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Irish Journal of Earth Sciences: Editors and Editorial Board

Known to many geologists as ‘the purple journal’, the peer-reviewed Irish Journal of Earth Sciences (IJES) has been published by the Royal Irish Academy since 1984. It publishes original scholarship, discussion papers and reviews on any broad topic of Earth science interest, geology and palaeontology.

Editors and Editorial board

  • Dr John Murray, University of Galway (Editor)
  • Dr Patrick Wyse Jackson, Trinity College Dublin (Editor)
  • Dr Karen Bacon, University of Galway
  • Dr Christopher Burbidge, iCRAG, University College Dublin
  • Dr Marie Cowan, Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
  • Professor Gerald Dickens, Trinity College Dublin
  • Dr Emilia Guisado-Pintado, University of Seville
  • Dr Carla Harper, Trinity College Dublin
  • Dr Duygu Kiyan, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
  • Dr Brian McConnell, formerly Geological Survey Ireland
  • Professor Frank McDermott, University College Dublin
  • Dr Jean O'Dwyer, University College Cork
  • Dr Mike Simms, National Museums Northern Ireland
  • Dr Michael Stock, Trinity College Dublin

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