地球科學前沿出版原創、同行評議、理論和實驗前沿研究論文，以及地球科學家更普遍感興趣的重要評議文章。該雜志的特色文章涉及對地球內部球體(包括深地殼、地幔和地核)和外部球體(包括大氣層、水圈和生物圈)的觀察、模式、過程和建模。其目的是促進國際地球科學界之間的交流和知識共享。專題問題將定期出版，以地球科學的特定領域為特色。期刊的范圍涵蓋了范圍廣泛的地球科學主題,包括,但不限于,自然地理、地質、地球物理、氣象學、海洋學、氣候學、生態學、生物學、全球變化、水文、環境污染、生物地球化學循環、自然資源管理、生態系統和可持續發展,土地利用覆蓋變化,環境評估和監測、遙感、儀表技術、數據采集/處理/同化,算法開發、應用和建模，以及不斷變化的地球及其環境的社會經濟驅動力和社會后果。也鼓勵對最近發表的研究論文進行評論和討論。

Frontiers of Earth Science publishes original, peer-reviewed, theoretical and experimental frontier research papers as well as significant review articles of more general interest to earth scientists. The journal features articles dealing with observations, patterns, processes, and modeling of both innerspheres (including deep crust, mantle, and core) and outerspheres (including atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere) of the earth. Its aim is to promote communication and share knowledge among the international earth science communities. Thematic issues will periodically be published featuring particular areas of earth science. The scope of the journal covers a broad range of earth science topics, including, but not limited to, physical geography, geology, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, climatology, ecology, biology, global change, hydrology, environmental pollution, biogeochemical cycles, natural resource management, ecosystems and sustainability, land use cover and change, environmental assessment and monitoring, remote sensing, instrumentation technology, data acquisition/processing/assimilation, algorithm development, application and modeling, as well as socioeconomic drivers and societal consequences of the changing planet and its environment. Critical reviews and discussions of recently published research papers are also encouraged.