Journal of Earth System Science

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Earth System Science, an International Journal, was earlier a part of the Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences – Section A begun in 1934, and later split in 1978 into theme journals.

This journal was published as Proceedings – Earth and Planetary Sciences since 1978, and in 2005 was renamed ‘Journal of Earth System Science’.

The journal is highly inter-disciplinary and publishes scholarly research – new data, ideas, and conceptual advances – in Earth System Science.

The focus is on the evolution of the Earth as a system: manuscripts describing changes of anthropogenic origin in a limited region are not considered unless they go beyond describing the changes to include an analysis of earth-system processes.

The journal's scope includes the solid earth (geosphere), the atmosphere, the hydrosphere (including cryosphere), and the biosphere; it also addresses related aspects of planetary and space sciences.

Contributions pertaining to the Indian sub- continent and the surrounding Indian-Ocean region are particularly welcome.

Given that a large number of manuscripts report either observations or model results for a limited domain, manuscripts intended for publication in JESS are expected to fulfill at least one of the following three criteria.

The data should be of relevance and should be of statistically significant size and from a region from where such data are sparse.

If the data are from a well-sampled region, the data size should be considerable and advance our knowledge of the region.

A model study is carried out to explain observations reported either in the same manuscript or in the literature.

The analysis, whether of data or with models, is novel and the inferences advance the current knowledge.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7
2024	1.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.417

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13405

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1351

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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 Earth and Planetary Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• Time series analysis of climate variables using seasonal ARIMA approach

  Citation: 164

  Authors: Tripti, Shamshad, Mohammad

• Streamflow trends in the Tigris river basin using Mann−Kendall and innovative trend analysis methods

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Veysel, Yavuz, Oguz

• An integrated approach of GIS, RUSLE and AHP to model soil erosion in West Kameng watershed, Arunachal Pradesh

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Biswajit, Reetashree, Lobsang Tashi, Ashish, Pankaj K, Madhusudhan, Om Prakash

• Spatio-temporal analysis and forecasting of drought in the plains of northwestern Algeria using the standardized precipitation index

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Kenza, Mohamed, Ayoub, Senna, Pamela, Tommaso

• Urban Heat Island studies: Current status in India and a comparison with the International studies

  Citation: 66

  Authors: K, K M, T N

• An integrated approach for the identification of lithofacies and clay mineralogy through Neuro-Fuzzy, cross plot, and statistical analyses, from well log data

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Muhsan, Hanming

• A new Western Disturbance Index for the Indian winter monsoon

  Citation: 57

  Authors: T M, P, A P

• Thinking about water and air to attain Sustainable Development Goals during times of COVID-19 Pandemic

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Abhijit, S Suresh, Subimal

• Gravity data interpretation using the particle swarm optimisation method with application to mineral exploration

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Khalid S, Marc

• Performance of a very high-resolution global forecast system model (GFS T1534) at 12.5 km over the Indian region during the 2016–2017 monsoon seasons

  Citation: 51

  Authors: P, V S, R Phani Murali, Medha, Malay, Snehlata, Sahadat, Tanmoy, C J, Kumar, M, V R, M

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