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18 November 2025
Glacies | Notable Papers and Selected Special Issues by Editor-in-Chief
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Glacies (ISSN: 2813-8740) is a new journal founded in 2024. The inaugural issue was released last September. The Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Steven R. Fassnacht, selected some notable papers that we are delighted to share with you. In addition, two Special Issues are currently open for submission.
The following is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe will interest you:
1. “How Do Climate Change and Deglaciation Affect Runoff Formation Mechanisms in the High-Mountain River Basin of the North Caucasus?”
by Ekaterina D. Pavlyukevich, Inna N. Krylenko, Yuri G. Motovilov, Ekaterina P. Rets, Irina A. Korneva, Taisiya N. Postnikova and Oleg O. Rybak
Glacies 2025, 2(3), 10; https://doi.org/10.3390/glacies2030010
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-8740/2/3/10
2. “Freshwater Thin Ice Sheet Monitoring and Imaging with Fiber Optic Distributed Acoustic Sensing”
by Meghan Quinn, Adrian K. Doran, Constantine Coclin, Levi Cass and Heath Turner
Glacies 2025, 2(3), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/glacies2030007
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-8740/2/3/7
3. “River Ice Effects on Sediment Transport and Channel Morphology—Progress and Research Needs”
by Hung Tao Shen
Glacies 2025, 2(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/glacies2010002
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-8740/2/1/2
4. “Limitations of Drawdown Doline Development on Mountainous Glaciokarst”
by Márton Veress
Glacies 2024, 1(2), 111-129; https://doi.org/10.3390/glacies1020008
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-8740/1/2/8
5. “Crafting Glacial Narratives: Virtual Exploration of Alpine Glacial and Periglacial Features in Preston Park, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA”
by Jacquelyn Kelly, Dianna Gielstra, Lynn Moorman, Uwe Schulze, Niccole V. Cerveny, Johan Gielstra, Rohana J. Swihart, Scott Ramsey, Tomáš J. Oberding, David R. Butler et al.
Glacies 2024, 1(1), 57-79; https://doi.org/10.3390/glacies1010005
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2813-8740/1/1/5
Special Issues:
“Current Snow Science Research 2025–2026”
Guest Editors: Steven R. Fassnacht, Fraser King and Krystopher Chutko
Submission deadline: 30 Jun 2026
“Advances in River Ice Research”
Guest Editor: Hung Tao Shen
Submission deadline: 31 Jul 2026