Manuscript Types
The following types of manuscripts are considered for peer-reviewed publication in Earth System Science Data (ESSD) and its discussion forum Earth System Science Data Discussions (ESSDD):
- The journal maintains sections for regular length articles, brief communications (e.g., on additions to datasets) and commentary, as well as review articles and "Special Issues".
- Articles in the data section may pertain to the planning, instrumentation and execution of experiments or collection of data. Any interpretation of data is outside the scope of regular articles.
- Articles on methods describe nontrivial statistical and other methods employed, e.g. to filter, normalize or convert raw data to primary, published data, as well as nontrivial instrumentation or operational methods. Any comparison to other methods is out of scope of regular articles.
- Review articles may compare methods or relative merits of datasets, the fitness of individual methods or datasets for specific purposes or how combinations might be used as more complex methods or reference data collections.
Please also note the following
- Manuscripts should be as concise as possible but not at the expense of scientific accuracy and completeness. To promote scientific conciseness and completeness at the same time, the inclusion of a comprehensive abstract is encouraged. There are no specific page limits and there is no special manuscript category for accelerated publication since the process of peer-review and publication in ESSDD and ESSD is inherently efficient and rapid.
- Manuscripts have to be written in English, and authors are responsible for correct spelling and grammar. Moreover some General Obligations for Authors have to be considered.
- Manuscripts can be accompanied by supplementary material for the visualisation of results or documentation of details (movies, data sets, etc. - for details see Manuscript Preparation).
The supplementary material shall contain only complementary information but no scientific interpretations or findings/messages that would go beyond the contents of the manuscript. - For more information about the evaluation of manuscripts see: Review Process and MS Evaluation Criteria.
