數字地球是地球的一種虛擬代表，包括地球的所有系統和形式，包括自然環境和人類社會，表現為一種多維、多尺度、多時間和多層的信息設施。數字地球是地球物理和社會領域地理聯系研究和應用的框架，是監測、測量和預測地球上自然和人類活動的數字建模平臺，也是世界的可視化。它是三維的，如果添加一個時間監控組件是四維的，甚至是五維的，如果尺度被視為一個變量而不是一組離散的步驟。數字地球作為一項全球倡議，旨在改善社會條件，保護環境，支持未來的可持續發展。國際數字地球雜志是對這一舉措的回應。這本同行評議的學術期刊（SCI-E）關注數字地球的理論、技術、應用和社會影響，以及那些有遠見的概念，這些概念將使一個模擬的虛擬世界成為可能。該雜志鼓勵論文：數字地球框架、政策和標準的進展愿景；探索地理參考的3D、4D或5D模型，以代表真實的行星，以及地理數據密集型科學和發現；開發方法，將所有形式的地理參考數據，從科學到社會，轉化為可分析、可視化和共享的有用信息；在地方、國家、區域和全球一級介紹數字地球技術的創新、業務應用和試點；擴大數字地球在地球科學領域的作用，包括氣候變化、適應和健康相關問題、自然災害、新能源、農業和糧食安全以及城市規劃；促進使用基于網絡的公共領域平臺、社交網絡和基于位置的服務共享有關虛擬地球的數字數據、模型和信息；以及探索社會媒體和公民提供的數據在空間科學和技術中生成地理參考信息的作用。為了發表在期刊上的研究論文，以下相關技術和研究領域可能是相關的，但在任何情況下，都應與上述主題或一般數字地球概念明確相關：地球觀測（包括遙感和原位傳感器）、地理信息系統和科學。全球導航系統、信息和通信技術（ICT，包括空間數據基礎設施和全球數據庫）、虛擬現實和沉浸式技術、可視化和數值模擬、云計算和高性能計算、移動地圖系統、增強社區能力和參與社會、地球-系統科學與可持續發展。該雜志發表了主要的研究論文、評論文章和關于研究的簡短技術信件，這些都保證了快速出版。期刊還歡迎有思想的《展望》論文，這些論文可以引起爭論，并促進思想的發展，以推動數字地球遠景。此外，還將出版與數字地球相關的特定主題的專題，以深入研究特定的點。該雜志是國際數字地球學會（www.digital earth-isde.org）的官方出版物。

Digital Earth is a virtual representation of the planet, encompassing all its systems and forms, both natural environment and human societies, manifested as a multi-dimensional, multi-scale, multi-temporal, and multi-layer information facility. Digital Earth is the framework for geographically linked research and applications in the physical and social domains of the Earth, a digital modeling platform to monitor, measure, and forecast natural and human activity on the planet, and a visualization of the world. It is three-dimensional, four-dimensional if a temporal monitoring component is added, and even five-dimensional if scale is treated as a variable instead of a set of discrete steps. As a global initiative, Digital Earth aims to improve social conditions, protect the environment, and support future sustainable development.The International Journal of Digital Earth is a response to this initiative. This peer-reviewed academic journal (SCI-E) focuses on the theories, technologies, applications, and societal implications of Digital Earth and those visionary concepts that will enable a modeled virtual world. The journal encourages papers that:Progress visions for Digital Earth frameworks, policies, and standards;Explore geographically referenced 3D, 4D, or 5D models to represent the real planet, and geo-data-intensive science and discovery;Develop methods that turn all forms of geo-referenced data, from scientific to social, into useful information that can be analyzed, visualized, and shared;Present innovative, operational applications and pilots of Digital Earth technologies at a local, national, regional, and global level;Expand the role of Digital Earth in the fields of Earth science, including climate change, adaptation and health related issues,natural disasters, new energy sources, agricultural and food security, and urban planning;Foster the use of web-based public-domain platforms, social networks, and location-based services for the sharing of digital data, models, and information about the virtual Earth; andExplore the role of social media and citizen-provided data in generating geo-referenced information in the spatial sciences and technologies.For producing research papers to be published in the journal, the following associated technologies and fields of research may be relevant, but in all cases, should be clearly linked to the topics above or the general Digital Earth concept: Earth observation (including remote sensing and in situ sensors), geographic information systems and science, global navigation systems, information and communication technologies (ICT, including spatial data infrastructure and global databases), virtual reality and immersive technologies, visualization and numerical simulation, cloud computing and high performance computation, mobile mapping systems, empowering the community and engaging society, Earth-system science, and sustainable development.The journal publishes primary research papers, review articles, and short technical letters on research that warrants fast publication. The journal also welcomes thoughtful outlook papers that can generate debate and catalyze ideas to advance the Digital Earth vision. In addition, special issues on specific topics of relevance to Digital Earth will be published to examine particular points in depth. The Journal is an official publication of the International Society for Digital Earth ( www.digitalearth-isde.org)