Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

A general earth sciences journal publishing peer-reviewed research papers, reviews and short communications of international standard on all scientific aspects of the Earth and its surface environments.

The Editorial Board welcomes original manuscripts in the Earth and Environmental Sciences and encourages proposals for Special Issues in these areas. The RSE is committed to the widespread dissemination of scientific knowledge. Through the journal, the Society continues to encourage and support the international Earth Sciences community by:

• publishing a journal of international standing and authorship;
• publishing substantial papers on all scientific aspects of the earth and its surface environments;
• publishing without page or colour charges;
• reproducing photographs and artwork to the highest standard, where appropriate at a size larger than is customary; 
• and aiming to have papers reviewed within three months of submission, by at least two referees of international standing; and usually publishing within six months of acceptance of revised papers.
  
  

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Accessing the journal

The online version of the journal, including FirstView articles and the most recent published issue can be found at Cambridge Core. This also includes the Transactions digital archive, with papers back to 1788 fully available.

Editorial Board

Chairman & Editor-in-Chief

Rob Ellam FRSE, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, UK

Editors

• Stewart Angus, NatureScot and Heriot-Watt University, UK (Coastal habitats, conservation and functional ecology especially climate change, island ecology (especially Outer Hebrides), biogeography)
• Alex Brasier, University of Aberdeen, UK (Carbonate sedimentology; stable isotope geochemistry, terrestrial environments)
• Yves Candela, National Museums Scotland, UK (Invertebrate palaeontology, palaeogeography, palaeobiology)
• Amy Gilligan, University of Aberdeen, UK (Seismology, lithospheric structure, geophysics)
• David Jolley, University of Aberdeen, UK (Palynology, structural geology, volcanic rock stratigraphy)
• Allan Lilly, James Hutton Institute, UK (Soil hydrology, soil science, soil survey)
• Elsa Panciroli, National Museums Scotland, UK (Vertebrate palaeontology, evolutionary biology, functional morphology)
• Marcello Ruta, University of Lincoln, UK (Vertebrate palaeontology, analytical palaeobiology)
• Eileen Tisdall, Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, UK (Quaternary palaeoenvironments, palaeoecology, palaeoclimate)

Instructions for authors

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh is a general earth science journal, and welcomes papers in this subject area from academics and researchers. We accept the following types of articles: 

• Spontaneous Article*
• Review Article*
• Reply Article*

* For the purposes of Gold Open Access funding, this journal considers these article types to be research articles. If publishing Gold OA, all or part of the publication costs for these article types may be covered by one of the agreements Cambridge University Press has made to support open access.

Further information for authors is available through Cambridge Core, where you can also submit your paper.

Certain article types (for example, Articles) may be eligible for APC waivers or discounts under one of the agreements Cambridge University Press has made to support open access.