Solid Earth
Solid Earth
SE

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 summarize 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. Depending on the subject and further characteristics, review articles are also eligible for inclusion in the Encyclopedia of Geosciences. If you are interested in this option, please see the author instructions and contact the editors of the encyclopedia.
  • Method articles report novel and valuable methodologies that geoscientists can utilize in their own field and laboratory work.
  • LESSONS Reports (Limitations, Errors, Surprises, Shortcomings, Opportunities for New Science) are peer-reviewed publications that document a well-substantiated finding that is not a classic 'positive' result, perhaps non-confirmatory, or revealing methodological limitations: a 'lesson learnt'. Unforeseen complications in investigations, plausible methods that failed, unexpectedly null results, and technical issues are also in scope. A LESSONS Report should offer a substantial insight with some broader relevance within the selected journal's scope. LESSONS Reports normally have 1,000–2,000 words in the main text, 100 words in the abstract, and a commensurate number of figures, tables, and references. This length is suggested to limit the extent and depth to which the subject needs to be explored. Abstracts must include a sentence stating how the work aligns with the description of LESSONS, specifying its link to the LESSONS acronym, and spelling the acronym out. For more information and context on LESSONS Reports, see the GC Editorial.
  • Peer-reviewed comments 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 preprints 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 comments in traditional scientific journals. The manuscript title should start with "Comment on" or "Reply to".
  • Corrigenda correct errors in preceding papers. The manuscript title reads as follows: Corrigendum to "TITLE" published in JOURNAL, VOLUME, PAGES, YEAR. Please note that corrigenda are only possible for final revised journal papers and not for the corresponding preprints. Corrigenda have to be submitted to Copernicus Publications within 3 years from the publication date of the original journal article. Should there be reasons for publishing a second corrigendum within these 3 years, the first one will be substituted by a single new corrigendum containing all relevant corrections. Corrigenda should be sent by email to the handling associate editor. A submission via the manuscript submission form is not possible.