Environmental Earth Sciences Progress Report 2020 and Outlook 2021

Environmental Earth Sciences, vol. 80, pp. 314

Abstract

The present editorial 2020 continues the series of status reports in Environmental Earth Sciences (EES) in previous years 2017 and 2019 (Kolditz et al. in Environ Earth Sci 77: 8, 2018, Kolditz et al. in Environ Earth Sci 79: 11, 2020). The year 2020 coming to an end was heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic affecting all areas of life including research work and, therefore, scientific publishing as well ("Introduction"). One bright spot which shows longevity of journals that produce a quality product is that Environmental Earth Sciences (EES) is celebrating its 45th anniversary of publication. To this extent EES continues the tradition to honor the most cited papers contributing to the 2020 Impact Factor (IF) ("Highly and most cited topics") and provide information on the current status of EES as well as an outlook to 2021 ("Progress report").

Authors 15

1. Olaf Kolditz corresponding

   Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research · Technische Universität Dresden

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   Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ / TU Dresden, Leipzig, Saxony Germany

   Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ / TU Dresden, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

2. Paola Teti

   Springer Nature (Germany)

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   Springer Nature, Heidelberg, Germany

3. Gunter Dörhöfer
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   EES Office Brandenburg, Brandenburg a.d.Havel, Germany

4. Jim LaMoreaux
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   EES Office Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama USA

   EES Office Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA

5. Gioacchino Francesco Andriani

   University of Bari Aldo Moro

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   Università degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy

6. Stephen J. Appleyard

   The University of Western Australia

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   University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

7. Ted Asch
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   Aqua Geo Frameworks, LLC, Lakewood, Colorado USA

   Aqua Geo Frameworks, LLC, Lakewood, Colorado, USA

8. Gabriele Buttafuocò

   National Research Council

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   National Research Council of Italy, Rende, Italy

9. Peter Dietrich

   Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research · University of Tübingen

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   Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ / University of Tübingen, Leipzig, Saxony Germany

   Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ / University of Tübingen, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

10. Andrew S. Hursthouse

    University of the West of Scotland

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    University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Scotland UK

    University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Scotland, UK

11. Derek Kim
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    Water and Waste Management and Remediation, Fullertone, California USA

    Water and Waste Management and Remediation, Fullertone, California, USA

12. Broder J. Merkel

    TU Bergakademie Freiberg

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    TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Saxony Germany

    TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany

13. Jan Schwarzbauer Aachen

    RWTH Aachen University

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    RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

14. Siegfried Siegesmund

    University of Göttingen

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    University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

15. Barbara Kolditz
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    EES Office Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony Germany

    EES Office Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany