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     Welcome to the Meteorites portal - The first open-access journal focusing exclusively on meteoritics. You can read it for free because it is Open Access. If you are doing researches related to meteorites we may be interested in publishing your articles.

Journal information

     Meteorites provides a coherent international forum for the publication of research in the field of meteoritics and its related disciplines. The topics of interest range from, but are not limited to, meteorites and other kinds of extraterrestrial matter and their sources of through the examination of the mineral resources of the Solar System, to tektites, impactites, and impact structures.

     Meteorites invites the submission of articles covering the broadly defined field of meteorites. In addition to publication of research results, however, authors are encouraged to share and present astronomical, petrological, mineralogical, geochemical, and isotopic data on all groups and types of meteorites. Meteorites is intended to serve as a basic reference source for in-depth analyses and compilations on particular meteorite groups and their parent bodies, as well as the genesis and evolution of the Solar System, as well as other planetary systems.

     Considering the progress of human space exploration and conceivable colonization of other planets, this data will likely play an important role in the recognition and exploitation of extraterrestrial mineral resources. Therefore, in light of the potential benefits, Meteorites editors have no intention of rejecting paper submissions pertaining to the research of meteorites with provisional names and pending classifications, esp. prior to their approval by the Committee on Meteorite Nomenclature of the Meteoritical Society.

     Meteorites invites the publication of important papers intended as reference sources for other researchers, as well as compilations and interpretations of other works on meteorites of lesser scientific importance and their parent bodies. Not only does Meteorites welcome submissions of research descriptions and results regarding ‘rare’ meteorites, and topics such as newly-discovered extraterrestrial mineral species, but it also gladly accepts articles covering more common groups of meteorites. Due to their relatively low scientific value in terms of current research trends, many interesting research results are quietly filed away into archives instead of being published in leading scientific journals.

     Our intention is not to compete with existing journals, but to add to the currently limited publication space for researches on meteorites. Meteorites editors will gladly accept any reliable research results, including submissions that are virtually impossible to publish in today's existing journals due to the apparent mediocrity of the specimens studied. At Meteorites, we believe that even profoundly studied meteorites can have a significant and relevant bearing on our knowledge and understanding of the Solar System. Meteorites will, in time, develop into a repository of data and knowledge available for everyone with an interest in extraterrestrial matter.

     Our purpose is to develop a new interdisciplinary journal covering the multitude of subject matters involved in meteorite research. Due to an insufficient amount of publication space, the increasing number of specimens available for research, and a growing list of research centers, only a small percentage of valuable submissions is ever brought to publication.

     Through the Open Access publications, Meteorites aims to support academic work and to act as an accessible research data center. Meteorites is available free of charge in print or digital document. Each paper is thoroughly reviewed by experts in the field. Submissions should be sent directly to the e-mail address of the secretary: meteorites@pwr.wroc.pl. Authors are required to follow the guidelines available at http://meteorties.pwr.wroc.pl.

Crew

EDITOR IN CHIEF Tadeusz A. Przylibski tadeusz.przylibski@pwr.wroc.pl		MANAGING EDITOR Tomasz Jakubowski illaenus@gmail.com		STATISTICAL EDITOR Katarzyna Łuszczek katarzyna.luszczek@pwr.wroc.pl
WEBPAGE Tomasz Stawarz tomssmot@gmail.com		NATIVE Jason Utas meteoritekid@gmail.com		NATIVE Mendy Ouzillou mendy.ouzillou@gmail.com
LINGUISTIC EDITOR Jakub Radwan jakub@meteorites.pl		ARTICLES TECHNICAL EDITOR Marek Battek marek@silez.pl

Meteorites Publishers

Wroclaw University of Technology Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology Wybrzeże S. Wyspiańskiego 27 50-370 Wrocław Poland

Polish Meteorite Society Będzińska 60 41-200 Sosnowiec Poland