Cryosphere

Top Research Topics at The Cryosphere?

The Cryosphere focuses largely on the fields of Climatology, Snow, Glacier, Ice sheet and Sea ice. The concepts on Climatology presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Climate change, Climate model, Arctic and Precipitation. The Cryosphere explores topics in Snow which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Albedo, Atmospheric sciences and Remote sensing.

Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Atmospheric sciences and the similar topic of Snowmelt. Glacier research in it involves the investigation of Glacier morphology studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Glacier ice accumulation. Issues in Ice sheet were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Ice shelf, Ice stream, Ice-sheet model and Antarctic ice sheet.

Ice stream works presented in the journal have a specific focus on Ice divide. The discussions emphasized the topic of Sea ice in an attempt to further explore the field of Oceanography. The journal focuses on Geomorphology research which is adjacent to topics in Permafrost.

• Climatology (33.58%)
• Snow (30.79%)
• Glacier (29.33%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica (1161 citations)
• The emergence of surface-based Arctic amplification (734 citations)
• Antarctic sea ice variability and trends, 1979–2010 (595 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at The Cryosphere:

The journal papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Climatology, Glacier, Snow, Ice sheet and Glacier mass balance. While the journal papers focused on Climatology, they were also able to explore topics like Precipitation, Climate model and Greenland ice sheet. While the primary focus in the most cited publications is Ice sheet, they also dissect topics surrounding Ice shelf and Antarctic ice sheet as a whole.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in The Cryosphere (based on the number of publications) are:

• Xavier Fettweis (60 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• M. R. van den Broeke (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michiel R. van den Broeke (37 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• Marie Dumont (31 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Mathieu Morlighem (30 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in The Cryosphere (based on the number of publications) are:

• Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (190 papers) published 35 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (150 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Utrecht University (147 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 17 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Grenoble (146 papers) published 25 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Oslo (87 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 3.59% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 41.32% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.98% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.12% of all publications and 30.58% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.