Introduction: special issue commemorating the 155th anniversary of <i>Geological Magazine</i>

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of Geology: with which is incorporated 'The Geologist'.Today, it is simply known as Geological Magazine.The journal proved highly successful through the rest of the nineteenth century and became well established in the twentieth century.Without a doubt, Geological Magazine is one of the oldest and bestknown scientific journals in earth sciences in the twenty-first century.The success of a scientific journal is largely dependent on the core editorial team, i.e. the editor-in-chief and executive editors, who define the overall strategy of the journal and, together with the editorial board, scrutinize the submitted manuscripts for originality, quality and rigour before sending them out for review.

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