Research to shape our future
Elsevier Earth Science publishes research across the geosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere that advances our understanding of Earth and planetary systems and lay the foundations for a sustainable future. We enable researchers, facilitate collaboration, and provide visibility for vital research that promotes solutions to ensure societies across the globe can thrive.
The best home for your best work
Our commitment to authors: We will give you the support and visibility you need to ensure that your Earth Science research is read, cited, and reused.
Every year, we accept and publish more than 470,000 journal articles. Publishing in an Elsevier journal starts with finding the right journal for your paper. If you already know the journal to which you want to submit, you can enter the title directly in the find a journal search box. Alternatively, you can match the abstract opens in new tab/window of your article to a journal.
A habitable, fairer and more connected world
We highlight Earth Science research for a habitable world, lead publishing programs that advocate for a fairer world, and create opportunities for the intersection of ideas for a more connected world.
Habitable world
New, innovative thinking supported by diverse Earth Science research ensures a sustainable world where societies can thrive.
Our biannual conference, Habitable Earth – Geoscience for Sustainability, is a forum where researchers across the globe meet to share and discuss major scientific themes that span academic frontiers and research hotspots.
Fairer world
Global problems require global solutions and that means diversity in thought, perspective, and approach.
One demonstration of our commitment is the 2024 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World for innovative research that meets the challenge of improved water quality, an issue that disproportionately affects women and girls around the world.
We are committed to protecting the integrity of our published research. We will continue to uphold the highest standards of rigor and ethics, invest in human oversight and technology to help detect and prevent problematic content, and collaborate with other stakeholders in scholarly communications on initiatives to safeguard trust in research. To promote publishing ethics best practice, we offer free Elsevier Researcher Academy resources and training modules to our global community of authors, reviewers, and editors.
Connected world
Facilitating connections within and between disciplines, across regions, and at all career stages is key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Open access lies at the core of Elsevier’s publishing mission – in fact, today, almost all of our journals offer open access options. That means finding the right open access home for your research is easy. Whatever route you choose, publishing with Elsevier means your work benefits from the input of expert editors and reviewers. And if you publish gold open access, it is immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download from ScienceDirect. Our gold OA titles also feature in major indexes and databases.
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