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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Cryosphere (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Cryosphere published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Geosciences, Multidisciplinaryrank 36 of 281 journals
- Geography, Physicalrank 12 of 71 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of Cryosphere
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Cryosphere is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
Open access (listed in DOAJ); article processing charge listed at about US$1,574.
02Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Cryosphere
Cryosphere follows the waiver policy of its publisher, Copernicus Publications: automatic 100% waiver for Research4Life Group A and B, and 50% for emerging economies. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.
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Who funds research published in Cryosphere
Funders named most often
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03Indexing
Indexing of Cryosphere
- ISSN
- 1994-0416
- eISSN
- 1994-0424
- Publisher
- Copernicus Publications all its journals →
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Geography, Physical, Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
- Web of Science Master Journal List
- SCImago Journal Rank
- ISSN Portal (ISSN 1994-0416)
- DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
Each link opens the official record for this journal, searched by its ISSN where we have one.
04How to submit
How to submit to Cryosphere
- Read the guide for authors. It sets the article types, word limit, reference style and file format that Cryosphere accepts. You find it on the official website of the journal, usually under "For authors" or "Submit".
- Format to the journal's style. Check whether it wants a Word file, a LaTeX file or a PDF for the first submission, and follow its reference style; many journals accept any clear format at first and ask for their style only after acceptance.
- Check the fit. Compare your title and abstract with the papers it has published; papers outside the scope are the most common reason for a desk rejection. The Journal Finder shows journals that published the closest work.
- Plan the fee. Cryosphere is fully open access, with an article fee of about US$1,574 after acceptance. See whether your author team qualifies for a waiver with the free APC waiver checker.
- Check your manuscript before you submit. The free Submission Readiness Check asks the seven questions our reviewers ask in every audit and takes about 2 minutes.
05What it publishes
What Cryosphere publishes: real papers
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06Published papers
Papers published in Cryosphere
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- Antarctic summer sea ice concentration and extent: comparison of ODEN 2006 ship observations, satellite passive microwave and NIC sea ice charts200932 citations
- IcePAC-a Probabilistic Tool to Study Sea Ice Spatiotemporal Dynamic: Application to the Hudson Bay Area, Northeastern Canada20180 citations
- Interactive comment on “Robust uncertainty assessment of the spatio-temporal transferability of glacier mass and energy balance models” by Tobias Zolles et al.20180 citations
- New insights into the climatic signal from firn cores at the northern Antarctic Peninsula20170 citations
- Estimation of superficial snow specific surface area from spectral albedo time-series at Dome C, Antarctica20150 citations
07Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Cryosphere
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08Same subject
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary journals with a similar impact factor*
The journals next to Cryosphere when the 263 journals of Geosciences, Multidisciplinary in our data are ranked by impact factor*:
| Rank | Journal | Impact factor* | Indexing | Open access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Landscape Ecology | 5.60 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 33 | International Journal of Disaster Risk Science | 5.57 | SCIE | Fully open access |
| 34 | AGU Advances | 5.52 | SCIE | Fully open access |
| 35 | Biogeosciences | 5.50 | SCIE | Fully open access |
| 37 | Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering | 5.33 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 38 | Geothermal Energy | 5.31 | SCIE | Fully open access |
| 39 | Remote Sensing | 5.29 | SCIE | Fully open access |
| 40 | Natural Hazards | 5.18 | SCIE | Subscription |
*Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.
09Journal Finder
Find the right journal for your paper
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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,724 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
10Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Cryosphere?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Cryosphere is 5.41: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 5.41 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Cryosphere?
The h-index of Cryosphere is 160 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 160 of its papers have each been cited at least 160 times. Its i10-index is 2,560.
What is the APC of Cryosphere?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$1,574 for Cryosphere, an open access journal (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
What is the quartile of Cryosphere?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Cryosphere is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is Cryosphere indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Cryosphere appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Cryosphere an SCIE journal?
Yes. Cryosphere is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Cryosphere in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Cryosphere is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
What topics does Cryosphere publish?
The papers published in Cryosphere that we track most often mention antarctic, area. Check the journal’s aims and scope for its full coverage.
How many papers published in Cryosphere does ScholarsColab track?
We track 5 papers published in Cryosphere between 2009 and 2018, cited 32 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.
Does Cryosphere offer an APC waiver?
Cryosphere follows the policy of Copernicus Publications: automatic 100% waiver for Research4Life Group A and B, and 50% for emerging economies. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Who funds research published in Cryosphere?
86% of 200 recent research articles in Cryosphere name a funder in Crossref; the funders named most often are National Natural Science Foundation of China, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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