Journal profile · Earth and Planetary Sciences-General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Earth and Space Science
ISSN 2333-5084 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United States
Earth and Space Science: CAS Zone 3 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.25; fully open access; APC about USD 2,650; median 189 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 55% (journal website); 316 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Earth and Space Science is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 3 of Earth Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Planetary Science and Exploration, together about 25.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Astronomy and Astrophysics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Earth and Space Science is a Gold Open Access journal publishing original articles spanning all of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. ESS particularly welcomes papers presenting key data sets, observations, methods, instruments, sensors, and algorithms and showing their applications.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Earth and Planetary Sciences-General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Climate variability and modelsEnvironmental Science9.8%
- Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarth and Planetary Sciences9.4%
- Planetary Science and ExplorationPhysics and Astronomy6.1%
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsPhysics and Astronomy6%
- Atmospheric aerosols and cloudsEnvironmental Science4.9%
- Atmospheric Ozone and ClimateEarth and Planetary Sciences4.7%
- Astro and Planetary SciencePhysics and Astronomy4.5%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsEarth and Planetary Sciences4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.25LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 76OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 987OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.88%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 284LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 292Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 850,839Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,602 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 246 | 246 | 89 |
| 2025 | 316 | 316 | 741 |
| 2024 | 308 | 308 | 1,925 |
| 2023 | 283 | 283 | 2,734 |
| 2022 | 314 | 314 | 3,800 |
| 2021 | 335 | 335 | 6,371 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
189 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 127 days – 246 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 225 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (615 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 19 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 55%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 55%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 51 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 51 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 167 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 19 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,650 / GBP 1,660 / EUR 2,430 | Yes | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,650 / EUR 1,980 / GBP 1,660 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,100 / GBP 1,311 / EUR 1,560 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePlagiarism
- Plagiarism
AGU Publications Policies; Scientific Ethics and Integrity Model summary
Policies AGU Publications Policies AGU Publications Scientific Ethics and Integrity
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2333-5084
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Earth and Space Science
What CAS zone is Earth and Space Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Earth and Space Science is in Zone 3 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Astronomy & Astrophysics / Geosciences, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Earth and Space Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.25; CiteScore 5.1, h-index 76.
How long does peer review take at Earth and Space Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 189 days (interquartile range 127–246 days); authors report an average review time of about 19 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 55% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Earth and Space Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Earth and Space Science is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Earth and Space Science open access, and what is the APC?
Earth and Space Science is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .