自1893年創刊以來，《地質學雜志》一直致力于地質學原理的研究，目前正在出版地球物理學、地球化學、沉積學、地貌學、巖石學、板塊構造學、火山學、結構地質學、礦物學和行星科學方面的研究和理論。內容范圍從月球內部的組成到化石開發的計算機模型。

Since its inception in 1893, The Journal of Geology has been devoted to the study of geological principles and is currently publishing research and theory in geophysics, geochemistry, sedimentology, geomorphology, petrology, plate tectonics, volcanology, structural geology, mineralogy, and planetary sciences. Contents range from work on the composition of the lunar interior to computer modeling of fossil development.