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Journal of Cave and Karst Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by BMC (BioMed Central), covering Karst Systems and Hydrogeology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy.

PublisherBMC (BioMed Central)
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inKarst Systems and Hydrogeology Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Building materials and conservation Landslides and related hazards
ISSN1090-6924
Citation impact (2-yr)0.28
h-index32
i10-index131
Total citations4,064
Open accessYes
Top institutions publishing hereUnited States Geological Survey
Journal websitewww.jcmr-online.com
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Papers published in Journal of Cave and Karst Studies per year

27
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20
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21
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19
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19
2018
22
2019
17
2020
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2021
10
2022
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Citation impact of Journal of Cave and Karst Studies by publication year

433
2014
240
2015
307
2016
210
2017
150
2018
149
2019
112
2020
64
2021
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2022
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Most-cited papers in Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Candidate cave entrances on Mars

G. E. Cushing · 30 Apr 2012

This paper presents newly discovered candidate cave entrances into Martian near-surface lava tubes, volcano-tectonic fracture systems, and pit craters and describes their characteristics and exploration possibilities. These candidates are all collapse features that occur either intermittently along laterally continuous trench-like depressions or in the floors of sheer-walled atypical pit craters. As viewed from orbit, locations…

Evidence for Geomicrobiological Interactions in Guadalupe Caves

Kathleen H. Lavoie, Susan M. Barns, Jeanne Boston et al. · 1 Jan 2000

The caves of the Guadalupe Mountains are located in southeastern New Mexico, U.S.A., near the city of Carlsbad (Fig. 1). Over 300 known caves exist in these mountains, the most famous being Carlsbad Cavern and Lechuguilla Cave. These caves are filled with secondary mineral deposits (speleothems), which have been described and classified by Hill (1987)…

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Three-Dimensional Mobile Mapping of Caves

Robert Zlot, Michael Bosse · 31 Dec 2014

Existing methods of cave survey are time consuming and require significantly more time than naturally moving through the cave. The efficiency of these methods, even in the case of state-of-the-art laser-scanning technology, is fundamentally limited by the requirement that measurements be taken at static locations. We present a mobile approach to cave mapping, in which…

Seasonal variations in cave invertebrate communities in the semiarid Caatinga, Brazil

Diego de Medeiros Bento, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Xavier Prous et al. · 30 Aug 2016

The Brazilian semiarid region has a clear distinction between the dry season, which can last up to nine months, and the rainy season. Caves are connected to different extents to surface ecosystems, although they are idealized as stable environments due to their isolation. Furthermore, little is known about the effects of wet and dry seasonal…

Detection and Morphologic Analysis of Potential Below-Canopy Cave Openings in the Karst Landscape around the Maya Polity of Caracol using Airborne Lidar

John F. Weishampel, Jessica Hightower, Arlen F. Chase et al. · 1 Jan 2011

Locating caves can be difficult, as their entranceways are often obscured below vegetation. Recently, active remote-sensing technologies, in particular laser-based sensor systems (LiDARs), have demonstrated the ability to penetrate dense forest canopies to reveal the underlying ground topography. An airborne LiDAR system was used to generate a 1 m resolution, bare-earth digital elevation model (DEM)…

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