As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.
COVID-19 and impact on peer review
Call for papers: Metal and Metalloid Pollutants in the Earth's Environment
The Earth's environment consists of different types of metals (e.g., iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), lead (Pb)) and metalloids (e.g., arsenic (As), Silicon(Si)). Metals and metalloids have shaped the evolution of biological communities, resulting functional complexities across environments (e.g. soil, water, atmosphere). Over the last century, rapid urbanization and industrial activities have led to exposure of hazardous metals and metalloids (e.g., As, Hg, Pb) to human health by entry through the food web. This special issue in Geoscience Letters invites research contributions focusing on sources and biogeochemical cycling of metals and metalloids in the Earth's environments. Contributions on technical innovations with respect to quality and affordable measurement, and towards elucidation of mechanisms for effective policymaking to protect biospheric health are welcome.
Call for papers: Volcanoes: Science and Applications
The Asia Oceania region is home to over 700 volcanoes active during the past 10,000 years, and is host to the largest share of the world’s populations. Volcanic phenomena, the science of volcanology, and the impacts of volcanism on the natural and human environment are at the same time fascinating as they are of imminent societal relevance: Volcanic eruptions and their associated hazards affect over 10% of the world's population and interdisciplinary research is crucially important to improve hazard assessment and communication, monitoring, forecasting, and mitigation.
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Complex tsunami hazards in eastern Indonesia from seismic and non-seismic sources: Deterministic modelling based on historical and modern data
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Spatiotemporal distribution of potentially toxic elements in the lower Gangetic delta and their implications for non-carcinogenic health risk management
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Perspectives on eco-water security and sustainable development in the Yangtze River Basin
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Underestimated responses of Walker circulation to ENSO-related SST anomaly in atmospheric and coupled models
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A post-Tohoku earthquake review of earthquake probabilities in the Southern Kanto District, Japan
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Hydrologic modeling: progress and future directions
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Deriving intensity–duration–frequency (IDF) curves using downscaled in situ rainfall assimilated with remote sensing data
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Advances in earthquake and tsunami sciences and disaster risk reduction since the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami
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Bioenergy production and environmental impacts
Guest Editor guidelines
Upcoming conferences
AOGS2020 - Cancelled due to COVID-19
AOGS2021
Singapore
The 18th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
01 August - 06 August 2021
For more information see www.asiaoceania.org
Geoscience Letters is covered by Scopus and Science Citation Index Expanded
Geoscience Letters is indexed in Scopus and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE). We are delighted to announce that the journal has received its first Impact Factor of 2.283 for the 2019 year. This marks another important milestone in the history of the journal. We look forward to the journal’s continued success in the future.
Thematic series in Geoscience Letters
2018
Asian Urban Meteorology and Climate
Edited by: Johnny Chan, Jimmy Fung
Collection published: 26 June 2018
Reducing tsunami risk in the western Indian Ocean
Edited by: Adam D. Switzer, Yuichiro Tanioka, Sultan Al-Yahyai, Brian Atwater, Peter Koltermann, Joern Lauterjung
Collection published: 18 September 2018
2017
Coupling of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system
Edited by: Zhonghua Yao, Kyle Murphy, Jonathan Rae, Balan Nanan
Collection published: 11th April 2017
See all collections here
Aims and scope
Geoscience Letters is the official journal of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, and a fully open access journal published under the SpringerOpen brand. The journal publishes original, innovative and timely research letter articles and concise reviews on studies of the Earth and its environment, the planetary and space sciences. Contributions reflect the eight scientific sections of the AOGS: Atmospheric Sciences, Biogeosciences, Hydrological Sciences, Interdisciplinary Geosciences, Ocean Sciences, Planetary Sciences, Solar and Terrestrial Sciences, and Solid Earth Sciences. Geoscience Letters focuses on cutting-edge fundamental and applied research in the broad field of the geosciences, including the applications of geoscience research to societal problems. This journal is Open Access, providing rapid electronic publication of high-quality, peer-reviewed scientific contributions.
Geoscience Letters accepts three types of manuscripts: Research Letters (concise reports on original research, approximately 3,000 to 5,000 words), Letters to the Editors (brief reports, comments on and/or replies to the published papers in 300 to 800 words), and Reviews (up to approximately 10,000 words). The word counts include figures, which are counted as 200 to 500 words each, depending on the size.
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Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
71 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
68 days to first decision for all manuscripts
160 days from submission to acceptance
13 days from acceptance to publicationCitation Impact
2.283 - 2-year Impact factor
1.435 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.114 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
4.8 - CiteScore
Usage
130.120 downloads
48 Altmetric mentions
- ISSN: 2196-4092 (electronic)