Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Aims & Scope

First issued in 1953, the journal publishes research articles describing the latest results of new studies, invited reviews of major topics in planetary science, editorials on issues of current interest in the field, and book reviews.

The publications are original, not considered for publication elsewhere, and undergo peer-review.

The topics include the origin and history of the solar system, planets and natural satellites, interplanetary dust and interstellar medium, lunar samples, meteors, and meteorites, asteroids, comets, craters, and tektites.

Our authors and editors are professional scientists representing numerous disciplines, including astronomy, astrophysics, physics, geophysics, chemistry, isotope geochemistry, mineralogy, earth science, geology, and biology.

MAPS has subscribers in over 40 countries.

Fifty percent of MAPS' readers are based outside the USA.

The journal is available in hard copy and online.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.795

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	118

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6837

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	830

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Source regions and timescales for the delivery of water to the Earth

  Citation: 675

  Authors: A., J., J. I., J. M., F., G. B., K. E.

• Space weathering on airless bodies: Resolving a mystery with lunar samples

  Citation: 535

  Authors: Carlé M., Larry A., Sarah K., Lindsay P., Bruce, Richard V., Carl C., David S., Susan

• Cometary glycine detected in samples returned by Stardust

  Citation: 429

  Authors: Jamie E., Daniel P., Jason P.

• Modeling damage and deformation in impact simulations

  Citation: 416

  Authors: Gareth S., H. Jay, Boris A.

• Shock metamorphism of planetary silicate rocks and sediments: Proposal for an updated classification system

  Citation: 355

  Authors: Dieter, Christopher, Knut

• Earth Impact Effects Program: A Web-based computer program for calculating the regional environmental consequences of a meteoroid impact on Earth

  Citation: 323

  Authors: Gareth S., H. Jay, Robert A.

• The onset of metamorphism in ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites

  Citation: 311

  Authors: Jeffrey N., Adrian J.

• Shock metamorphism of quartz in nature and experiment: II. Significance in geoscience*

  Citation: 307

  Authors: Richard A. F., Falko, Dieter

• Primordial noble gases in “phase Q” in carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites studied by closed‐system stepped etching

  Citation: 288

  Authors: Henner, Heinrich, Rainer

• Characterization of insoluble organic matter in primitive meteorites by microRaman spectroscopy

  Citation: 283

  Authors: Henner, M. O'D., Larry R.

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