《地球系統科學數據》(ESSD)是一本國際性、跨學科的期刊，旨在發表關于原始研究數據(集)的文章，進一步重用有益于地球系統科學的高質量數據。編輯鼓勵提交原始數據或數據收集，這些數據質量足夠高，有潛力為實現這些目標做出貢獻。《日刊》為定期發表的文章、簡短的通訊(例如對數據集的補充)和評論以及評論文章和特別問題保留部分。

Earth System Science Data (ESSD) is an international, interdisciplinary journal for the publication of articles on original research data (sets), furthering the reuse of high-quality data of benefit to Earth system sciences. The editors encourage submissions on original data or data collections which are of sufficient quality and have potential to contribute to these aims. The journal maintains sections for regular-length articles, brief communications (e.g. on additions to data sets) and commentaries, as well as review articles and special issues.This short commentary draws on ESSD author, reviewer and editor experiences over its first 10 years of operation to define guidelines, requirements and benefits of the ESSD processes.