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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
- Q1Geosciences, Multidisciplinaryrank 36 of 281 journals
- Q1Geography, Physicalrank 12 of 71 journals
Quartiles here rank journals of the same Web of Science category by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR quartiles.
Citations and papers per year
Open access (listed in DOAJ); article processing charge listed at about US$1,574.
02Indexing
Indexing of Cryosphere
- ISSN
- 1994-0416
- eISSN
- 1994-0424
- Publisher
- Copernicus Publications
- 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).
03What it publishes
What Cryosphere publishes: real papers
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04Published 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
05Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Cryosphere
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06Journal Finder
Find the right journal for your paper
Is Cryosphere right for your paper? Compare journals
Paste your title, keywords or abstract. We match it against 164,212 published journal papers, by ScholarsColab mentors and other researchers, and show where the closest work appeared, with each journal’s indexing (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024).
How it works: no AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 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; “not found in our indexing lists” does not prove a journal is unindexed. Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
07Questions
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.
Is Cryosphere a Q1 journal?
By 2-year citedness, Cryosphere ranks 36 of 281 journals in Geosciences, Multidisciplinary, which places it in Q1 of that Web of Science category. This ranking is calculated by ScholarsColab from OpenAlex data; the official JCR quartile can differ.
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.
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