Journal of Geochemical Exploration is mostly dedicated to publication of original studies in exploration and environmental geochemistry and related topics.

Contributions considered of prevalent interest for the journal include researches based on the application of innovative methods to:
define the genesis and the evolution of mineral deposits including transfer of elements in large-scale mineralized areas.
analyze complex systems at the boundaries between bio-geochemistry, metal transport and mineral accumulation.
evaluate effects of historical mining activities on the surface environment.
trace pollutant sources and define their fate and transport models in the near-surface and surface environments involving solid, fluid and aerial matrices.
assess and quantify natural and technogenic radioactivity in the environment.
determine geochemical anomalies and set baseline reference values using compositional data analysis, multivariate statistics and geo-spatial analysis.
assess the impacts of anthropogenic contamination on ecosystems and human health at local and regional scale to prioritize and classify risks through deterministic and stochastic approaches.



Papers dedicated to the presentation of newly developed methods in analytical geochemistry to be applied in the field or in laboratory are also within the topics of interest for the journal.

Submission of studies presenting results related with global and continental-wide geochemical prospecting activities and review articles covering topics of interest for a broad international audience is also encouraged specially when accompanied by cartographic products.

To ensure high quality of both the peer review process and the published papers, associate editors are assigned to individual submissions in accordance with their own expertise.

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