Please note, from 2022 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print.

International Journal of Digital Earth is a journal focusing on the theories, technologies, applications and societal implications of Digital Earth.

International Journal of Digital Earth is the official journal of the International Society for Digital Earth.

The journal is a response to the Digital Earth initiative and its aim to improve social conditions, protect the environment, and support future sustainable development.

International Journal of Digital Earth welcomes papers that:

    Progress visions for Digital Earth frameworks, policies, and standard
    Explore geographically referenced 3D, 4D, or 5D models to represent the real planet, and geo-data-intensive science and discovery
    Develop methods that turn all forms of geo-referenced data, from scientific to social, into useful information that can be analyzed, visualized, and shared
    Present innovative, operational applications and pilots of Digital Earth technologies at a local, national, regional, and global level
    Expand the role of Digital Earth in the fields of Earth science, including climate change, adaptation and health related issues, natural disasters, new energy sources, agricultural and food security, and urban planning
    Foster the use of web-based public-domain platforms, social networks, and location-based services for the sharing of digital data, models, and information about the virtual Earth Explore the role of social media and citizen-provided data in generating geo-referenced information in the spatial sciences and technologies.


The journal accepts primary research papers, review articles, and short technical letters.

International Journal of Digital Earth operates a double-anonymized peer review policy.



*Please note that International Journal of Digital Earth converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 15 (2022).

Editor-in-Chief: 

Guo Huadong – Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Executive Editor: 

Wang Changlin – Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
 
Assistant Editors: 
Liu Zhen & Guan Linlin – Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, CAS, China 

Letters Editor:
 
Anthony Lewis –   Louisiana State University, USA
   
Book Reviews Editor:
 
John L. van Genderen – International Institute for Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation (ITC), The Netherlands 
  
International Editorial Board:
 
Allesandro Annoni –  Institute for Environment and Sustainability, JRC, European Commision
Temenoujka Bandrova – University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Bulgaria 
Brian Brisco – Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Canada 
Manfred Ehlers – University of Osnabrueck, Germany 
Hiromichi Fukui – Chubu University, Japan 
Yola Georgiadou – ITC, University of Twente, The Netherlands 
Michael Goodchild – University of California, Santa Barbara, USA 
Armin Gruen – Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Mazlan bin Hashim – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia 
Krzysztof Janowicz – University of California, Santa Barbara, USA 
Milan Konecny – Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Markku Kulmala – University of Helsinki, Finland
Mengxue Li - University of Maryland, USA
Xiaofeng Li - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA
Harvey J. Miller – Ohio State University, USA 
Konstantinos G. Perakis - University of Thessaly, Greece 
Martino Pesaresi – Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, JRC, European Commission
François Pinet – Cemagref-Clermont Ferrand, France 
Abbas Rajabifard – University of Melbourne, Australia 
Gábor Remetey-Fülöpp – Hungarian Association for Geo-information (HUNAGI), Hungary 
David Rhind – City University, London, UK
Richard Simpson – Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA), Australia
Qingxi Tong – Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
John Townshend - University of Maryland, USA
Cuizhen Wang – University of South Carolina, USA
Lizhe Wang - Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Peter Woodgate - Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information, Australia
Yong Xue - London Metropolitan University, London, UK 
Liming Yang – USGS EROS Center, USA 
Terence van Zyl – African Advanced Institute for Information and Communications Technology, South Africa