2009 NEWS FLASH - GEOBIOLOGY receives impact factor of 3.596

Geobiology

Edited by:
Kurt Konhauser

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2009: 12/71 Biology; 12/163 Environmental Sciences; 9/143 Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Impact Factor: 3.596

Geobiology was launched in 2003 with the aim to provide a natural home for geobiological research, allowing the cross-fertilization of critical ideas, and promoting cooperation and advancement in this emerging field. Geobiology is also a forum for the rapid publication of your results in an international high-quality journal of high standing where papers crossing disciplines and containing both geological and biological elements are particularly welcome.Geobiology invites submission of high-quality articles in the following areas:

• Origins and evolution of life
• Evolution of the atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere
• The sedimentary rock record and geobiology of critical intervals
• Paleobiology and evolutionary ecology
• Environmental microbiology
• Biogeochemistry and global elemental cycles
• Microbe-mineral interactions
• Biomarkers
• Molecular ecology and phylogenetics

TopNews and Announcements

Geobiology now available in PubMed.

Online Article Submission Available
Geobiology operates online article submission and peer review through ScholarOne Manuscripts (formerly known as Manuscript Central). Benefits of online submission include:

• Quick and easy submission
• Centralised and reduced administration
• Significant decrease in peer review times

Free Online Access in the Developing World
Access to this journal is available free online within institutions in the developing world through the AGORA Initiative with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the OARE Initiative (Online Access to Research in the Environment) with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

TopHighlights

Editorial
The following Editorials are freely available online. Click on the link below to read the articles.

Geobiology - Quo vadis? - December 2008
L. Kump

Launch Editorial: July 2003

Geochemical Society - 2008 'Best Paper Award'
(Organic Geochemistry Division)
Analysis of archaeal core ether lipids using Time of Flight-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS): Exploring a new prospect for the study of biomarkers in geobiology
V. Thiel, J. Toporski, G. Schumann, P. Sjövall, J. Lausmaa
Click Here to view the article free of charge

New! Special Issue
Coevolution of photosynthetic organisms and the environment
D. J. Beerling
Click Here to view the issue

Links to Related Sites
Blackwell Ecology - Blackwell Publishing's ecology subject site
Blackwell Microbiology
Earth Pages - Blackwell Publishing's earth science subject site