Scope:
The journal is dedicated to the publication of research studies that cover new developments in the application of analytical geochemistry and geoinformatics. Themes considered by the journal include:

• geochemical exploration and the genesis of mineral deposits
• environmental geochemistry and geology including metal migration and accumulation processes in the near-surface environment and impacts on human health
• geochemical baseline mapping, urban geochemistry, and map-based environmental geochemistry, including site characterization and remediation of brownfield sites
• metal transfer processes in large-scale mineralized areas
• chemical and transport processes for basinal fluids associated with mineral deposits
• interdisciplinary studies at the boundaries between organic bio-geochemistry, metal transport, and sites of mineral accumulation
• evaluation of the effects of historical mining activities on the surface environment
• other related studies

To create a platform for the repository of map-based geochemistry data, a new section entitled "For the record", is designated for publishing stand-alone geochemical mapping results.

In order to manage manuscripts from all fields of study, the chief editors have divided the journal into topical sections: studies related to geoinformatics, geochemical exploration (excluding petroleum and organic geochemistry), geochemical baseline mapping, urban geochemistry, and map-based environmental geochemistry, including site characterization and remediation, are managed by Prof. Stefano Albanese; studies involving applications of geochemistry to ore genesis, the environment and to human health, geochemical distribution processes in mineralized areas affecting the surface environment, and geochemometrics are managed by Dr. Robert Ayuso.

Original research papers, review papers, discussion papers and short communications

Editors-in-Chief
Dr. Robert Ayuso
US Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, United States Email Dr. Robert Ayuso Igneous rock-related mineralization, isotope geochemistry applications, massive sulfide genesis, metallogeny
Professor Stefano Albanese
University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy Email Professor Stefano AlbaneseEnvironmental geochemistry, Risk analysis
Associate Editors
Professor Maria Manuela Abreu
University of Lisbon Department of Biosystem Sciences and Engineering, Lisboa, Portugal
Prof. Dr. Frits Agterberg
Natural Resources Canada Earth Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Lesley Batty
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Dr. Olga Belyaeva
Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies, Yerevan, Armenia
Dr. Nelson Belzile
Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Karel Breiter
Institute of Geology Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic
Professor Antonella Buccianti
University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
Prof. Dr. Manuel Caraballo Monge
University of Chile Department of Mining Engineering, Santiago, Chile
Dr. John Carranza
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Professor Hangxin Cheng
Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China
Professor Qiuming Cheng
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Assoc. Professor Domenico Cicchella
University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy
Professor David Cohen
University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Professor Enrico Dinelli
University of Bologna Interdepartmental Research Centre for Environmental Sciences, Ravenna, Italy
Dr. Rosario Esposito
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Professor Xinbin Feng
Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China
Professor Peter Filzmoser
TU Wien University, Wien, Austria
Dr. Nora Foley
US Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, United States
Dr. Hans-Eike Gäbler
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, Germany
Dr. Miguel Angel Huerta
Autonomous University of Baja California, Ensenada, B.C. Mexico
Professor Shao-Yong Jiang
China University of Geosciences Faculty of Earth Resources, Wuhan, China
Dr. Dmitry Konopelko
Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, Sankt Peterburg, Russian Federation
Dr. Pilar Lecumberri Sanchez
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Dr. Bruno Lemière
Bureau for Geological and Mining Research, Orleans, France
Dr. David Lentz
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Professor Changjiang Li
Zhejiang University School of Earth Science, Hangzhou, China
Dr. Jingwen Mao
Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China
Dr. Agustin Martin-Izard
University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Dr. Axel Müller
Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, Norway
Dr. Maurizio Muniz-Miranda
University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
Professor Pei Ni
Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Dr. Annika Parviainen
Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences, Granada, Spain
Professor Simon Pirc
University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr. Chengkai Qu
Northwest University, Xian, China
Dr. Gerd Rantitsch
University of Mining, Leoben, Austria
Dr. Jesús de la Rosa
University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain
Dr. Martiya Sadeghi
Geological Survey of Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden
Dr. Pertti Sarala
Geological Survey of Finland, ESPOO, Finland
Dr. Martin F Soto-Jimenez
National Autonomous University of Mexico Institute of Sea Sciences and Limnology, Mazatlan, Mexico
Dr. Ondra Sracek
Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Dr. Timo Tarvainen
Geological Survey of Finland, ESPOO, Finland
Dr. Raimon Tolosana-Delgado
Freiberg University of Mining and Technology, Freiberg, Germany
Dr. Cristina Villanova-de-Benavent
University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Dr. Jerzy Weber
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
Professor Guo-Li Yuan
China University of Geosciences Beijing School of Earth Sciences and Resources, Beijing, China
Dr. Jiří Zachariáš
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Renguang Zuo
China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China