| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earth-Surface Processes | 140 / 184 | 23rd | Q4 |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) | 163 / 201 | 19th | Q4 |
| Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology | 202 / 244 | 17th | Q4 |
| Water Science and Technology | 239 / 279 | 14th | Q4 |
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Earth's Cryosphere
Earth's Cryosphere is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.9). Published by Publishing House of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Publisher: Publishing House of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
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Is Earth's Cryosphere indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2003–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.9.
What quartile is Earth's Cryosphere in Scopus?
Earth's Cryosphere is Q4 in Earth-Surface Processes (rank 140 of 184), Q4 in Earth and Planetary Sciences (all) (rank 163 of 201) and Q4 in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology (rank 202 of 244), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
What is the impact factor of Earth's Cryosphere?
Earth's Cryosphere is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q4, 23rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.300, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 22.
Who publishes Earth's Cryosphere and what is its ISSN?
Earth's Cryosphere is published by Publishing House of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Its ISSN is 1560-7496.
Is Earth's Cryosphere in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Earth's Cryosphere open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Earth's Cryosphere? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Earth's Cryosphere has an h-index of 11 and a 2-year mean of 0.37 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #129 of 172 Scopus journals in Earth-Surface Processes.
Earth's Cryosphere published 37 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 159. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Earth's Cryosphere? — latest 67 articles, 2024–2026
In its latest 67 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Russia (96%), Kazakhstan (0.7%) and United States (0.7%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Earth's Cryosphere? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration96% of recent authorship from Russia
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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