Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
GI
Open access Public peer review Article level metrics Moderate APCs
GI cover
Open access Public peer review Article level metrics Moderate APCs Financial support
Executive editors: Jean Dumoulin, Anette Eltner, Francesco Soldovieri & Håkan Svedhem
eISSN: 2193-0864

Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (GI) is a not-for-profit open-access interdisciplinary electronic journal for swift publication of original articles and short communications in the area of geoscientific instruments. It covers four main areas: (i) atmospheric and geospace sciences, (ii) Earth science, (iii) ocean science, and (iv) urban environmental monitoring. A unique feature of the journal is the emphasis on the synergy between science and technology that facilitates advances in GI.

Journal metrics

GI is indexed in the Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, etc. We refrain from displaying the journal metrics prominently on the landing page since citation metrics used in isolation do not describe importance, impact, or quality of a journal. However, these metrics can be found on the journal metrics page.

News

15 Jun 2026 The NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications is delighted to announce a new institutional agreement with NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Please read more.

15 Jun 2026 The NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications is delighted to announce a new institutional agreement with NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Please read more.

07 May 2026 Temporary unavailability of article and preprint PDFs due to technical issues

Since Tuesday, 5 May, 06:30 CET, we have been experiencing technical issues caused by high demand on our systems, which have significantly affected our journal libraries. To maintain platform stability and ensure continued access to critical services, all preprint and journal article PDFs were temporarily restricted, while HTML full-text content and XML files remained available. Since Thursday, 7 May, 08:30 CET, we have made the preprint PDFs available again; however, journal article PDFs remain restricted until the technical issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to restore full PDF access as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

07 May 2026 Temporary unavailability of article and preprint PDFs due to technical issues

Since Tuesday, 5 May, 06:30 CET, we have been experiencing technical issues caused by high demand on our systems, which have significantly affected our journal libraries. To maintain platform stability and ensure continued access to critical services, all preprint and journal article PDFs were temporarily restricted, while HTML full-text content and XML files remained available. Since Thursday, 7 May, 08:30 CET, we have made the preprint PDFs available again; however, journal article PDFs remain restricted until the technical issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to restore full PDF access as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

13 Feb 2026 University of Western Ontario partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new agreement with Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario, providing a 50% APC reduction for eligible corresponding authors submitting from 1 January 2026. Please read more.

13 Feb 2026 University of Western Ontario partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new agreement with Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario, providing a 50% APC reduction for eligible corresponding authors submitting from 1 January 2026. Please read more.

News archive

Recent papers

23 Jun 2026
Propagation of Instrumental Self-Noise Through Causal Response Correction: Implications for Seismic-Network Detectability and Completeness
Antonino D'Alessandro
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2672,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2672, 2026
Preprint under review for GI (discussion: open, 0 comments)
Short summary
15 Jun 2026
A Cubesat-optimized Magnetic Field Measurement Concept for Operation Beyond Low Earth Orbit
Raphael Steinhöfler, Marius Anger, Roman Shalamov, Jaan Praks, David Fischer, Werner Magnes, Josef Wilfinger, Aris Valavanoglou, and Constant Michel Felix Lentz
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1579,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1579, 2026
Preprint under review for GI (discussion: open, 0 comments)
Short summary
10 Jun 2026
Bitfields encode what data knows about itself
Steffen Ehrmann
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2041,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2041, 2026
Preprint under review for GI (discussion: open, 0 comments)
Short summary
29 May 2026
Rapid detection of centimeter-scale change in a Mars analog environment using ground-based mobile LiDAR
Sashank Vanga, Reid P. Perkins, Catherine D. Neish, Michael R. Zanetti, Brett B. Carr, and Christopher W. Hamilton
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2733,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2733, 2026
Preprint under review for GI (discussion: open, 1 comment)
Short summary
21 May 2026
Enhanced removal of very low frequency and low frequency radio noise from transient electromagnetic data with modeling and adaptive filtering
Michel Hardenberg and Jakob Juul Larsen
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 15, 183–193, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-15-183-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-15-183-2026, 2026
Short summary

Highlight articles

22 Oct 2025
Experiences and Lessons Learned from Designing and Testing of an Air System and a Drilling Fluid Circulation System Adapted for Subglacial Bedrock Sampling in Antarctica
Yazhou Li, Gansheng Yang, Jing Wang, Kai Zhang, Bing Li, Yangxi Lu, Zheng Zhou, Zufang Wang, Ruozhou Huang, Xingwen Lai, Yuchen Sun, and Mingqi Wang
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 14, 277–294, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-14-277-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-14-277-2025, 2025
Short summary Editorial statement
18 Aug 2023
New ring shear deformation apparatus for three-dimensional multiphase experiments: first results
Shae McLafferty, Haley Bix, Kyle Bogatz, and Jacqueline E. Reber
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 12, 141–154, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-12-141-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-12-141-2023, 2023
Short summary Editorial statement
14 Jul 2023
Design and performance of the Hotrod melt-tip ice-drilling system
William Colgan, Christopher Shields, Pavel Talalay, Xiaopeng Fan, Austin P. Lines, Joshua Elliott, Harihar Rajaram, Kenneth Mankoff, Morten Jensen, Mira Backes, Yunchen Liu, Xianzhe Wei, Nanna B. Karlsson, Henrik Spanggård, and Allan Ø. Pedersen
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 12, 121–140, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-12-121-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-12-121-2023, 2023
Short summary Editorial statement

All EGU highlight articles

Notice on APC invoices

In accordance with current European restrictions, Copernicus Publications does not step into business relations with and issue APC invoices (articles processing charges) to Russian and Belarusian institutions. The peer-review process and scientific exchange of our journals including preprint posting is not affected. However, these restrictions require that the first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) has an affiliation and invoice address outside Russia or Belarus.