Journal of Petrology
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| description | Trade journal |
| Area of Expertise | Petrology |
| language | English |
| First edition | 1960 |
| Frequency of publication | per month |
| Editor-in-chief | Marjorie Wilson |
| editor | Oxford Journals |
| Web link | www.petrology.oxfordjournals.org |
| ISSN (print) | 0022-3530 |
| ISSN (online) | 1460-2415 |
The Journal of Petrology is an English-language journal with peer review in the field of petrology .
The journal has existed since 1960 and is published by Oxford University Press . The editor-in-chief is Marjorie Wilson from the University of Leeds .
The Journal of Petrology specializes in the publication of scientific papers on the petrology of metamorphic and igneous rocks and their petrogenesis . It covers the fields of geochemistry (main elements, trace elements, isotopes), geochronology (from Petrogenesis), experimental petrology and magmatic processes (magma generation, differentiation and space formation). It also deals with quantitative studies of rock-forming minerals and their paragenesis, regional studies of igneous and metamorphic rocks as a contribution to solving fundamental petrological problems as well as theoretical models of petrogenetic processes.
Impact Factor
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had an impact factor of 4.714 in 2012 and an impact factor of 4.424 in 2014.