Manuscript Types
- Research articles report substantial advances in the scientific understanding of the Solid Earth within the scope of the journal.
- Short communications report particularly concise and innovative/controversial perspectives on Solid Earth science.
- Review articles summarise the status of knowledge and outline future directions of research within the scope of the journal. Before preparing and submitting a review article, please contact an editor covering the relevant subject area and an executive editor.
- Peer-reviewed commentaries continue the discussion of preceding papers beyond the limits of immediate interactive discussion. They may be longer and submitted later than the comments exchanged in the Interactive Public Discussion of papers in SED. They undergo the same process of peer-review, publication and interactive discussion as articles and technical notes, and they are equivalent to the peer-reviewed commentaries in traditional scientific journals. The manuscript title should start with "Commentary on" or "Reply to".
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 SED and SE 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.
