Get your Earth Science Informatics paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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Ziya Usta
Fatma Yaman Öz
Ndubuisi Igwebuike
Binh Pham-Duc
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 26 August, 2026
Submitting to Earth Science Informatics goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Earth Science Informatics guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Earth Science Informatics. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Earth Science Informatics journal page before you draft.
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Earth Science Informatics guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Earth Science Informatics guide for authors before you submit.
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the journal's submission system.
| Element | Earth Science Informatics requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Provide an abstract of 150 to 250 words. The guide does not specify structured versus unstructured format or prescribe headings by article type. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references |
| Main text | No overall main-text word or page limit is stated. For research articles, the guide gives this section order (authors may use an alternative structure): Title and Abstract page; Introduction; Methods (with subsections); Results (with subsections); Discussion (with subsections); Conclusions; List of abbreviations (if any); Acknowledgements; References; Figures and captions (if any); Tables and caption (if any). Methodology articles should provide a reproducible Method section (example subsections: Algorithm, Testing, Implementation; theoretical methodology articles should include comparison of existing and new theories). Software articles should include Design and Implementation between Introduction and Results, Availability and Requirements after Conclusion, and Software Files after Tables and caption. Comments are 1000 or fewer words |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Provide 4 to 6 keywords for indexing purposes. No MeSH requirement or optionality is stated |
| References | Author-date citation style: cite references in the text by name and year in parentheses. The reference list is alphabetized by the last name of the first author; include DOIs as full DOI links when available |
| Peer review | Peer reviewed; blind model not specified in the official author guidelines |
| Submission | submission.nature.com/new-submission/12145/3 |
Read the Earth Science Informatics guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Earth Science Informatics in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Earth Science Informatics papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Earth Science Informatics journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Earth Science Informatics guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.