Earth Sciences History

Aims & Scope

Earth Sciences History promotes and publishes historical work on all areas of the earth sciences – including geology, geography, geophysics, oceanography, paleontology, meteorology, and climatology.

The journal honors and encourages a variety of approaches to historical study: biography, history of ideas, social history, and histories of institutions, organizations, and techniques.

Articles are peer reviewed.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.6
2024	0.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	26445

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	17

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.129

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	11

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Earth and Planetary Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Inventing the Present: Historical Roots of the Anthropocene

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Robert

• Building a New Foundation for the Ocean Sciences: The National Science Foundation and Oceanography, 1951-1965

  Citation: 25

  Authors: David

• Lyell in America—His Lectures, Field Work, and Mutual Influences, 1841-1853

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Robert

• British Geology in the Early Nineteenth Century: A Conglomerate with a Female Matrix

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Martina

• Cuvier and Brongniart, William Smith, and the Reconstruction of Geohistory

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Martin

• Mary Buckland (Née Morland) 1797-1857

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Martina

• Charlotte Murchison (Née Hugonin) 1788-1869

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Martina

• Tensions in the Concept of Geology: Natural History or Natural Philosophy?

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Rachel

• Knowledge From Underground: Leibniz Mines the Enlightenment

  Citation: 13

  Authors: E.

• Geological Surveys in the Tropics: The Brazilian Experience (1875-1934)

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Silvia

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