Past to Present: An Update to the Aims and Scope of JGR: Biogeosciences

Plain Language Summary The Journal of Geophysical Research‐Biogeosciences focuses on the interactions between biology, hydrology, geology, chemistry, and physics within the Earth system. Here, we are presenting a brief early history of the journal and evolution of the topics and papers published over the past 20 years. We present an updated aims and scope which now explicitly considers method and data articles. Key Points JGR: Biogeosciences has published 3,000 articles on integrating biological, chemical, and physical properties across ecosystems New methodologies, new approaches, big datasets, monitoring, and new ways of thinking are important for the biogeosciences We are updating our aims and scope to formalize biogeosciences methods and data articles in the journal