The duties of the JPC concern the oversight of the journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, which is jointly sponsored by the Geochemical Society and the Meteoritical Society. This includes approval of associate editors, reviewing the state of the journal, negotiating publishing contracts, mediation between authors and Executive Editor, and the like. MS Council and/or GS Board may request input or a report from the JPC on a matter related to the publication of GCA.
| Term | Name | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 7/2023–12/2026 | Shogo Tachibana | University of Tokyo, Japan |
| 1/2024–12/2026 | Juan Liu | Peking University, China |
| 1/2025–12/2027 | Philippe Claeys Chair |
AMGC-VUB, Belgium |
| 1/2025–12/2027 | Yang Liu | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech, USA |
| 1/2026–12/2028 | Michael Kelley | USA |
| 1/2026–12/2028 | Martin Reich | Universidad de Chile |
Ex-Officio Members
Four additional ex-officio members of the Joint Publications Committee shall consist of the GS President, MS President, GCA Executive Editor, and Meteoritics and Planetary Science Executive Editor.
| Term | Title | Name | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/2026–12/2027 | GS President | Dominique Weis | University of British Columbia, Canada |
| 01/2026–12/2027 | MS President | Guy Consolmagno | Vatican Observatory |
| 01/2003 to date | Meteoritics Executive Editor | Timothy Jull | University of Arizona, USA |
| 01/2025 to present | GCA Executive Editor | Hailiang Dong | China University of Geosciences Beijing |