Journal History
| 2011 | The inaugural issue was released. Geosciences was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2014 | Geosciences was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2017 | Geosciences was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Geosciences announced the Geosciences 2017 Travel Award/Outstanding Reviewer Award. |
| 2018 | Geosciences adopted a monthly publication schedule. Geosciences established the following sections: Geochemistry; Geophysics; Biogeosciences; Natural Hazards; Hydrogeology. Geosciences published its 500th paper. Geosciences announced the Geosciences 2018 Travel Awards/Outstanding Reviewer Award. Geosciences held the 1st International Electronic Conference. |
| 2019 | Geosciences published its 1000th paper. Geosciences announced the Geosciences 2019 Travel Awards/Outstanding Reviewer Award. Geosciences held the 2nd International Electronic Conference. |
| 2020 | Geosciences announced the Geosciences 2020 Travel Awards/Outstanding Reviewer Award. Geosciences announced the 10th Anniversary Best Paper Award. Geosciences established the following sections: Geomechanics; Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism; Structural Geology and Tectonics; Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontogy. Geosciences held the 3rd International Electronic Conference. |
| 2021 | Journal received its 2020 CiteScore (3.4), ranked 45/186 in the Category "Earth and Planetary Sciences". Geosciences announced the 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award/Best Paper Awards/Best PhD Thesis Award. Journal established the following sections: Climate; Cryosphere. |
| 2022 | Journal received its 2021 CiteScore (4.8), ranked 36/191 in the Category "Earth and Planetary Sciences". Geosciences held the 4th International Electronic Conference. (https://iecg2022.sciforum.net/) Geosciences announced the 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Awards/Best Paper Awards. |
| 2023 | Geosciences received its 2022 CiteScore (5.2), ranked 40/192 in the Category "Earth and Planetary Sciences" Geosciences received its first Impact Factor (2.7) in the Category ‘Geosciences, Multidisciplinary’. Geosciences announced the 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Awards/Best Paper Awards. |
| 2025 | Climate was renamed as Climate and Environment. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2011–2024 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jesús Martinez-Frias |
| 2024–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. John C. Eichelberger |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2017–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Luciano Telesca for the section on Geophysics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stephen Macko for the section on Biogeosciences Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Deodato Tapete for the section on Natural Hazards |
| 2017–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paul Schwab for the section on Geochemistry |
| 2017–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Maurizio Barbieri for the section on Hydrogeology |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Shahin for the section on Geomechanics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Karoly Nemeth for the section on Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Olivier Lacombe for the section on Structural Geology and Tectonics Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Angelos G. Maravelis for the section on Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontogy |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gang Huang for the section on Climate |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Maurizio Barbieri for the section on Geochemistry |
| 2025–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Xiumian Hu for the section on Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeontology |
