Thematic collections of articles curated around important questions, enduring topics, and emerging directions in Earth science
AJS Special Collections bring together contributions organized around a focused scientific theme. These collections highlight active areas of research, bring related work into conversation, and provide readers with a clear entry point into major topics in Earth science.
Special Collections help frame developing research areas, connect related contributions, and showcase topics of broad interest to the Earth science community.
Current Special Collections accepting or preparing contributions for publication
A Special Collection celebrating Paul Hoffman’s Kyoto Prize and exploring major remaining questions surrounding Snowball Earth, Cryogenian climate dynamics, geochemistry, ocean redox change, stratigraphy, sedimentology, and early animal evolution
Selected past thematic issues and collections published by AJS
A Special Issue on metal and silicon isotopes as tracers of weathering, nutrient cycling, and biogeochemical fluxes in the eroding Critical Zone
Vol. 321, No. 8, October 2021
A three-part memorial collection, From Cratons to Orogens, published across 2021 and 2022 in honor of Alfred Kröner
Part I: Vol. 321, Nos. 1–2 · Part II: Vol. 321, No. 6 · Part III: Vol. 322, No. 2
Additional collections will be added as new initiatives develop
For questions about current Special Collections or to discuss ideas for a future collection, please contact the editorial office