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
Neon permeation experiments using a polyimide sheet at low temperatures: Towards in situ Martian atmospheric Ne measurements

Variations in nitrogen speciation in carbonaceous chondritic materials and their origins: Insights from partial fluorescence yield X-ray absorption spectra of nitrogen K-edge

Explosive Ontong Java eruption at the earliest phase of Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a (~120 Ma)

Direct comparison of the chemical composition of alkylated CHN compounds and mineral composition in the Murchison meteorite

Sea Surface Mercury Fluxes in the Western and Subarctic Regions of the North Pacific Ocean

Iodine concentrations of a variety of natural CaCO3 samples from geologic and marine-biogenic sources: a contribution to iodine-based geochemistry and marine biology

REE abundances and Eu isotope ratios in GSJ and NIST feldspar reference standards (JF-1, JF-2, SRM 70a, 70b and SRM 99a) using ICP-QMS and MC-ICP-MS
