Meteoritics & Planetary Science

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>The journal was established in 1953 as the successor of the <i>Notes and Contributions</i> that were published on behalf of the Meteoritical Society in <i><a href="/facts/Popular_Astronomy_(US_magazine)/LS8qqKwW">Popular Astronomy</a></i>, from 1933 to 1951.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> Initially titled <i>Meteoritics</i>, with the 1996 January issue the journal became <i>Meteoritics and Planetary Science</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="scope">Scope</h2>
<p>Coverage encompasses <a href="/facts/Planet/rbPjE6Bx">planets</a>, <a href="/facts/Natural_satellite/AE4KQKbq">natural satellites</a>, <a href="/facts/Interplanetary_dust/vJKKPHp9">interplanetary dust</a>, <a href="/facts/Interstellar_medium/mokU0WEz">interstellar medium</a>, <a href="/facts/Lunar_sample/DMJbMMG1">lunar samples</a>, <a href="/facts/Meteor/gcoGYw6o">meteors</a>, <a href="/facts/Meteorite/NsmHlBlX">meteorites</a>, <a href="/facts/Asteroid/g7Ulr1VB">asteroids</a>, <a href="/facts/Comet/w34utQCd">comets</a>, craters, and <a href="/facts/Tektite/XRpHJSdX">tektites</a> and comes from multiple disciplines, such as <a href="/facts/Astronomy/0ArJVM1p">astronomy</a>, <a href="/facts/Astrophysics/krFPRWLA">astrophysics</a>, <a href="/facts/Physics/a7aH2y08">physics</a>, <a href="/facts/Geophysics/ywVQ1sAQ">geophysics</a>, <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a>, isotope <a href="/facts/Geochemistry/05094gDu">geochemistry</a>, <a href="/facts/Mineralogy/MeIK9lx9">mineralogy</a>, <a href="/facts/Earth_science/rQsXCSbM">Earth science</a>, <a href="/facts/Geology/WGvVRIYF">geology</a>, or <a href="/facts/Biology/1M1ee3pB">biology</a>
</p><p>The journal publishes original <a href="/facts/Scholarly_paper/WfPqsYr1">research papers</a>, invited <a href="/facts/Review_journal/zJb444sS">reviews</a>, <a href="/facts/Editorial/hu6eLfP2">editorials</a>, and <a href="/facts/Book_review/MhvuNGJN">book reviews</a>.
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<h2 id="abstracting-and-indexing">Abstracting and indexing</h2>
<p><i>Meteoritics & Planetary Science</i> is indexed and abstracted in:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Current_Contents/YSr0dzjj">Current Contents</a>/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences</li>
<li><a href="/facts/GEOBASE_(database)/06cNRcyW">GEOBASE</a>/Geographical & Geological Abstracts</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Meteorological_%2526_Geoastrophysical_Abstracts/d8s78JbB">Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Science_Citation_Index/uGcARlLI">Science Citation Index</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Scopus/4U5YtGXd">Scopus</a></li></ul>
<p>According to the <i><a href="/facts/Journal_Citation_Reports/H13uyJqD">Journal Citation Reports</a></i>, the journal has a 2019 <a href="/facts/Impact_factor/CamGH5MQ">impact factor</a> of 2.863, ranking it 37h out of 85 journals in the category "Geochemistry & Geophysics".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://meteoritical.org/publications/meteoritics-and-planetary-science">Official website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/maps"><i>Meteoritics & Planetary Science</i></a> (2002-2009) at The University of Arizona Institutional Repository</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>American Astronomical Society (1954). "Meteoritics. The journal of the Meteoritical Society and the Institute of Meteoritics of the University of New Mexico". Astronomical Journal. 59: 272. Bibcode:1954AJ.....59R.272.. doi:10.1086/107081. <a href="/wiki/American_Astronomical_Society" target="_blank">/wiki/American_Astronomical_Society</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Sears, Derek (November 1995). "Meteoritics". Meteoritics. 30 (6): 619–619. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.1995.tb01156.x. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Journals Ranked by Impact: Geochemistry & Geophysics". 2011 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2012. <a href="/wiki/Journal_Citation_Reports" target="_blank">/wiki/Journal_Citation_Reports</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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