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Acknowledgement to Reviewers 2025 - Annals of Geophysics Top 10 Reviewers

2026-03-02

In Appreciation of Annals of Geophysics Outstanding Reviewers of 2025

The Editorial Board of Annals of Geophysics warmly thanks all reviewers for their essential service to the scientific community. 

As a token of our appreciation, we are pleased to present the Top 10 Reviewers of 2025, who, through multiple in-depth evaluations and constructive feedback, made a particularly significant contribution to improving manuscripts over the past year.

Top 10 Reviewers of 2025

Ana Astort - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Italy)
Peter Betts - Monash University, Melbourne (Australia)

Jacopo Boaga - Padua University, Padova (Italy)
Andrea Caruso - Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna University (Italy)
Francesca R. Cinti - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Italy)
Domenico Di Mauro - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Italy)
Haipeng Li - Department of Geophysics Stanford, CA (US)
Liliana Oliveira - Instituto Dom Luiz, Lisboa (Portugal)
Juan David Solano-Acosta - Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn (Estonia)
Davide Zaccagnino - Risks-X and SUSTech, Guangdong (China)


This recognition is permanently recorded: doi.org/10.4401/ag-9548.

The official acknowledgment of this recognition is published as an editorial and can be cited as:

Montone, P. and the Editorial Board (2026). Acknowledgement to Reviewers 2025. Ann. Geophys. 2026, 69 (1). https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-9548.

 

Open Call for Papers - Special Issue on Integrating Multi-Scale and Multidisciplinary Approaches in Seismic Microzonation of Volcanic Areas

2025-10-16

Submission Deadline extension: 30 April 2026

Guest Editors: R. Azzaro1, S. Catalano2,3, M. Mancini3,, F. Pacor1, E. Peronace3 and S. Pierdominici4

1. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy.

2. Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy.

3. Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-IGAG), Italy.

4. Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Potsdam, Germany.

The assessment of local seismic hazard in active volcanic regions poses specific challenges, owing to the highly complex geological architecture and distinctive seismological behavior, which differ markedly from those in more stable tectonic settings.

Seismicity in these regions is typically clustered and characterized by low to moderate magnitude events. This is particularly evident in Italy, where the shallow depth of earthquake hypocenters has significantly increased their impact on the territory, as shown by recent events on the island of Ischia (2017), the eastern flank of Mount Etna (2018), and in the Campi Flegrei area over the past two years.

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SPECIAL ISSUE DEADLINE EXTENSION - November 30th - Volcanology, History, and Archeology

2025-10-03

Volcanology, history and archaeology: bringing the world of physical sciences closer to the humanities

Guest Editors: Daniele Musumeci 1, Stefano Branca 2, Sandro de Vita 3, Franco Foresta Martin 4,5

1 Dipartimento di Scienze umanistiche, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy
2 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Etneo, Catania, Italy
3 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Osservatorio Vesuviano, Napoli, Italy
4 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGV, Sezione di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
5 Laboratorio Museo di Scienze della Terra, Isola di Ustica, Palermo, Italy

Among the physical sciences, volcanology is one of the most highly interdisciplinary subjects, bringing together geological, geomorphological, geophysical, historical-literary, archaeological, and socio-economic skills. These diverse skills are essential for an all-round understanding of volcanic phenomena and their impact on the environment and human settlements. The historical reconstruction and the philosophical analysis of past and present scientific theories allows to define the origins and the development of the scientific-cultural paths, advancing our knowledge of volcanic phenomena. In particular, the study of the relationships between eruptions and human communities, together with the social, economic, and urban consequences, involves all these disciplines and others again, such as chemistry, palaeoanthropology, medical sciences, engineering, architecture, and art history. 

More and more often volcanological and archaeological studies take advantage of geophysics and archaeometric techniques for prospecting investigations and material analysis. 

This Special Issue aims to compile a collection of scientific and technical papers that stem from the interaction of various disciplines, enhancing our understanding of the connections between volcanism, the environment, and human communities. Additionally, case studies demonstrating the combined application of diverse investigative techniques to identify areas of interest for non-invasive exploration are welcome.

Closing of the submissions: 30 November 2025

The accepted papers are scheduled for publication in a special issue of Annals of Geophysics, which is expected to be released by early 2026.

In preparing manuscripts, authors must follow Annals of Geophysics’ author guidelines

Papers must be submitted via the online submission system of Annals of Geophysics under the “Section”:

"Special Issue: Volcanology, History, and Archeology"

 

 

SPECIAL ISSUE DEADLINE EXTENSION - October 31st: International Reference Ionosphere: Improvement and Evaluation of a Global Standard

2025-08-27

With more and more of our daily life depending so much on space technology it is critically important to have an accurate and reliable representation of the Earth’s geospace environment. The ionosphere is a particularly important part of geospace because any technique that uses a probing signal travelling through this region needs to account for the retarding and refractive effect that this region imposes on the signal. The International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) is the internationally accepted standard for the ionosphere and is officially certified as such by the International Standardization Organization (ISO). The model is used for a wide range of applications in science (across many disciplines), engineering, and education.

Guest Editors: Dieter Bilitza, Joseph Olwendo, Alessio Pignalberi, Michael Pezzopane

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