Aims & Scope

Aims

SIGn Journal of Geoscience aims to provide a scholarly platform for academics, researchers, practitioners, and professionals to examine contemporary issues in the geosciences, develop theoretical, observational, and applied knowledge, and contribute to understanding the Earth, its systems, history, processes, environment, and interactions with the planetary and space environment at national, regional, and global levels.

The journal seeks to facilitate scholarly discussion on current developments in the geosciences while contributing to the expansion of Indonesian geoscience discourse and its engagement with broader regional and global developments. It welcomes manuscripts employing diverse research methodologies, including field, laboratory, observational, geospatial, computational, modeling, and interdisciplinary approaches, provided that they meet scientific standards, address relevant geoscience issues, and demonstrate a substantive contribution to the development of knowledge about the Earth and related systems.

SIGn Journal of Geoscience publishes scientific articles in English to broaden access to readers and contributors worldwide. Editorial consideration is primarily based on the accuracy and reliability of the data and research results, the appropriateness of the research methodology, the objectivity and coherence of the analysis, the relevance of the geoscience issue examined, and the significance of the contribution presented by the authors.

Scope

SIGn Journal of Geoscience publishes original scholarly works addressing contemporary issues and developments across the geosciences and related Earth-system fields. The journal’s scope includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

Solid Earth, Geology, and Geohazards

  • Volcanology
  • Seismology
  • Tectonics and Structural Geology
  • Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Geomorphology and Surface Processes
  • Natural Hazards and Disaster Geoscience

Geochemistry, Biogeoscience, and Earth History

  • Geochemistry
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Ecology and Earth-System Interactions
  • Paleontology
  • Paleoclimatology and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction
  • Earth History and Stratigraphy

Water, Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate

  • Hydrology and Hydrogeology
  • Oceanography
  • Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
  • Climate Science and Climate Variability
  • Coastal and Marine Geoscience
  • Cryosphere and Earth-System Processes

Physical Geography, Cartography, and Geospatial Science

  • Physical Geography
  • Cartography and Geospatial Mapping
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Remote Sensing and Earth Observation
  • Spatial Analysis and Geoinformatics
  • Land-Surface and Landscape Dynamics

Environmental and Earth-System Geoscience

  • Environmental Geoscience
  • Earth-System Science
  • Soil and Critical Zone Processes
  • Human–Earth System Interactions
  • Environmental Change and Earth-System Responses

Planetary, Space, and Earth–Space Sciences

  • Planetary Science and Planetary Geology
  • Astronomy Relevant to Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism
  • Earth and Planetary Space Environment
  • Space Physics and Earth–Space Interactions

Geoscience Data, Modeling, and Digital Methods

  • Geophysical and Geochemical Data Analysis
  • Numerical and Earth-System Modeling
  • Geoscientific Instrumentation and Observation
  • Data-Driven Geoscience and Scientific Computing
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications in Geoscience

The journal particularly welcomes interdisciplinary research that connects solid Earth processes, the atmosphere, hydrosphere, oceans, biosphere, climate system, geospatial processes, and planetary or Earth–space environments. Studies involving ecology, astronomy, computational methods, or other related disciplines are welcomed when the research problem, data, analysis, and scholarly contribution remain substantively connected to the geosciences and contribute to understanding the Earth or closely related planetary systems.

Manuscripts should demonstrate a clear relationship between the geoscience problem, theoretical or conceptual foundation, methodology, observations or data, findings or analysis, and the scholarly contribution claimed by the authors. Submissions that fall outside the journal’s stated scope or primarily address disciplines without a substantive geoscience dimension may be declined during the initial editorial screening.