《地球科学评论》比一般的专业期刊涵盖更广泛的领域，发表涉及地球科学各个方面的评论文章，是让读者看到他们对整个地球科学特别感兴趣的重要工具。我们的读者比专业期刊的读者更多样化:包括研究科学家、学生、参与方案支助和管理以及环境评估和控制的政府机构、关心地球资源的私营企业和独立顾问。
Covering a much wider field than the usual specialist journals, Earth Science Reviews publishes review articles dealing with all aspects of Earth Sciences, and is an important vehicle for allowing readers to see their particular interest related to the Earth Sciences as a whole. Our readership is more diverse than that of specialist journals: as well as research scientists, also students, government agencies involved in programme support and management and in environmental assessment and control, private industries concerned with planetary resources, and the independent consultant.