Fada proximal ejecta blanket, NW Scotland: constraints on crater location from field observations, anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility, petrography and geochemistry
  • A reassessment of the proposed ‘Lairg Impact Structure’ and its potential implications for the deep structure of northern Scotland
  • The Herefordshire Lagerstätte: fleshing out Silurian marine life
  • Where does the time go? Assessing the chronostratigraphic fidelity of sedimentary geological outcrops in the Pliocene–Pleistocene Red Crag Formation, eastern England
  • Fabrics and water contents of peridotites in the Neotethyan Luobusa ophiolite, southern Tibet: implications for mantle recycling in supra-subduction zones
More...

Journal of the Geological Society

  • About the journal
  • Editorial Board
  • Submit a manuscript
  • Author information
  • Supplementary Publications
  • Subscribe
  • Pay per view
  • Alerts & RSS
  • Copyright & Permissions
  • Activate Online Subscription
  • Feedback
  • Help

Lyell Collection

  • About the Lyell Collection
  • Lyell Collection homepage
  • Collections
  • Open Access Collection
  • Open Access Policy
  • Lyell Collection access help
  • Recommend to your Library
  • Lyell Collection Sponsors
  • MARC records
  • Digital preservation
  • Developing countries
  • Geofacets
  • Manage your account
  • Cookies

The Geological Society

  • About the Society
  • Join the Society
  • Benefits for Members
  • Online Bookshop
  • Publishing policies
  • Awards, Grants & Bursaries
  • Education & Careers
  • Events
  • Geoscientist Online
  • Library & Information Services
  • Policy & Media
  • Society blog
  • Contact the Society

Published by The Geological Society of London, registered charity number 210161

Print ISSN 
0016-7649
Online ISSN 
2041-479X

Copyright © 2019 Geological Society of London