Acta Carsologica

Aims & Scope

Karst areas occupy 10-20 % of ice-free land.

Dissolution of rock by natural waters has given rise to specific landscape and underground.

Karst surface features and caves have attracted man's curiosity since the dawn of humanity and have been a focus to scientific studies since more than half of millennia.

Acta Carsologica publishes original research papers and reviews, letters, essays and reports covering topics related to specific of karst areas.

These comprise, but are not limited to karst geology, hydrology, and geomorphology, speleology, hydrogeology, biospeleology and history of karst science.

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Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• UNDERGROUND METEOROLOGY-“What’s the weather underground?”

  Citation: 106

  Authors: Giovanni

• Proposed Methodology of Vulnerability and Contamination Risk Mapping for the Protection of Karst Aquifers in Slovenia

  Citation: 104

  Authors: Nataša, Nico

• Damage to the historic town of Staufen (Germany) caused by geothermal drillings through anhydrite-bearing formations

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Ingo, Ulrich

• Research frontiers in speleogenesis. Dominant processes, hydrogeological conditions and resulting cave patterns

  Citation: 44

  Authors: Philippe, Arthur N.

• Surface and subsurface karst geomorphology in the Murge (Apulia, Southern Italy)

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Mario

• Automatic detection and delineation of karst terrain depressions and its application in geomorphological mapping and morphometric analysis

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Eulogio, Juan José, Peter A.

• Structural control on development of karst landscape in the Salento Peninsula (Apulia, SE Italy)

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Mariangela, Mario

• A Review of Coalesced, Collapsed-Paleocave Systems and Associated Suprastratal Deformation

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Robert G

• The role and importance of cave microclimate in the sustainable use and management of show caves

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Chris R.

• Cave and Karst Evolution in the Alps and Their Relation to Paleoclimate and Paleotopography

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Philippe, Alfredo, Franci, Philipp, Fabien, Pierre-Yves, Jurij, Michel, France, Paola, Hubert, Andres