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GeoSciences e-Journals, the portal!
Online publications grouped under the umbrella of 'GeoSciences e-Journals' (formerly a web ring converted into a genuine portal) encompass peer-reviewed electronic journals dedicated to Diamond Open Access (also know as Platinum Open Access) publishing in the field of Earth Sciences (including geochemistry, geophysics, paleontology, regional geology, stratigraphy, etc.). These e-journals allow free online access to their current issues as well as a significant portion, if not all, of their archives.
The Ring was inaugurated on March 27th, 2003, and the Portal followed on April 15th, 2006. Unfortunately, these resources were interrupted by December 2020. Bruno Granier is currently relaunching them after a three-year hiatus.
Gold Open Access and Diamond Open Access are both models of open access publishing. In Gold Open Access, articles are published in journals that are freely accessible to readers immediately upon publication. Similarly, in Diamond Open Access, articles are published in journals or platforms that are also freely accessible to readers without subscription fees.
The difference between Gold Open Access and Diamond Open Access for readers primarily lies in how the costs associated with publication are covered and the degree of financial burden on authors. In Gold Open Access, the costs associated with publication, such as article processing charges (APCs), are typically covered by the authors, their institutions, or research funders. In contrast, in Diamond Open Access, there are typically no article processing charges (APCs) for authors to pay; the costs of publication in Diamond Open Access journals are covered by alternative funding sources such as institutional support, subsidies, grants, or volunteer efforts.
In summary, both Gold and Diamond Open Access provide readers with immediate and unrestricted access to research articles without subscription fees. The main difference lies in how the publication costs are covered: in Gold Open Access (scholarly journals published by learned societies and commercial publishing houses, including some predatory editors), these costs are typically covered by authors or their institutions, while in Diamond Open Access, they are covered by alternative funding sources.
For instance, at one publishing house, authors are typically charged between €26 and €93 per page or €1,400 to €1,600 per paper.
In 2006, GeoRef has begun to include a 'limited' selection of electronic journals and series that are openly accessible on the internet. Below is an excerpt from the list of GeoRef Core Journals:
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Last update: July 25th, 2025
Portal Launched: April 15th, 2006
Ring Launched: March 27th, 2003
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Mineralogia, vol. 56, no. 1, p. 44-51 Stepien E., Manecki M. & Bajda T. (2025).- Mimetite precipitation on Pb-clinoptilolite: an effective approach for arsenate removal from water.- This short communication proposes a novel approach to arsenate remediation using in situ precipitation of mimetite [Pb5(AsO4)3Cl], a sparingly soluble mineral phase with an apatite structure. The Pb2+ source was provided by a lead-modified zeolite (clinoptilolite) loaded with approximately 70 g Pb/kg. It was reacted with arsenate (50 mg As/L) and chloride (20 mg Cl/L) at initial pH values of 2 and 7. Mimetite crystallized on and in the vicinity of zeolite due to the reaction of Pb(II) desorbed from zeolite with arsenate and chloride ions present in aqueous solution. Mimetite formed rapidly resulting in efficient arsenate sequestration. At pH 7, arsenate removal reached 99.88% after 24 hr, with minimal lead release (<0.02 mg/L). These results demonstrate that lead-modified clinoptilolite is a promising material for a coupled sorption–precipitation mechanism which provides an effective strategy for arsenic immobilization in contaminated aqueous systems. Geologia Croatica, vol. 78, no. 02, p. 103-113 Ioan I. Bucur, Emanoil Săsăran & George Pleş (2025).- Schlagintweitella inopinata, a new genus and species of Dasycladales (green algae) from the Upper Jurassic limestones of Romania.- Within the Upper Jurassic deposits of the Cioclovina-Băniţa area (Southern Carpathians), an outcrop was identified that most likely corresponds to a cavern fill. In several clasts of this fill, including black-pebbles, we found a dasycladalean alga whose morphological features differentiate it from all other Jurassic-Cretaceous dasycladalean algae with two orders of laterals. This alga is described in the present work as a new species of a new genus: Schlagintweitella inopinata nov. gen., nov. sp. Palaeontologia Electronica, 27(2):a26 Tom T.P. van der Linden, Michael P. Taylor, Amy Campbell, Brian D. Curtice, René Dederichs, Lucas N. Lerzo, John A. Whitlock, D. Cary Woodruff & Emanuel Tschopp (2025).- Introduction to Diplodocoidea.- Diplodocoidea is one of the most iconic clades of the giant sauropod dinosaurs, known for their elongated necks and tails, and distinctive skull morphology. This group, existing from the Middle Jurassic to the early Late Cretaceous, encompasses three main families: Rebbachisauridae, Dicraeosauridae, and Diplodocidae. These sauropods were globally distributed, demonstrating significant diversity in body plans, feeding strategies, and ecological niches. Diplodocoid paleontology has been marked by extensive studies focusing on skeletal morphology, biomechanics, histology, and evolutionary relationships. Significant research has also explored their ontogeny and niche partitioning, suggesting that diplodocoids had specialized adaptations for low- to mid-level browsing. This contribution is the introduction to a special volume that aims to synthesize current research on Diplodocoidea, offering insights into their evolutionary success, with subsequent contributions addressing their phylogenetic relationships, ontogeny, and morphological variation. Volumina Jurassica, vol. XXIII, p. 43-64 Hudson A.J.L., Hesselbo S.P., Hinnov L.A., Littler K., Page K.N., Riding J.B., Ruhl M. & Ullmann C.V. (2025).- Astrochronology of the Sinemurian Stage from the Llanbedr (Mochras Farm) core, NW Wales: Implications for the Early Jurassic timescale.- Early Jurassic palaeoenvironments were perturbed during episodes of major global climate and biogeochemical change at the Triassic–Jurassic boundary and Early Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE). Other poorly understood palaeoclimate fluctuations and carbon-cycle perturbations occurred between these episodes, including the mid-Sinemurian Liasidium Event and the Sinemurian–Pliensbachian Boundary Event. Understanding of the causes and significance of these phenomena is limited by uncertainties in the geological timescale, particularly for the Sinemurian Stage. In this paper we present new multiproxy geochemical data through the Sinemurian and earliest Pliensbachian stages from the Llanbedr (Mochras Farm) borehole (NW Wales). The Mochras record is apparently stratigraphically complete except in the Upper Sinemurian which is affected by a normal fault that removes the lower part of the Oxynotum Zone. A floating astrochronology is developed for the Sinemurian Stage based on identification of the 405-kyr orbital eccentricity “metronome” in weight percent calcium and stable organic carbon isotopes (d13Corg) from Mochras, together with data from the Robin Hood’s Bay base-Pliensbachian GSSP section in Yorkshire, UK. The results indicate a minimum duration for the Sinemurian Stage of 7.3 Myr (7.1 Myr from Mochras and an additional 0.2 Myr from Robin Hood’s Bay for the lower Oxynotum Zone). This interpretation of a long Sinemurian requires a short duration (~2 Myr) for the Hettangian stage. |
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