摘要
The best news for the International Journal of Digital Earth(IJDE)in 2009 is that the Journal has been selected for SCI coverage.Beginning with V.1(1)2008,IJDE has been indexed and abstracted in Science Citation Index Expanded,Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition,and Current Contents/Physical Chemical and Earth Sciences.One scholar has exclaimed that it is a‘miracle getting SCI approval within only 20 months of launch!Especially considering that it normally takes at least three years before you can even apply!’Another expert evaluated this as a‘realization of the issue which I,as a researcher and university professor recognized during the time IJDE has been in existence.’The Journal has indeed been performing very well since its launch.It is available to institutions and subscribers throughout Africa,Australia,Asia,Europe and America,and its now also accessible to more libraries through EBSCO full-text databases.The number of downloads has increased steadily over the two years of its publication.
