Frontiers of Earth Science is an international peer-reviewed academic journal sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China. The journal is jointly published by the Higher Education Press of China and Springer on a quarterly basis. The papers are written in the English language. Online versions are available through both https://link.springer.com/journal/11707 and http://journal.hep.com.cn/fesci.
The journal primarily publishes research and review articles using the peer-review system (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fesci). Typically, two reviewers in the relevant subject fields are invited to review each article. In cases where the reviewer’s comments are contradictory, the paper will be submitted to alternative reviewer(s) requesting their assistance in making a final determination on potential acceptance. The reviewers are requested to submit their final comments within one month of receipt.
Duplicate publication and previous submission policies
Manuscripts submitted to this journal must not be under simultaneous consideration by any other publisher and must not have been published elsewhere in a substantially similar form. No part of a paper published by Frontiers of Earth Science may be reproduced or published elsewhere without the written permission of the publisher.
Article categories
Frontiers of Earth Sciences accepts manuscript submissions in the following categories:
RESEARCH articles describe original investigations relevant to Geosciences.
REVIEW articles give in-depth overviews of specific research topics or reviews of research achievements.
EDITORIALS are written by editors and invited scholars as essays of significance or by guest editor(s) of a special issue as an overview of a specific topic.
