Lithos
Last updated ISSN 0024-4937
Lithos is published by Elsevier BV in earth and planetary sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,350.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Lithos concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Educational Robotics and Engineering
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0024-4937, 1872-6143 |
| Subject area | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,350 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 9,092 |
| Publishing since | 1968 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/lithos |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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