Geological Society of London

As well as providing membership services to the geoscience community, hosting innovative scientific conferences, and housing one of the world’s most significant geological libraries, the Geological Society is also a global leader in Earth science publishing.

Discover the Lyell Collection

The Geological Society’s publication platform, the Lyell Collection, brings together over 30,000 peer-reviewed articles dating back to 1811. This authoritative database showcases both contemporary research and historical literature in Earth science. Presented to the highest digital standards on the Atypon platform, the Lyell Collection offers both functionality and accessibility.

8 journals:

• Journal of the Geological Society
• Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
• Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis
• Geoenergy (launched in 2023)
• Petroleum Geoscience
• Scottish Journal of Geology
• Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society
• Earth Science, Systems and Society (from 2025)

4 historical sites:

• Journal of Micropalaeontology
• Transactions of the Geological Society
• Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society
• Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow

6 Book Series

• Special Publications (Archives 1-500 available in addition to Lyell Collection Complete)
• Engineering Geology Special Publications
• Memoirs
• Petroleum Geology Conferences series
• GeoHorizons (co-published with the American Geophysical Union)
• New – Energy Geoscience Conference Series Vol. 1 launching Autumn 2024

Features and Benefits of the Lyell Collection:

• Articles published under the continuous publication model are available to read online as soon as they are ready for publication.
• Full text is available in HTML and PDF
• Full electronic functionality and searchable content
• Active reference linking via CrossRef, GeoRef and ISI
• Articles easily discoverable through EBSCO Discovery Services, Primo and Summon
• MARC records and KBART data is added to WorldCat knowledge base each month to aid discoverability and are easily downloaded from the Geological Society website
• Digital Preservation for the future in the CLOCKSS Archive
• Counter 5 usage reports and SUSHI feeds are available to Atypon Administrators
• The Lyell Collection conforms to the latest WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines
• Atypon CONNECT offers easy off-site access to content for users at subscribing institutions
• eTOC (electronic Table of Contents) and research alerts available to subscribers and non-subscribers

Open Access Read and Publish Agreements

Libraries and consortia worldwide can unlock the full potential of the Lyell Collection resources through an Open Access Read and Publish agreement:

• Unlimited Open Access publishing in 8 hybrid journals and 6 hybrid book series.
• Read access to 18 journal and book sites (including current and archived content)
• Unlimited Open Access for corresponding authors from institutions signed up to our agreements.

The Geological Society Archives hosted in the Lyell Collection

• Special Publications are available to purchase in 6 separate Archives with 10,000 articles or in three sets
• The Journal of the Geological Society Archive (1845-2007) includes over 17,000 articles spanning 150 years of geoscience research
• Smaller archives available to encourage easy collection of this unique content
• The latest archive spans 2008 – 2012
• All Archives are outright purchases for a one-off fee with no annual maintenance charge 

Contact us to order the Lyell Collection or request a free trial:

In UK and Europe

Email: geologicalsociety@accucoms.com

Telephone: +31 71 524 7630

Turkey

Email: eyad@accucoms.com

Telephone: +962 77 5111 511

South East Asia

Email: tammy@accucoms.com

India

Email: yogesh@accucoms.com

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