About Us

GeoScienceWorld (GSW) is a nonprofit collaborative and comprehensive Internet resource for research and communications in the earth sciences, which is built on a core database of peer-reviewed journals and is integrated with the GeoRef index. The organization gives global researchers a single point of access to 46 full-text scholarly journals and over 2,060 eBooks in addition to specialized searching capabilities and links to millions of relevant resources hosted elsewhere on the Web. Through the recently launched Society Services Program, GSW also serves as a platform for cost-effective hosting for independent society sites, providing a scalable and efficient global presence for societies, authors, and members.   

Our Mission

• To be a comprehensive, widely-accessible, easy to use, integrated, and cost-effective online resource for research materials in the geological and Earth sciences; 
• To operate independently and not for profit, with policies and practices that respect and support the needs of publishers, authors, educators, researchers, and librarians; 
• To respond effectively to evolving research, presentation, education, and technology opportunities in the electronic information age for the creation, maintenance, operation, dissemination, and preservation of geoscience information and interactive facilities;  
• To protect the viability and independence of society publishing programs while constantly exploring and incorporating valuable economic and strategic benefits of collaboration. 

Our mission has expanded to include books, field guides, maps, databases, and other information and interactive capabilities for the geological and Earth sciences in our online platform. For the future, we hope to serve as a portal for promoting meetings, field trips, short courses, and other activities that are available through participating societies.

Our Vision

Our vision, as nonprofit collaborative, is to lead by advancing and promoting geoscience information for researchers and their societies. We will identify and meet emerging demands for digital services and will seek innovative methods for sharing knowledge among a growing global audience. We will continue to add high-quality scholarship and interactive capabilities to our research platforms and to develop tools that improve resource discovery and use, in order to support the work of next generations of geoscientists.

Founding Organizations 

American Association of Petroleum Geologists

American Geosciences Institute

Geological Society of America

Geological Society of London

Mineralogical Society of America

Society for Sedimentary Geology

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Our Staff

Alix Vance
CEO/Executive Director
vance@geoscienceworld.org
P: 800-341-1851

Christopher Straub
COO/Deputy Executive Director
straub@geoscienceworld.org
P: 800-341-1851
M: 703-855-4798

Angie Anderson 
Director of Systems and Compliance
anderson@geoscienceworld.org 
P: 800-341-1851

Lauren Comi
Circulation and Customer Service Manager
comi@geoscienceworld.org
P: 800-905-5832

Christy Iredell
National Sales Director
iredell@geoscienceworld.org
P: 800-341-1851

Marc Segers
Director of Publishing Technologies
segers@geoscienceworld.org
P: 800-341-1851

Alistair Reece
Product Manager
reece@geoscienceworld.org
P: 800-341-1851