Journal of Geophysical Research

The Journal of Geophysical Research is published by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). It is often called by its initials, JGR. The AGU states that JGR "publishes original scientific research on the physical, chemical, and biological processes that contribute to the understanding of the Earth, Sun, and solar system and all of their environments and components".

The AGU provides subscribers access to electronic versions of nearly all papers published in the JGR from 1994 to the present. In addition, since 1994, the AGU has provided online e-supplements to JGR articles, allowing data sets to be disseminated and archived along with electronic versions of the published articles.

History

JGR was entitled Terrestrial Magnetism at its founding by the AGU's president Louis A. Bauer, in 1896. It was entitled Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity from 1899–1948.

In 1980, JGR was split into three specialized sections, each published separately: JGR A: Space Physics, JGR B: Solid Earth, and JGR C: Oceans (Section C). Subsequently, additional sections have been added: JGR D: Atmospheres in 1984, JGR E: Planets in 1991, JGR F: Earth Surface in 2003, and JGR G: Biogeosciences in 2005.

Sections

The seven sections are published separately. Their scopes are as follows.

• JGR A: Space Physics covers aeronomy and magnetospheric physics, planetary atmospheres and magnetospheres, interplanetary and external solar physics, cosmic rays, and heliospheric physics.
• JGR B: Solid Earth focuses on the physics and chemistry of the solid Earth and the liquid core of the Earth, geomagnetism, paleomagnetism, marine geology/geophysics, chemistry and physics of minerals, rocks, volcanology, seismology, geodesy, gravity, and tectonophysics.
• JGR C: Oceans covers physical, biological, and chemical oceanography.
• JGR D: Atmospheres includes physics and chemistry of the atmosphere, as well as the atmospheric-biospheric, lithospheric, or hydrospheric interface.
• JGR E: Planets covers the geology, geophysics, geochemistry, atmospheres, biology, and dynamics of the planets, satellites, asteroids, rings, comets, and meteorites; planetary origins; and planetary detection. Studies of the Earth are included when they concern exogenic effects or the comparison of the Earth to other planets.
• JGR F: Earth Surface focuses on the physical, chemical and biological processes that affect the form and function of the surface of the solid Earth over all temporal and spatial scales, including fluvial, eolian, and coastal sediment transport; hillslope mass movements; glacial and periglacial activity; weathering and pedogenesis; and surface manifestations of volcanism and tectonism.
• JGR G: Biogeosciences focuses on the interface between biology and the geosciences and attempts to understand the functions of the Earth system across multiple spatial and temporal scales.

Citations

Beginning 1 January 2002, the American Geophysical Union began distributing all of its publications online with papers provided in both HTML and PDF formats. Officially, these electronic versions, rather than the print versions, of the journals are the publications of record. Sequential page numbers were eliminated and a digital object identifier (DOI) was assigned to each paper for citation purposes. After some controversy about citations using a DOI, the AGU introduced a new citation number effective 13 August 2002 to supplement the DOIs. The citation format was revised again in 2004.

See also

• List of scientific journals
• List of scientific journals in earth and atmospheric sciences

External links

• American Geophysical Union journals homepage
• AGU's Transition to Electronic Publishing
• About Citing AGU Articles