The Planetary Material Sample Curation Facility3 of JAXA is responsible for initial description of valuable returned samples, publication of catalog data2, sample storage, and sample distribution to researchers worldwide. As part of curatorial works, this research is the first effort to classify Ryugu samples and describe them in detail. Based on morphological characteristics obtained by optical microscope images, 205 grains (≥1 mm) of the Ryugu samples, accounting for approximately 25% of the total weight described in the earliest six months were classified into four groups. SEM observations and X-ray diffraction analyses of representative samples of each group suggest that their characteristics may reflect differences in degree of space weathering and mineral composition. This result will help researchers to select samples from the catalog in ‘international announcement of opportunity of Hayabusa2 samples’.
After eight years of dedicated work on Earth, Planets and Space, Prof. Yasuo Ogawa will hand over editorship of the journal to Prof Takeshi Sagiya. They spoke to us about the challenges in their research fields, the benefits of OA, and the journal's future plans.
Kurile arc subduction zone: View of great earthquake generation and disaster mitigation of related phenomena
Characterization of the geomagnetic field and its dynamic environment using data from space-based magnetometers
Solar-Terrestrial Environment Prediction: Toward the Synergy of Science and Forecasting Operation of Space Weather and Space Climate
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The EPS Excellent Paper Award 2022
The following paper won the award:
OpenSWPC: an open-source integrated parallel simulation code for modeling seismic wave propagation in 3D heterogeneous viscoelastic media
Takuto Maeda, Shunsuke Takemura and Takashi Furumura
The EPS Young Researcher Award 2022
Dr. Takahiro Abe won the award as the first author of the following paper:
Surface displacement revealed by L-band InSAR analysis in the Mayya area, Central Yakutia, underlain by continuous permafrost
Takahiro Abe, Go Iwahana, Petr V. Efremov, Alexey R. Desyatkin, Takumi Kawamura, Alexander Fedorov, Yuri Zhegusov, Kazuki Yanagiya and Takeo Tadono
The following papers are awarded for the EPS Special Award:
GEOMAGIA50.v3: 1. general structure and modifications to the archeological and volcanic database
Maxwell C Brown, Fabio Donadini, Monika Korte, Andreas Nilsson, Kimmo Korhonen, Alexandra Lodge, Stacey N Lengyel & Catherine G Constable
GEOMAGIA50.v3: 2. A new paleomagnetic database for lake and marine sediments
Maxwell C Brown, Fabio Donadini, Andreas Nilsson, Sanja Panovska, Ute Frank, Kimmo Korhonen, Maximilian Schuberth, Monika Korte & Catherine Constable
Earthquake Swarm in the Northeastern Part of the Noto Peninsula
Deadline for submission: 30 April 2024
Symposium on the Future of Heliospheric Science: From Geotail and Beyond
Deadline for submission: 31 July 2023
Active Tectonics and Seismic Hazards in the Himalayan Region
Deadline for submission: 31 December 2023
16th International Symposium on Equatorial Aeronomy (ISEA-16), 2022
Deadline for submission: 31 May 2023
Evolution and Movement of the Crustal Surface and Application of Geo- and Thermochronology
Deadline for submission: 31 July 2023
The 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption and related phenomena
Deadline for submission: 31 December 2022
Magma Migration and Eruptions in a Volcanic Group: Case Studies for the 2017-2018 Activity of the Kirishima Volcano Group and Other Global Examples
Deadline for submission: 31 March 2023
High Resolution Paleomagnetic Chronology of Volcanic Eruption Sequences
Deadline for submission: 31 March 2023
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2022 Citation Impact
3.0 - 2-year Impact Factor
2.7 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.265 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
0.870 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
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11 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
128 days submission to accept (Median)
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