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Journal overview

Please note, from 2022 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print.

International Journal of Digital Earth is a journal focusing on the theories, technologies, applications and societal implications of Digital Earth.

International Journal of Digital Earth is the official journal of the International Society for Digital Earth.

The journal is a response to the Digital Earth initiative and its aim to improve social conditions, protect the environment, and support future sustainable development.

International Journal of Digital Earth welcomes papers that:

  • Progress visions for Digital Earth frameworks, policies, and standard
  • Explore geographically referenced 3D, 4D, or 5D models to represent the real planet, and geo-data-intensive science and discovery
  • Develop methods that turn all forms of geo-referenced data, from scientific to social, into useful information that can be analyzed, visualized, and shared
  • Present innovative, operational applications and pilots of Digital Earth technologies at a local, national, regional, and global level
  • Expand the role of Digital Earth in the fields of Earth science, including climate change, adaptation and health related issues, natural disasters, new energy sources, agricultural and food security, and urban planning
  • Foster the use of web-based public-domain platforms, social networks, and location-based services for the sharing of digital data, models, and information about the virtual Earth Explore the role of social media and citizen-provided data in generating geo-referenced information in the spatial sciences and technologies.


The journal accepts primary research papers, review articles, and short technical letters.

International Journal of Digital Earth operates a double-anonymized peer review policy.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.

*Please note that International Journal of Digital Earth converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 15 (2022).

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Big Earth Data

Publishes research on Big Data in the earth sciences, including earth observation, earth systems monitoring, atmospheric science, marine science and geology.

Open Access