《地球物理研究快报》发表了影响深远、具有创新性和时效性的通讯长文章，内容涉及所有主要地球科学学科的重大进展。文件应具有广泛和直接的影响，值得迅速作出决定和高度的能见度。
Geophysical Research Letters publishes high-impact, innovative, and timely communications-length articles on major advances spanning all of the major geoscience disciplines. Papers should have broad and immediate implications meriting rapid decisions and high visibility.