Earth System Science Data

Can't help but say a few words. The original poster may be a big shot in the industry, but please consider the bitterness of us bottom-level research workers. With an impact factor of 11, being the second-ranked journal out of 200 in the field of geosciences, the journal is being referred to by the original poster as a scam and submitting articles to it is considered exploiting loopholes. I would like to ask if there are any journals in any field that have an impact factor of over 10, publish fewer than 200 articles per year, and are still considered scam journals? The original poster claims that high citation rates of GCP articles boost the overall impact factor, but this is a concept switch. Can you provide an example of a journal where only a few articles have high citation rates? Even in reputable journals like CNS, there are also a large number of articles with extremely low citation rates. According to the original poster's perspective, are those authors also exploiting and deceiving their leaders? Except for the three GCP articles in ESSD, the original poster cannot see the abundance of excellent articles and data, and based solely on their limited understanding, spreads such opinions on the internet. I checked the WoS data and found that in terms of the number of articles published in ESSD, Chinese authors rank only fifth, with research workers from the United States, Germany, France, and England ahead of them. Are they all deceiving their leaders too, according to the original poster's perspective? According to the original poster's view, how many people in China are actually doing legitimate research?

Highly recognized journals in the industry. They mainly publish large-scale datasets or maps. The topical handling editor has significant authority and strict requirements for the content and quality of the articles. Prior to external review, the editor already provides many revision suggestions. They have their unique review process and manuscript template, and it is necessary to strictly organize the content according to the journal's requirements. Once the external review (entering the discussion stage) is submitted, the chances of acceptance are relatively high.