Journal profile · Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Earth Interactions
ISSN 1087-3562 · American Meteorological Society · UNITED STATES · Irregular
Earth Interactions: CAS Zone 4 · Earth Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5; fully open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 6 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Earth Interactions is published by American Meteorological Society and is in Zone 4 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, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, together about 35.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Global and Planetary Change. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Publishes research on the interactions among the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, and lithosphere, including, but not limited to, research on human impacts, such as land cover change, irrigation, dams/reservoirs, urbanization, pollution, and landslides. Earth Interactions is a joint publication of the American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, and American Association of Geographers.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Climate variability and modelsEnvironmental Science17.4%
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsEnvironmental Science10.8%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science7.3%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsEnvironmental Science6%
- Remote Sensing in AgricultureEnvironmental Science5.5%
- Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarth and Planetary Sciences5.1%
- Fire effects on ecosystemsEnvironmental Science4.2%
- Cryospheric studies and observationsEarth and Planetary Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Earth Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Earth Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 1.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 68OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 304OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.59OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 88.89%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 7LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 465 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 77 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 100 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 226 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- ISSN
- 1087-3562
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Earth Interactions
What CAS zone is Earth Interactions in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Earth Interactions is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Geosciences, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Earth Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Earth Interactions?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.5; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 68.
How long does peer review take at Earth Interactions?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. 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 Interactions?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Earth Interactions is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Earth Interactions open access, and what is the APC?
Earth Interactions is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .