ERDKUNDE is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that welcomes submissions from across the whole spectrum of physical geography, human geography or their intersections. The journal publishes innovative research output in different formats such as full research articles, commentaries, data papers and critical reviews of new geographical publications. Since foundation by Carl Troll in 1947, 'ERDKUNDE – Archive for Scientific Geography' has established as one of the very few international geographical journals that are independent from commercial publishers and offer publication free of charge to authors. All manuscripts are subject to a rigorous double-blind peer-review procedure prior to publication. A timely review process is facilitated. All submissions are published online first, rapidly after acceptance.