Scope of the Journal

Earth science & Space science are certainly the oldest sciences, and has featured strongly throughout the history of Nature. The launch of Discovery Nature now enables much expanded coverage of the modern disciplines: the journal welcomes research across Earth Science & Space Science and its technologies, with the aim of fostering closer interaction between the researchers in each of these areas. Discovery Nature is characterized by a dedicated team of professional editors, a fair and rigorous peer-review process, high standards of copy-editing and production, rapid publication and editorial independence. In addition to publishing original research, Discovery Nature publishes Reviews, Analysis and Reports from across the full range of disciplines concerned with Earth Science & Space Science and its technologies.

• Geology (mineralogy and petrology, geomorphology, paleontology, stratigraphy, structural geology, engineering geology, and sedimentology)
• Physical geography (geomorphology, biogeography, environmental geography, palaeogeography, climatology, meteorology, coastal geography, hydrology, ecology, glaciology)
• Geophysics and geodesy
• Geochemistry (aqueous geochemistry, cosmochemistry, isotope geochemistry and biogeochemistry)
• Soil science (edaphology and pedology)
• Hydrology, oceanography and limnology (hydrometeorology, surface water hydrology, hydrogeology, watershed science, forest hydrology, and water chemistry)
• Ecology & Evolution
• Glaciology
• Atmospheric sciences (meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry, and atmospheric physics)
• Environmental science
• Volcanology

The journal publishes reviews, research papers, analysis, survey, report, perspectives, protocol, checklist and communications in all areas of biology and at the interface of related disciplines. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible.

Section Policies are:

• Research
• Reviews
• Analysis
• Perspectives
• Communication
• survey
• report
• checklist