Island Arc

Journal Title：Island Arc

Island Arc is the official journal of the Geological Society of Japan. This journal focuses on the structure, dynamics and evolution of convergent plate boundaries, including trenches, volcanic arcs, subducting plates, and both accretionary and collisional orogens in modern and ancient settings. The Journal also opens to other key geological processes and features of broad interest such as oceanic basins, mid-ocean ridges, hot spots, continental cratons, and their surfaces and roots. Papers that discuss the interaction between solid earth, atmosphere, and bodies of water are also welcome. Articles of immediate importance to other researchers, either by virtue of their new data, results or ideas are given priority publication.

Island Arc publishes peer-reviewed articles and reviews. Original scientific articles, of a maximum length of 15 printed pages, are published promptly with a standard publication time from submission of 3 months. All articles are peer reviewed by at least two research experts in the field of the submitted paper.

Island Arc 是日本地質學會的官方期刊。該期刊專注于匯聚板塊邊界的結構、動力學和演化，包括海溝、火山弧、俯沖板塊以及現代和古代環境中的增生造山帶和碰撞造山帶。該期刊還向其他廣泛關注的關鍵地質過程和特征開放，例如海洋盆地、洋中脊、熱點、大陸克拉通及其表面和根部。也歡迎討論固體地球、大氣和水體之間相互作用的論文。對其他研究人員具有直接重要性的文章（無論是憑借其新數據、結果還是想法）將優先發表。

Island Arc 發表同行評審的文章和評論。原創科學文章（最長 15 頁印刷頁）將及時發表，標準出版時間為提交后的 3 個月。所有文章均由所提交論文領域的至少兩名研究專家進行同行評審。

Island Arc創刊于1992年，由Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd出版商出版，收稿方向涵蓋地學 - 地球科學綜合全領域，此期刊水平偏中等偏靠后，在所屬細分領域中專業影響力一般，過審相對較易，如果您文章質量佳，選擇此期刊，發表機率較高。平均審稿速度 12周，或約稿 ，影響因子指數1，該期刊近期沒有被列入國際期刊預警名單，廣大學者值得一試。