Journal of Glaciology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Glaciology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Dynamic models for impact-initiated stress waves through snow columns52
Subglacial cavity collapses on Swiss glaciers: Spatiotemporal distribution and mass loss contribution39
The last years of Infiernos Glacier and its transition to a new paraglacial stage31
Using ground-based thermal imagery to estimate debris thickness over glacial ice: fieldwork considerations to improve the effectiveness29
Pressure sintering effect on the uniaxial compressive strength of reconstituted and compacted Antarctic snow25
On the nonlinear viscosity of the orthotropic bulk rheology23
Fracture criteria and tensile strength for natural glacier ice calibrated from remote sensing observations of Antarctic ice shelves – ERRATUM22
Evolution of sub-ice-shelf channels reveals changes in ocean-driven melt in West Antarctica21
The vertical atmospheric structure of the partially glacierised Mittivakkat valley, southeast Greenland21
Prefacing unexplored archives from Central Andean surface-to-bedrock ice cores through a multifaceted investigation of regional firn and ice core glaciochemistry21
Sixty years of ice form and flow at Camp Century, Greenland20
What can radar-based measures of subglacial hydrology tell us about basal shear stress? A case study at Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica20
39 Ar dating of cave ice combined with pollen, cryogenic calcite and radiocarbon analyses reveals late Little Ice Age origin (Leupa Ice Cave, Julian Alps)19
Comparison of MODIS surface temperatures to in situ measurements on the Greenland Ice Sheet from 2014 to 201718
Water blister geomorphology and subglacial drainage sediments: an example from the bed of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet in SW Finland18
Formation and persistence of glaciovolcanic voids explored with analytical and numerical models17
Challenges in modeling the energy balance and melt in the percolation zone of the Greenland ice sheet17
The impact of supraglacial ice cliff and pond formation on debris-free, tropical glacier mass loss17
Probing the firn refractive index profile using antenna response16
A comparison between three-dimensional, transient, thermomechanically coupled first-order and Stokes ice flow models16
Automated prediction of wet-snow avalanche activity in the Swiss Alps16
Effects of calving and submarine melting on steady states and stability of buttressed marine ice sheets16
Modelling the influence of marine ice on the dynamics of an idealised ice shelf15
A comparison of contemporaneous airborne altimetry and ice-thickness measurements of Antarctic ice shelves15
Drag forces at the ice-sheet bed and resistance of hard-rock obstacles: the physics of glacial ripping15
Flexural behavior of porous isotropic ice under three-point bending tests15
Characteristics of dynamic thickness change across diverse outlet glacier geometries and basal conditions15
Observing glacier dynamics with low-cost, multi-GNSS positioning in Victoria Land, Antarctica15
Distribution and isotopic compositions of n-alkanes and n-alkenes in the cryoconites from the Tibetan Plateau glaciers15
Surface energy and mass balance variations near the equilibrium line altitude on Qaanaaq Ice Cap, northwestern Greenland, 2012–202214
Glacier-wide seasonal and annual geodetic mass balances from Pléiades stereo images: application to the Glacier d'Argentière, French Alps14
Direct measurement of optical properties of glacier ice using a photon-counting diffuse LiDAR13
Iceberg-induced snowdrift formation on Antarctic landfast sea ice: effects of wind and iceberg size13
Observations and simulations of new snow density in the drifting snow-dominated environment of Antarctica13
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Constraining ice slab thickness at the onset of visible surface runoff from the Greenland ice sheet12
Amundsen Sea Embayment ice-sheet mass-loss predictions to 2050 calibrated using observations of velocity and elevation change12
Potential threats of glacial lake changes to the Sichuan-Tibet Railway12
Controls on calving at a large Greenland tidewater glacier: stress regime, self-organised criticality and the crevasse-depth calving law12
Step-change in supraglacial pond area on Tshojo Glacier, Bhutan, and potential downstream inundation patterns due to pond drainage events12
Snapshot and time-dependent inversions of basal sliding using automatic generation of adjoint code on graphics processing units12
Effect of high-pressure sintering on snow density evolution. Part I: experiments and results – CORRIGENDUM12
The stepwise decrease of 4+ year ice extent and its linked survivability since around 200712
Simulating the processes controlling ice-shelf rift paths using damage mechanics12
Three-dimensional multitrack electrical conductivity method for interpretation of complex ice core stratigraphy12
Weak form shallow ice approximation models with an improved time-step restriction12
Dynamics throughout a complete surge of Iceberg Glacier on western Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian High Arctic12
Tracking glacier surge evolution using interferometric SAR coherence—examples from Svalbard12
Simulating seasonal evolution of subglacial hydrology at a surging glacier in the Karakoram12
Glacier mass change on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, from 2000 to 201611
A novel laser melting sampler for discrete, sub-centimeter depth-resolved analyses of stable water isotopes in ice cores11
Supraglacial lake evolution and its drivers in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica11
Glacier fragmentation on the Southern Patagonian Icefield: a comprehensive analysis of the Upsala Glacier11
Subtemperate sliding reduces periodicity of ice stream temporal variability in a simple model11
A new model of dry firn-densification constrained by continuous strain measurements near South Pole11
Area, volume and ELA changes of West Greenland local glaciers and ice caps from 1985–202011
Subtle height change reveals melt water movement around and under glacial ice, an example from northern Ellesmere Island, Canada10
Frontal variations and surface area changes of Swedish glaciers during 2017–202310
Calving, ice flow, and thickness of outlet glaciers controlled by land-fast sea ice in Lützow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica10
Exploring canyons beneath Devon Ice Cap for sub-glacial drainage using radar and thermodynamic modeling10
Development of a drone-based ground-penetrating radar system for efficient and safe 3D and 4D surveying of alpine glaciers10
Equilibrium line altitudes, accumulation areas and the vulnerability of glaciers in Alaska10
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Model insights into bed control on retreat of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica10
‘Stable’ and ‘unstable’ are not useful descriptions of marine ice sheets in the Earth's climate system10
Acoustic activity indicates submarine melt at tidewater glaciers10
Expansion of supraglacial lake area, volume and extent on the Greenland ice sheet from 1985 to 202310
Quantified mass loss of the Laohugou ice core and its precipitation signal during 1961–2005 at high elevation in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau10
Observing tidal effects on the dynamics of the Ekström Ice Shelf with focus on quarterdiurnal and terdiurnal periods9
Applying a distributed mass-balance model to identify uncertainties in glaciological mass balance on Brewster Glacier, New Zealand9
Increasing rate of 21st century volume loss of the Patagonian Icefields measured from proglacial river discharge9
Antarctic ice-shelf meltwater outflows in satellite radar imagery: ground-truthing and basal channel observations9
Seasonal changes in submarine melting mechanisms controlling frontal ablation of Hansbreen, Svalbard9
Retreat and frontal ablation rates for Alaska’s lake-terminating glaciers: Investigating potential physical controls with implications for future stability9
MODIS land surface temperature in East Antarctica: accuracy and its main affecting factors9
Distribution and morphometry of large supraglacial channels on five Antarctic ice shelves9
Progression of the surge in the Negribreen Glacier System from two years of ICESat-2 measurements9
Mechanics of densely packed snow across scales: A constitutive modelling strategy based on the 3-D H-model9
Bayesian parameter estimation in glacier mass-balance modelling using observations with distinct temporal resolutions and uncertainties8
Observed meltwater-induced flexure and fracture at a doline on George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctica8
Estimating marine ice thickness beneath the Amery Ice Shelf from airborne radio-echo sounding8
Large-ensemble climate simulations to assess changes in snow stability over northern Japan8
Recent change in surface mass-balance trends of glaciers on James Ross Island, north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula8
Ice volume and thickness of all Scandinavian glaciers and ice caps8
Inversion of a Stokes glacier flow model emulated by deep learning8
Performance analysis of high-resolution ice-sheet simulations8
Geothermal heat flux of Ridge B region in Antarctica inferred from basal dry–wet distribution8
Application of a simple model for ice growth to the Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland8
Beyond glacier-wide mass balances: parsing seasonal elevation change into spatially resolved patterns of accumulation and ablation at Wolverine Glacier, Alaska8
Near-surface seismic anisotropy in Antarctic glacial snow and ice revealed by high-frequency ambient noise8
Historical occurrence of Antarctic icebergs within mercantile shipping routes and the exceptional events of the 1890s8
Definition, formation and rupture mechanisms of water pockets in alpine glaciers: Insights from an updated inventory for the Swiss Alps8
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Detection of crevassed areas with minimum geometric information: Vernagtferner case study8
GNSS reflectometry from low-cost sensors for continuous in situ contemporaneous glacier mass balance and flux divergence7
Basal debris of the NEEM ice core, Greenland: a window into sub-ice-sheet geology, basal ice processes and ice-sheet oscillations7
In situ, broadband measurement of the radio frequency attenuation length at Summit Station, Greenland7
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Improvements on the discretisation of boundary conditions to the momentum balance for glacial ice7
FirnLearn: A neural network-based approach to firn density modeling in Antarctica7
Inferring time-dependent calving dynamics at Helheim Glacier7
Hydrologic modeling of a perennial firn aquifer in southeast Greenland7
Updating Norway’s glacial lake extents in 2023–2024 using Sentinel-1 & Sentinel-2 data and machine learning7
Polarimetric multi-offset radio-echo sounding with a radio frequency-over-fiber ApRES system7
A shallow approximation for ice streams sliding over strong beds7
For whom and by whom is glaciology?7
Validity of the wave stationarity assumption on estimates of wave attenuation in sea ice: toward a method for wave–ice attenuation observations at global scales7
Characterizing submarine ice roughness at icebergs from a temperate tidewater glacier7
Slushflows: Large discrepancy between reported and actual incidents7
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Snow effects on brash ice and level ice growth7
In a sea of crumbling icebergs7
Initial assessment of all-season Arctic sea ice thickness from ICESat-26
Viscoelastic analysis of stress waves through cohesive snow in layered and 2D configurations6
Recent change in surface mass-balance trends of glaciers on James Ross Island, north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula – CORRIGENDUM6
Reconstructing subglacial lake activity with an altimetry-based inverse method6
Improved processing methods for eddy covariance measurements in calculating sensible heat fluxes at glacier surfaces6
Monitoring the physical processes driving the mass loss of Tapado Glacier, Dry Andes of Chile6
Constraints on subglacial melt fluxes from observations of active subglacial lake recharge6
Glaciological and climatological drivers of heterogeneous glacier mass loss in the Tanggula Shan (Central-Eastern Tibetan Plateau), since the 1960s6
Bayesian data assimilation on an Arctic glacier: learning from large ensemble twin experiments6
Review of the design considerations for the laboratory growth of sea ice6
Can subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) forecast systems predict exceptionally rapid decrease and slow growth of Antarctic sea ice during 2022-2023?6
Surface energy and mass balance of Mera Glacier (Nepal, Central Himalaya) and their sensitivity to temperature and precipitation6
Resolving radiostratigraphy with squinted synthetic aperture radar focusing6
Structural evolution during a surge in the Paulabreen glacier system, Svalbard6
The sub-seasonal and interannual spatio-temporal variability of bare-ice albedo of abramov glacier, Kyrgyzstan – CORRIGENDUM6
Glacier speed-up as a possible precursor to volcanic eruptions at Mount Veniaminof, Alaska6
Global detection of glacier surges from surface velocities, elevation change and SAR backscatter data between 2000 and 2024: a test of surge mechanism theories6
Rheological control of crystal fabrics on Antarctic ice shelves5
Development of a sea-ice tank system for measuring microwave properties of sea ice5
Modelling accumulation of a high-altitude Himalayan glacier5
Modelled frontal ablation and velocities at Kronebreen, Svalbard, are sensitive to the choice of submarine melt rate scenario5
Ice-rich slurries can account for the remarkably low friction of ice skates5
Semantic segmentation of glaciological features across multiple remote sensing platforms with the Segment Anything Model (SAM)5
Morphological diversity of microalgae and Cyanobacteria of cryoconite holes in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica5
Numerical modelling of dense snow avalanches with a well-balanced scheme based on the 2D shallow water equations5
Direct measurements of firn-density evolution from 2016 to 2022 at Wolverine Glacier, Alaska5
The integrated ice sheet response to stochastic iceberg calving5
Modelling lateral meltwater flow and superimposed ice formation atop Greenland's near-surface ice slabs5
Deciphering stable water isotope records of firn cores from a strongly maritime, high-accumulation site on the Antarctic Peninsula5
Utilising seismic station internal GPS for tracking surging glacier sliding velocity5
Persistent mass loss of Triangular Glacier, James Ross Island, north-eastern Antarctic Peninsula5
Projected sea-level contributions from tidewater glaciers are highly sensitive to chosen bedrock topography: a case study at Hansbreen, Svalbard5
Multi-sensor Comparison for Snow Grain Size Mapping from UAS Platforms5
Theoretical and experimental study on cutting temperature in the presence of drilling fluid during ice-core drilling5
Robust reconstruction of glacier beds using transient 2D assimilation with Stokes5
Sub-regional variability in the influence of ice-contact lakes on Himalayan glaciers5
Light absorption and albedo reduction by pigmented microalgae on snow and ice5
Assessing future ice shelf hydrofracture vulnerability in the ISMIP6 ensemble4
A site for deep ice coring at West Hercules Dome: results from ground-based geophysics and modeling4
Characterizing the Subglacial Environment of Lower Thwaites Glacier Using Radar Modeling4
A method to estimate surface mass-balance in glacier accumulation areas based on digital elevation models and submergence velocities4
Estimates of basal and englacial thermal conditions of the Antarctic ice sheet4
Thermal Sidewall Ice Corer (TSIC) to recover samples from boreholes drilled in glaciers and ice sheets4
Calving laws and where to find them4
Application of visual stratigraphy from line-scan images to constrain chronology and melt features of a firn core from coastal Antarctica4
Surface energy balance closure over melting snow and ice from in situ measurements on the Greenland ice sheet4
Crevasse density, orientation and temporal variability at Narsap Sermia, Greenland4
Oscillatory response of Larsen C Ice Shelf flow to the calving of iceberg A-684
Signal characteristics of surface seismic explosive sources near the West Antarctic Ice Sheet divide4
Exceptional thinning through the entire altitudinal range of Mont-Blanc glaciers during the 2021/22 mass balance year4
Glacier inventory and glacier changes (1994–2020) in the Upper Alaknanda Basin, Central Himalaya4
Influence of glacier inventories on ice thickness estimates and future glacier change projections in the Tian Shan range, Central Asia4
DAS to discharge: using distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) to infer glacier runoff4
Radar internal reflection horizons from multisystem data reflect ice dynamic and surface accumulation history along the Princess Ragnhild Coast, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica4
Glacier area changes in Novaya Zemlya from 1986–89 to 2019–21 using object-based image analysis in Google Earth Engine4
Estimating effective pressures in active subglacial lakes with ICESat-2 satellite altimetry4
Reduced basal motion responsible for 50 years of declining ice velocities on Athabasca Glacier4
The sub-seasonal and interannual spatio-temporal variability of bare-ice albedo of Abramov Glacier, Kyrgyzstan4
Geothermal heat flow from borehole measurements at the margin of Princess Elizabeth Land (East Antarctic Ice Sheet)4
Glacier mass balance and its climatic and nonclimatic drivers in the Ladakh region during 2000–2021 from remote sensing data4
Estimating effective elasticity in grounding zones of the Ross Ice Shelf with tidal flexure from ICESat-24
Surface mass balance and energy balance of the 79N Glacier (Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden, NE Greenland) modeled by linking COSIPY and Polar WRF – CORRIGENDUM4
Effects of topography on dynamics and mass loss of lake-terminating glaciers in southern Patagonia4
QFuego-Patagonia: A comprehensive glacier-related dataset for Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, South America4
Assessing controls on ice dynamics at Crane Glacier, Antarctic Peninsula, using a numerical ice flow model3
Monitoring glacier evolution and assessing glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) susceptibility in the Bolivian Andes3
Firn densification in two dimensions: modeling the collapse of snow caves and enhanced densification in ice-stream shear margins3
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A unified kinematic wave theory for melt infiltration into firn3
Capillary suction across the soil–snow interface as a mechanism for the formation of wet basal layers under gliding snowpacks3
Assessing the effects of fjord geometry on Greenland tidewater glacier stability3
A note on the snout3
Mass-balance and ablation processes of a perennial polar ice patch on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island3
Estimating supraglacial lake depth in Greenland: A comparison study of empirical formula, radiative transfer and depression topography methods3
Validating ensemble historical simulations of Upernavik Isstrøm (1985–2019) using observations of surface velocity and elevation3
Holocene hydrological evolution of subglacial Lake Snow Eagle, East Antarctica, implied by englacial radiostratigraphy3
Mapping textures of polar ice cores using 3D laboratory X-ray microscopy3
Multi-temporal elevation changes of Fedchenko Glacier, Tajikistan, from 1928 to 20213
Ice-flow model emulator based on physics-informed deep learning3
Surge history and dynamics of Fisher Glacier, Yukon, 1948–20223
Evaluation of surface mass-balance records using geodetic data and physically-based modelling, Place and Peyto glaciers, western Canada3
Seasonal variability in ice velocity driven by subglacial hydrology of Drang Drung Glacier, Western Himalayas3
From ice core to ground-penetrating radar: representativeness of SMB at three ice rises along the Princess Ragnhild Coast, East Antarctica3
Surge-type glaciers in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland): distribution, temporal patterns and climatic controls3
Shifts in glacier dynamics during land-to-lake terminus transition in western Patagonia3
Evaluating CMIP6 models for near-surface air temperature projections over Antarctic ice shelves3
Rift propagation signals the last act of the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf despite low basal melt rates3
Numerical simulation of glacier terminus evolution using the dual action principle for momentum balance3
The effect of melt-channel geometry on ice-shelf flow3
Detection of glacier calving events from time-lapse images using computer vision and a neural network3
Up-glacier propagation of surface lowering of Yala Glacier, Langtang Valley, Nepal Himalaya3
Changes in glacier albedo and the driving factors in the Western Nyainqentanglha Mountains from 2001 to 20203
Treatment of the ice-shelf backpressure and buttressing in two horizontal dimensions3
Theoretical stability of ice shelf basal crevasses with a vertical temperature profile3
Rapid and synchronous response of outlet glaciers to ocean warming on the Barents Sea coast, Novaya Zemlya3
A synthesis of the basal thermal state of the Antarctic ice sheet3
Modelling seasonal fluctuations and aspect characteristics of ice-cliff melt on the debris-covered Trakarding Glacier, Rolwaling Valley, Nepal Himalaya3
Annual variation of temperature and mass balance of first-year and second-year land-fast sea ice in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica3
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Dynamics of lake-terminating glaciers in the Himalaya and Southeastern Tibet between 1990 and 20202
Tracking rapid and slow ice-dammed lake changes through optical satellites and local knowledge: a case study of Tystigbreen in Norway2
Autumn pauses in Arctic-wide sea-ice expansion2
Bridging the gaps: Unraveling the impact of snow properties on brine wicking and runoff2
Modeling ice cliff stability using a new Mohr–Coulomb-based phase field fracture model2
Capturing the transition from marine to land-terminating glacier from the 126-year retreat history of Nordenskiöldbreen, Svalbard2
Ground penetrating radar in temperate ice: englacial water inclusions as limiting factor for data interpretation2
Influence of seasonally varying sea-ice concentration and subsurface ocean heat on sea-ice thickness and sea-ice seasonality for a ‘warm-shelf’ region in Antarctica2
Annual mass-balance time series of Dongkemadi Glacier, 2000–20, from a linear albedo-based model using geodetic data and validated with the glaciological method2
To what extent do sea-ice algae affect the modelled transmittance of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) to the ice-ocean interface?2
Modelling the evolution of near-surface ice layers and their impact on runoff generation processes across a High Arctic Ice Cap2
The formation of glacier dirt cones2
Estimating the elastic modulus of landfast ice from wave observations2
Decades of supraglacial hydrological network evolution on Ellesmere Island’s glaciers2
Observational constraints on the sensitivity of two calving glaciers to external forcings2
The eastern limit of ‘Kunlun-Pamir-Karakoram Anomaly’ reflected by changes in glacier area and surface elevation2
Spatiotemporal variability of air temperature biases in regional climate models over the Greenland ice sheet2
Ice sheet mass flow and balance with constituent terms 2010–192
Structural weaknesses in ice mélange revealed by high resolution ICEYE SAR imagery2
Mechanical properties of pressure-frozen ice under triaxial compressive stress2
Experimental constraints on transient glacier slip with ice-bed separation2
Maritime glacier retreat and terminus area change in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, between 1984 and 20212
Spatial variability in winter mass balance on Storglaciären modelled with a terrain-based approach2
Glacial hydraulic tremor on Rhonegletscher, Switzerland2
Application of first arrival seismic tomography in a glaciated basin: implications for paleo-ice stream development2
Temporal variations in the ice volume of Xiao Dongkemadi Glacier, central Tibetan Plateau, from 1969 to 20202
Diachronic quantitative snow avalanche risk assessment as a function of forest cover changes2
Rapid demise and committed loss of Bowman Glacier, northern Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada2
Measuring seismic attenuation in polar firn: method and application to Korff Ice Rise, West Antarctica2
Dislocation density measurements in crept artificial ice with and without microparticles using modified Williamson-Hall and Warren-Averbach methods2
Crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) patterns in uniaxially compressed deuterated ice: quantitative analysis of historical data2
Ice dynamic and hydrological response to ice-dammed lake drainages at Isunnguata Sermia, West Greenland2
Snowpack thermal regime controls ice layer permeability2
How to handle glacier area change in geodetic mass balance2
Towards a model of glide-snow avalanche occurrence using in-situ soil and snow measurements2
Seasonal and spatial variations in sea ice kinematics and their response to storms in the Arctic Transpolar Drift region in 2021–20222
The first cultivation of the glacier ice alga Ancylonema alaskanum (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta): differences in morphology and photophysiology of field vs laboratory strain cells2
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