According to the statistics of China Science Citation Database, Progress in Earth Science was cited 229 times in 2000, ranking 179, with an impact factor of 0.4368, ranking 69th among all journals included. According to the statistics and analysis of Chinese sci-tech papers by the Information Analysis Center of China Institute of Sci-tech Information, in 1999 1372 periodicals, Progress in Earth Science was cited 1.65 times, with an impact factor of 0.4 1.5, ranking/kloc-0 according to the total impact factor. In 2000, among 1406 periodicals, Progress in Earth Science was cited 247 times, ranking 3 14, with an impact factor of 0.526, ranking 1.27 according to the total impact factor and ranking 9 according to the subject impact factor. In 200 1, 1447, Progress in Earth Science was cited 346 times, ranking 265th, with an impact factor of 0.640, ranking 95th according to the total impact factor and 8th according to the subject impact factor. In 2002, among 1534 journals, Progress in Earth Science was cited 473 times, ranking 234th, with an impact factor of 0.77 1, ranking 80th according to the total impact factor and 6th according to the subject impact factor. Since 2000, Progress in Earth Science has published an English online magazine (provisional), which mainly publishes the latest research achievements of China scholars and the research progress made in the fields of earth science, resources and environment.