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Chief editor: Christopher Lüthgens
eISSN: 2199-9090

E&G Quaternary Science Journal (EGQSJ) is an interdisciplinary open-access journal, which publishes peer-reviewed articles and express reports, as well as thesis abstracts related to Quaternary geology, paleo-environments, paleo-ecology, soil science, paleo-climatology, geomorphology, geochronology, archaeology, geoarchaeology, and now also encompassing methodological advances and aspects of the societal relevance of Quaternary research. EGQSJ is a non-profit, community-based effort: It is run by Quaternary scientists, financed by Quaternary scientists, and supporting Quaternary scientists, because any revenue generated is only used to support publications in the journal.

EGQSJ was established under the name "Eiszeitalter & Gegenwart" (i.e. "ice age and present" in German) in 1951 and has since then covered the broad range of Quaternary research. By linking insights from the past (i.e. the ice age) with the present, our publications provide an interdisciplinary understanding and knowledge that becomes even more important in the context of the current challenges of global climate change. Please take your chance to join us in shaping the future of the journal by considering EGQSJ as a reputable, worthwhile alternative for publication of scientific papers, innovative express reports, and thesis abstracts dealing with Quaternary research.

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JIF1.3
JIF 5-year
JIF 5-year1.5
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CiteScore3.5

Recent articles

12 Mar 2025
Long-term changes of wildfire regimes in eastern Siberia: an evaluation based on lake sediment indicators and individual-based modeling
Ramesh Glückler
E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 74, 101–103, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-101-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-101-2025, 2025
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25 Feb 2025
Holocene vegetation dynamics and sedimentation processes in a small depression on a Pleistocene plain – a multi-proxy approach for the palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of a Neolithic settlement area near Leipzig, Saxony
Christian Tinapp, Maren Gumnior, Susann Heinrich, Christoph Herbig, Saskia Kretschmer, Birgit Schneider, Harald Stäuble, and Astrid Stobbe
E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 74, 79–99, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-79-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-79-2025, 2025
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18 Feb 2025
Iterative outlier identification for robust cosmogenic 26Al∕10Be burial dating of fluvial terraces: a case study from the Danube River (Vienna Basin, Austria)
Zsófia Ruszkiczay-Rüdiger, Stephanie Neuhuber, Esther Hintersberger, and Jesper Nørgaard
E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 74, 59–78, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-59-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-59-2025, 2025
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14 Feb 2025
The Trendermarsch sunken in the Wadden Sea (North Frisia, Germany) – reconstructing a drowned medieval cultural landscape with geoarchaeological and geophysical investigations
Antonia Reiß, Hanna Hadler, Dennis Wilken, Bente S. Majchczack, Ruth Blankenfeldt, Sarah Bäumler, Ulf Ickerodt, Stefanie Klooß, Timo Willershäuser, Wolfgang Rabbel, and Andreas Vött
E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 74, 37–57, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-37-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-37-2025, 2025
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17 Jan 2025
Revisiting ice-marginal positions north-east of Feldberg, southern Black Forest, south-west Germany
Felix Martin Hofmann and Frank Preusser
E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 74, 1–35, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-1-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-1-2025, 2025
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News

06 Mar 2025 Get involved, become a referee, and help shape EGQSJ's community publication output

We are pleased to announce that a new referee application form is now available. This means that if you are interested in contributing to the peer-review process and supporting high-quality scientific publishing in your community then you can apply today to become a referee. Your expertise can make a difference. Visit the online form here to learn more and join our reviewer community.

06 Mar 2025 Get involved, become a referee, and help shape EGQSJ's community publication output

We are pleased to announce that a new referee application form is now available. This means that if you are interested in contributing to the peer-review process and supporting high-quality scientific publishing in your community then you can apply today to become a referee. Your expertise can make a difference. Visit the online form here to learn more and join our reviewer community.

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05 Feb 2025 Copernicus Publications and all journals left Twitter

The Copernicus Twitter account as well as all Twitter accounts of journals published by us have been deactivated. There will be no automatic feeds of newly posted preprints or published journal articles anymore, we do not actively tweet, and the status informs that the accounts are no longer maintained. Twitter is no longer linked from the journal websites or in the share section of the preprint or journal article HTML pages.

20 Jun 2024 Release of journal metrics 2023

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20 Jun 2024 Release of journal metrics 2023

The journal metrics 2023 were released. Please find further information on the journal metrics page.

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