The cryosphere
Last updated ISSN 1994-0416
The cryosphere is published by Copernicus Publications in earth and planetary sciences. It is open access. The article processing charge is $1,574.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The cryosphere concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Climate change and permafrost
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
- Landslides and related hazards
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Climate variability and models
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Key facts
| Publisher | Copernicus Publications |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1994-0416, 1994-0424 |
| Subject area | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $1,574 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 3,530 |
| Publishing since | 2007 |
| Journal website | www.the-cryosphere.net/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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