自卡爾·特羅爾于1947年創辦《科學地理檔案》以來，《科學地理檔案》已成為一份成功的國際地理期刊。地理學出版的科學論文涵蓋了自然地理和人文地理的所有領域。該雜志提供關于地理特定領域的最新趨勢和發展的最新報告，以及對新地理出版物的全面和批判性評論。所有稿件出版前都要經過同行評審。高質量的地圖學和定期的大型補充是地理學的突出特點，以及標準的彩色數字。

Since foundation by Carl Troll in 1947, 'ERDKUNDE – Archive for Scientific Geography' has established as a successful international journal of geography. ERDKUNDE publishes scientific articles covering the whole range of physical and human geography. The journal offers state of the art reports on recent trends and developments in specific fields of geography and comprehensive and critical reviews of new geographical publications. All manuscripts are subject to a peer-review procedure prior to publication. High quality cartography and regular large sized supplements are prominent features of ERDKUNDE, as well as standard coloured figures.