Geochemical Journal is an international journal devoted to original research papers in geochemistry and cosmochemistry. It was established in 1966 and has been published as an open access journal since 2022. It is the primary journal of the Geochemical Society of Japan.
Areas of research are as follows:
Cosmochemistry, Mineral and Rock Chemistry, Volcanology and Hydrothermal Chemistry, Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology, Atmospheric Chemistry, Hydro- and Marine Chemistry, Organic Geochemistry, Environmental Chemistry
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The Geochemical Journal Award for 2025 - Medal lecture at Goldschmidt 2025
GJ Best Student Paper Award 2024
The Geochemical Journal Award for 2024 - Medal lecture at Goldschmidt 2024
GJ Most Cited Paper Awards 2024
[New!] Call for papers in Special issue “Cosmochemistry of extraterrestrial materials from atomic scale to the Solar System”
Most cited papers since the first issue
White pumice raft drifted to the Ogasawara and Nansei Islands after the October 2023 earthquakes in the southern Izu Islands

Concentrations and isotope ratios of Mo and W in Okinawa Trough hydrothermal fluids: Novel probes for hydrothermal processes in a back-arc basin

Accurate determination of whole-rock major element composition of ultramafic rocks through X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Five new geochemical reference materials of igneous rocks: Andesite JA-2a, granite JG-2a, granodiorite JG-3a, gabbro JGb-1a, and peridotite JP-2

The Sr isotope ratio of sediment leachate: a potential indicator of tsunami inundation

Glimmerite and melteigite xenoliths from the Early Cretaceous Campto-tinguaite dyke, Nongchram Fault Zone (East Garo Hills), Shillong Plateau, North East India: Evidence for magma mixing and involvement of subducted as well as plume related mantle sources
