Editorial board

The editorial board is responsible for coordinating the peer review of manuscripts that are submitted to the journal. Each submitted manuscript is assigned to a single editor who is solely responsible for deciding whether the manuscript should be published or not. Associate editors may be called upon to assist in various aspects of the peer review process. Disputes will be moderated by the editor-in-chief.

Editor in chief

Mark Wieczorek

Mark Wieczorek
Geophysics, gravity, topography, crustal magnetism, impact cratering, Moon, Mars
Institut de physique du globe – Université Paris Cité – CNRS, Paris, France

Editors

Oded Aharonson

Oded Aharonson
Geophysics, topography, Moon, Mars, Titan, planetary climate, planetary ice
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Marie Běhounková
Tidal deformation, thermal evolution, coupling processes, planetary structure, icy moons, terrestrial exoplanets
Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic

Justin Filiberto
Planetary petrology, experimental petrology, volatile species, basalt genesis, terrestrial analogs
Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division, NASA Johnson Space Center
Eli Galanti

Eli Galanti
Geophysical fluid dynamics, atmospheres, climate, interior of Jupiter and Saturn
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Andre Izidoro

Andre Izidoro
Orbital dynamics, planet formation and evolution, Solar System and exoplanets, minor bodies, numerical simulations
Rice University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences – Houston, USA
Frédéric Schmidt

Frédéric Schmidt
Ices, geomorphology, spectroscopy, radiative transfer, remote sensing, Mars, Moon, Mercury, icy moons
GEOPS, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
Nicola Tosi

Nicola Tosi
Thermal evolution, mantle convection, interior structure, terrestrial bodies, low-mass exoplanets, Mercury
Institute of Space Research – German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin, Germany

Associate editors

Caitlin Ahrens

Caitlin Ahrens
Ices, geomorphology, lunar exploration, Mars, Pluto, ocean worlds, planetary experimentation
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Alvaro Alvarez-Candal

Alvaro Alvarez-Candal
Asteroids, trans-Neptunian objects, photometry, spectroscopy, visible and near-infrared
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía – CSIC, Granada, Spain
Min Ding

Min Ding
Geodynamics, gravity, impact craters, faulting and earthquakes, Moon, Mars
Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China

Sander Goossens
Planetary geodesy, orbit determination, gravity, topography, interior modeling
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

Yeon Joo Lee
Planetary atmospheres, Venus, clouds, remote sensing
Pioneer Research Center for Climate and Earth Science, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, South Korea
Miki Nakajima

Miki Nakajima
Planet formation and evolution, shock physics, impacts, shock experiments
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, NY, USA

Michael S. Phillips
Planetary surfaces, remote sensing, spectroscopy, astrobiology, machine learning, Mercury, Mars
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory – University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ, USA
 

Anne Pommier
Mineral physics, experimental geophysics and petrology, terrestrial mantles and cores
Carnegie Institution for Science – Earth and Planets Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
Le Qiao

Le Qiao
Moon, volcanism, surface process, topography, morphology, spectroscopy, remote sensing, exploration
School of Space Science and Technology – Shandong University – Weihai, Shandong, China

Joshua Snape
Radiogenic isotopes, Isotope geochemistry, petrology, lunar volcanism, lunar impact chronology
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences – The University of Manchester, UK

Allan H. Treiman
Igneous and metamorphic rocks, achondrite meteorites, Mars’ rocks and geology
Lunar and Planetary Institute (USRA)

Editorial board roles

The editorial board is composed of the editor-in-chief, the editors, and the associate editors. The editor-in-chief of the journal is selected with the help of an editor search committee and is appointed by the Planetary Research Cooperative board of directors. Responsibilities of the editor-in-chief include enforcing all journal editorial policies, overseeing timely editorial board meetings, standardizing review procedures, and chairing an editor search committee that nominates new editors and associate editors. The editor-in-chief is by right a member of the Planetary Research Cooperative board of directors.

Editors are responsible for overseeing the peer review of manuscripts that are assigned to them. Editors contact reviewers, ask for revisions based on their assessment of reviews, and make a final determination of whether the manuscript should be published or not. The editor-in-chief may take on the role of an editor and oversee the peer review of manuscripts. New editors are nominated by an editor search committee and approved by the Planetary Research Cooperative board of directors.

Associate editors may be called upon by the editors to assist in the peer review process. Tasks may include providing independent assessments of manuscripts and reviews, and contacting reviewers on behalf of the editor. Associate editors are appointed directly by the editor-in-chief after consulting with the editorial board and editor search committee.

All open positions in the editorial board will be announced to the community and candidates will be evaluated by an editor search committee. All editorial board positions are for a term of four years and may be renewed. Renewal of the editor-in-chief and editor positions require the approval of the board of directors, whereas associate editor renewals requires the approval of the editor-in-chief.