Journal profile
Earth Science Systems and Society
ISSN 2634-730X · Frontiers Media S.A. · Switzerland
Earth Science Systems and Society: fully open access; APC about USD 2,800; median 215 days to acceptance (32 articles, last 24 months); 18 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Earth Science Systems and Society is published by Frontiers Media S.A.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mining and Resource Management, Career Development and Diversity and CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions, together about 28.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ES3 is dedicated to the publication of cross-disciplinary research and opinion that showcases the relevance of geoscience to sustainability in society and contemporaneous challenges and developments of geoscience communities. It also aims to provide a fully open access home for other timely and topical research of high importance across the full breadth of the geosciences. ES3 welcomes contributions that explore challenges around areas such as, but not limited to: Climate change – past, present and future Energy transition, decarbonization and critical materials Hazards and risk – prediction, mitigation and reduction Urban development and land-use dynamics Habitable planet – terrestrial and extra-terrestrial life Holocene–Anthropocene interface Big data, data science and mathematical modelling Sustainable and responsible natural resource management Geohealth – the intersection of geoscience and health Earth systems science – natural and social science interaction Monitoring change – advances in technology and instrumentation Geoscience communication and ethics
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Gene RankeyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 15, United States 7, Australia 2, Germany 1, France 1 (32 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mining and Resource ManagementEngineering10.1%
- Career Development and DiversitySocial Sciences9.4%
- CO2 Sequestration and Geologic InteractionsEnvironmental Science8.7%
- Geothermal Energy Systems and ApplicationsEnergy5.8%
- Geological formations and processesEarth and Planetary Sciences5.1%
- Geological Modeling and AnalysisEarth and Planetary Sciences5.1%
- Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences4.4%
- Extraction and Separation ProcessesEngineering4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Dimensions, OCLC, CLOCKSS, Crossref, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.72OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 98 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 228 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 223 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 146 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 37 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
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
215 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 145 days – 256 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 57 days (32 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 267 days
- Sample
- 32 articles with submission and acceptance dates (39 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 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 2,800 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,950 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,950 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,100 / USD 2,940 / EUR 2,520 / GBP 1,575 / USD 2,205 / EUR 1,890 / GBP 1,050 / USD 1,470 / EUR 1,260 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
- Acquiring expertise in geosciences – an autoethnographic study in seismic interpretationDeadline
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics Publication ethics
ES3 maintains the highest standards of publication and research ethics. Authors, reviewers and editors are expected to comply with our Code of Publishing Ethics. All publishing policies can be found on our Publishing Policies page. The Geological Society is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and applies the principles of publishing best-practice as detailed in COPE’s Core Pract…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
ES3 is a fully open access journal. All articles are published fully open access (sometimes called ‘gold open access’) on payment of an Article Processing Charge (APC). Please consult the table below for information on APCs (+VAT as applicable as the time of invoicing and subject to change). Article type APC Research article, Review £2,100/$2,940/€2,520 Perspective £1,575/$2,205/€1,890 Editorial, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
ES3 operates a transparent peer review process, in which author and reviewer names are known to one another and reviewer reports (excluding any associated marked up manuscripts) are published online alongside the article. Should reviewers have concerns regarding sharing of names, queries can be directed to the handling editor. A member of the Editorial Board will send your article to at least two …
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
- Frontiers Media S.A.
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2634-730X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Earth Science Systems and Society
How long does peer review take at Earth Science Systems and Society?
Based on the dates recorded on 32 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 215 days (interquartile range 145–256 days); authors report an average review time of about 15 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Earth Science Systems and Society based?
Of the 32 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (15), United States (7) and Australia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Earth Science Systems and Society?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Earth Science Systems and Society is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Earth Science Systems and Society open access, and what is the APC?
Earth Science Systems and Society is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,800.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .