The promoters of the journal are the Presidium of the Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics, FEB RAS.
The editor-in-chief of the journal is A.N. Khanchuk, corresponding member of RAS.
The deputies editor-in-chief are B.V. Levin, corresponding member of RAS, A.N. Didenko, N.A. Goryachev, and G.L. Kirillova.
The Editorial Board incorporates 14 members; and the Editorial Council, 14 members, including 7 foreign members.
Tikhookeanskaya Geologiya is published bimonthly and encompasses 15 sheets per one issue.
The journal is included in the Close JSC “Rospechat” catalog.
The preparation of each issue (receiving of papers, editing, and preparation of the laser original layout) is the job of the Editorial Board staff involving a scientific-technical team at the Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics, RAS (Khabarovsk). “Dalnauka” Publishing House runs printing.
Since 2007 the publication of the journal has been resumed in English (Russian Journal of Pacific Geology, MAIK “NAUKA/ INTERPEREODIKA" Pleiades Publishing).
The journal publishes results of the study of composition and deep structure of the Earth’s crust and mantle; papers reporting on the geologic structure and patterns of distribution of mineral deposits in the Pacific Ocean, marginal seas and adjacent territories, geologic conditions of magmatism and seismicity, problems of tectonics of lithosphere plates, results of neotectonic, geomorphological and geodesic investigations conducted in the Pacific region; and also theoretical, methodical and philosophical papers elucidating the general problems of geology, geophysics and geochemistry. Critical papers, reviews, chronicle of major events of scientific life, and bibliography are also published.
The community of the authors is quite varied: from industrial geologists, graduates, and doctors of science to corresponding members and members of RAS (Ye.V. Artyushkov, O.A. Bogatikov, N.A. Bogdanov, Ch.B. Borukaev, V.A. Vernikovskiy, V.I. Goncharov, L.P. Zonenshain, Yu.A. Kosygin, L.I. Krasny, M.I. Kuzmin, A.A. Marakushev, Ye.Ye. Milanovskiy, V.G. Moiseenko, Yu.M. Pushcharovskiy, V.V. Reverdatto, K.F. Sergeev, A.A. Sidorov, K.V. Simakov, A.P. Sorokin, V.N. Strakhov, S.M. Tilman, I.N. Tomson, G.B. Udintsev, A.N. Khanchuk, G.I. Khudyakov, N.A. Shilo, A.D. Shcheglov). Papers by foreign authors from the Pacific region (Japan, Korea, China, USA, Canada, Australia, etc.) are often published in the journal.