title: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
text: # Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  
  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (Latin for 'Geochemical and Cosmochemical Journal') is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. It was established in 1950 and is sponsored by the Geochemical Society and the Meteoritical Society. The editor-in-chief is Jeffrey Catalano (Washington University in St. Louis). The journal covers topics in Earth geochemistry, planetary geochemistry, cosmochemistry and meteoritics.
  
  Publishing formats include original research articles and invited reviews and occasional editorials, book reviews, and announcements. In addition, the journal publishes short comments (4 pages) targeting specific articles and designed to improve understanding of the target article by advocating a different interpretation supported by the literature, followed by a response by the author.
  
  ## Abstracting and indexing
  
  The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
  
  * BIOSIS Previews
  * Current Contents/Physics, Chemical, & Earth Sciences
  * Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
  * Energy Data Base
  * Energy Research Abstracts
  * GeoBase
  * Inspec
  * International Aerospace Abstracts
  * Mineralogical Abstracts
  * PASCAL
  * Scopus
  
  According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 5.921.
  
  