Open AccessPlanetary Sciences
Author(s) -
McKin William B.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2002eo000185
Subject(s) - focus (optics) , component (thermodynamics) , history , library science , engineering ethics , political science , engineering , computer science , physics , optics , thermodynamics
Thirty years ago, most important planetary research could be found within a modest monthly journal, an annual conference proceedings, and a smattering of articles in AGU and other publications. Since then, planetary science has become an enormously successful enterprise; its literature is now published in several dedicated journals and forms a major component of many others. The downside of such success is trying to keep up with it all. Most of us were forced into triage long ago and have narrowed our focus.