Guide to Authors
- Aims and scope of the journal
- Editors and contact information
- Relationship to other Nature journals
- Editorial and publishing policies
- Impact factor
- Abbreviation
- ISSN and EISSN
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Aims and scope of the journal
Understanding the Earth's history and its future evolution is becoming ever more important as the human influence on climate and landscapes, the oceans and the atmosphere expands.
Nature Geoscience is a monthly multi-disciplinary journal aimed at bringing together top-quality research across the entire spectrum of the Earth Sciences along with relevant work in related areas.
The journal's content reflects all the disciplines within the geosciences, encompassing field work, modelling and theoretical studies.
Topics covered in the journal include:
- Atmospheric science
- Biogeochemistry
- Climate science
- Geobiology
- Geochemistry
- Geoinformatics and remote sensing
- Geology
- Geomagnetism and palaeomagnetism
- Geomorphology
- Geophysics
- Glaciology
- Hydrology and limnology
- Mineralogy and mineral physics
- Oceanography
- Palaeontology
- Palaeoclimatology and palaeoceanography
- Petrology
- Planetary science
- Seismology
- Space physics
- Tectonics
- Volcanology
Nature Geoscience is committed to publishing significant, high-quality research in the Earth Sciences through a fair, rapid and rigorous peer review process that is overseen by a team of full-time professional editors.
In addition to publishing primary research, Nature Geoscience provides an overview of the most important developments in the Earth Sciences through the publication of Review Articles, News and Views, Research Highlights, Commentaries and reviews of relevant books and arts events.
Top of pageEditors and contact information
Like the other Nature titles, Nature Geoscience has no external editorial board. Instead, all editorial decisions are made by a team of full-time professional editors, who are PhD-level geoscientists. Information about the scientific background of the editors can be found here.
General editorial inquiries and correspondence should be addressed to the Editor, at geoscience@nature.com.
Inquiries about the status of a manuscript should be addressed to the Editorial Assistant, at geoscience@nature.com.
Top of pageRelationship to other Nature journals
Nature Geoscience is editorially independent, and its editors make their own decisions, independent of the other Nature journals. It is for authors alone to decide where to submit their manuscripts. Nature will continue to publish the most significant advances in science, including the geosciences. Nature Geoscience publishes landmark papers within the fields of the geosciences alone. Topics covered by other Nature journals (such as physics and materials science) may feature in Nature Geoscience when the work centres on some new development in the geosciences; otherwise these topics will be the remit of the other relevant journal. For papers that could satisfy the scope of more than one Nature journal, the choice of which journal to submit first lies with the authors.
If a paper is rejected from one Nature journal, the authors can use an automated manuscript transfer service to submit the paper to Nature Geoscience via a link sent to them by the editor handling the manuscript. Authors should note that referees' comments (including any confidential comments to the editor) and identities are transferred to the editor of the second journal along with the manuscript. The journal editors will take the previous reviews into account when making their decision, although in some cases the editors may choose to take advice from additional referees. Alternatively, authors may choose to request a fresh review, in which case they should not use the automated transfer link, and the editors will evaluate the paper without reference to the previous review process. For more information, please consult the following:
- Details of the manuscript transfer service
- Listing of all NPG journals and subject areas
- A general explanation of the relationships between Nature titles
Editorial and publishing policies
Please see authors and referees @ npg for detailed information about author and referee services and publication policies at the Nature family of journals. These journals, including Nature Geoscience, share a number of common policies including the following:
- Licence agreement and author copyright
- Embargo policy and press releases
- Use of experimental animals and human subjects
- Competing financial interests
- Availability of materials and data
- Digital image integrity and standards
- Security concerns
- Refutations, complaints and corrections
- Duplicate publication
- Confidentiality and pre-publicity
- Plagiarism and fabrication
Impact factor
The ISI impact factor for Nature Geoscience is due in 2010.
Abbreviation
The correct abbreviation for abstracting and indexing purposes is Nature Geosci.
ISSN
The international standard serial number (ISSN) for Nature Geoscience is 1752-0894, and the electronic international standard serial number (EISSN) is 1752-0908.
The guide for authors and the editorial policies, including the guide for referees, are also available in PDF format.