DRC publishes a scientific journal under the name “The Egyptian Journal of Desert Research (EJDR)”. It is an international peer-reviewed journal published annually in one volume of two issues. It deals exclusively with the issues of desert research and development that fall within the scope of environment, natural resources, water, soil, plants, animals and human resources as well as socio‌economic aspects of desert development.

The EJDR magazine was previously published as “The Desert Institute Bulletin, Egypt” (Bulletin de l’Institute du Desert d’Egypte). The first issue of the scientific journal was published in 1951.