Earth Interactions

CURRENT ISSUE

Volume 29 (2025): Issue 1 (Jan 2025)

About the Journal

Earth Interactions (EI) publishes integrative, interdisciplinary Earth Systems Science research that advances our understanding of the interactions and coupling between Earth’s physical systems and chemical and biological processes, including (but not limited to) biogeochemical cycling, biodiversity, and the multitude of human influences

eISSN: 1087-3562

Editor in Chief

Sonali McDermid, New York University

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Impact Factor

1.6

2023 Journal Impact Factors in the Geosciences category

Earth Interactions is a fully Open Access journal.

Earth Interactions is a joint publication of the AMS, AGU, and AAG.

Most cited articles since 1990:

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Global Percent Tree Cover at a Spatial Resolution of 500 Meters: First Results of the MODIS Vegetation Continuous Fields Algorithm

M. C. Hansen
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R. S. DeFries
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J. R. G. Townshend
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M. Carroll
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C. Dimiceli
, and
R. A. Sohlberg
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Performance of Drought Indices for Ecological, Agricultural, and Hydrological Applications

Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano
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Santiago Beguería
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Jorge Lorenzo-Lacruz
,
Jesús Julio Camarero
,
Juan I. López-Moreno
,
Cesar Azorin-Molina
,
Jesús Revuelto
,
Enrique Morán-Tejeda
, and
Arturo Sanchez-Lorenzo
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Parameterization and Sensitivity Analysis of the BIOME–BGC Terrestrial Ecosystem Model: Net Primary Production Controls

Michael A. White
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Peter E. Thornton
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Steven W. Running
, and
Ramakrishna R. Nemani
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Characterizing the Spatial Patterns of Global Fertilizer Application and Manure Production

Philip Potter
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Navin Ramankutty
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Elena M. Bennett
, and
Simon D. Donner
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Circumpolar Arctic Tundra Vegetation Change Is Linked to Sea Ice Decline

Uma S. Bhatt
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Donald A. Walker
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Martha K. Raynolds
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Josefino C. Comiso
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Howard E. Epstein
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Gensuo Jia
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Rudiger Gens
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Jorge E. Pinzon
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Compton J. Tucker
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Craig E. Tweedie
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Patrick J. Webber
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Performance of Drought Indices for Ecological, Agricultural, and Hydrological Applications

Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano
,
Santiago Beguería
,
Jorge Lorenzo-Lacruz
,
Jesús Julio Camarero
,
Juan I. López-Moreno
,
Cesar Azorin-Molina
,
Jesús Revuelto
,
Enrique Morán-Tejeda
, and
Arturo Sanchez-Lorenzo
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Whither the 100th Meridian? The Once and Future Physical and Human Geography of America’s Arid–Humid Divide. Part I: The Story So Far

Richard Seager
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Nathan Lis
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Jamie Feldman
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Mingfang Ting
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A. Park Williams
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Jennifer Nakamura
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Haibo Liu
, and
Naomi Henderson
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Diet, Energy, and Global Warming

Gidon Eshel
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Pamela A. Martin
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Characterizing the Spatial Patterns of Global Fertilizer Application and Manure Production

Philip Potter
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Navin Ramankutty
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Elena M. Bennett
, and
Simon D. Donner

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