Alison Cook

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Alison Cook is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Cook has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Atmospheric Science, 12 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Alison Cook's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (22 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (12 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (10 papers). Alison Cook is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (22 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (12 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (10 papers). Alison Cook collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Netherlands. Alison Cook's co-authors include David G. Vaughan, A. J. Fox, Jane G. Ferrigno, Adrian Luckman, Tavi Murray, Paul R. Holland, Michael P. Meredith, Mee Kam Ng, Jackie Dawson and M. R. van den Broeke and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Alison Cook

36 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Retreating Glacier Fronts on the Antarctic Peninsula over the Past Half-Century

2005 643 citations Alison Cook, A. J. Fox et al. Science profile →
Ocean forcing of glacier retreat in the western Antarctic Peninsula

2016 355 citations Alison Cook, Paul R. Holland et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison Cook United Kingdom	21	1.7k	750	533	512	332	36	2.4k
B. B. Fitzharris New Zealand	25	1.2k 0.7×	190 0.3×	142 0.3×	187 0.4×	712 2.1×	56	1.6k
Maria A. Martin Germany	13	912 0.5×	114 0.2×	255 0.5×	85 0.2×	294 0.9×	26	1.2k
R. B. Alley United States	8	698 0.4×	180 0.2×	130 0.2×	125 0.2×	472 1.4×	9	1.3k
Michel Baraër Canada	22	1.0k 0.6×	284 0.4×	97 0.2×	29 0.1×	386 1.2×	53	1.7k
Maria Shahgedanova United Kingdom	24	1.3k 0.7×	134 0.2×	101 0.2×	123 0.2×	588 1.8×	64	1.7k
Samuel U. Nussbaumer Switzerland	18	1.5k 0.9×	146 0.2×	275 0.5×	91 0.2×	330 1.0×	39	1.8k
Andrew M. Lorrey New Zealand	21	957 0.5×	160 0.2×	60 0.1×	149 0.3×	462 1.4×	61	1.1k
Rajmund Przybylak Poland	21	1.3k 0.8×	185 0.2×	38 0.1×	74 0.1×	709 2.1×	121	1.7k
Vladimir N Mikhalenko Russia	16	1.1k 0.7×	228 0.3×	48 0.1×	80 0.2×	379 1.1×	56	1.4k
John E. Gordon United Kingdom	23	964 0.6×	228 0.3×	41 0.1×	71 0.1×	49 0.1×	54	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Alison Cook

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alison Cook

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison Cook

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alison Cook. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alison Cook based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alison Cook. Alison Cook is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Meredith, Michael P., Mark Inall, J. Alexander Brearley, et al.. (2022). Internal tsunamigenesis and ocean mixing driven by glacier calving in Antarctica. Science Advances. 8(47). eadd0720–eadd0720. 11 indexed citations

Kochtitzky, William, Luke Copland, Wesley Van Wychen, et al.. (2022). The unquantified mass loss of Northern Hemisphere marine-terminating glaciers from 2000–2020. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5835–5835. 41 indexed citations

Dawson, Jackie, et al.. (2022). Analysis of Changing Levels of Ice Strengthening (Ice Class) among Vessels Operating in the Canadian Arctic over the Past 30 Years. ARCTIC. 12 indexed citations

Dawson, Jackie, et al.. (2021). Tourism Vessels and Low Impact Shipping Corridors in Arctic Canada: Trends, Risks, Community Perspectives and Management Strategies. uO Research (University of Ottawa). 2 indexed citations

Dawson, Jackie, et al.. (2020). Arctic corridors and northern voices project: Methods for community-based participatory mapping for low impact shipping corridors in Arctic Canada. MethodsX. 7. 101064–101064. 11 indexed citations

Dawson, Jackie, et al.. (2020). Analysis of heavy fuel oil use by ships operating in Canadian Arctic waters from 2010 to 2018. FACETS. 5(1). 304–327. 8 indexed citations

Carter, Natalie, Jackie Dawson, & Alison Cook. (2019). Arctic Corridors and Northern Voices: governing marine transportation in the Canadian Arctic (Resolute, Nunavut community report). uO Research (University of Ottawa). 4 indexed citations

Cook, Alison, Luke Copland, Brice Noël, et al.. (2019). Atmospheric forcing of rapid marine-terminating glacier retreat in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Science Advances. 5(3). eaau8507–eaau8507. 55 indexed citations

Seehaus, Thorsten, et al.. (2018). Changes in glacier dynamics in the northern Antarctic Peninsula since 1985. The cryosphere. 12(2). 577–594. 33 indexed citations

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Huber, Jacqueline, Alison Cook, Frank Paul, & Michael Zemp. (2017). A complete glacier inventory of the Antarctic Peninsula based on Landsat 7 images from 2000 to 2002 and other preexisting data sets. Earth system science data. 9(1). 115–131. 17 indexed citations

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Jansen, Daniela, Adrian Luckman, Alison Cook, et al.. (2015). Brief Communication: Newly developing rift in Larsen C Ice Shelf presents significant risk to stability. The cryosphere. 9(3). 1223–1227. 45 indexed citations

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Scambos, T. A., Étienne Berthier, T. M. Haran, et al.. (2014). Detailed ice loss pattern in the northern Antarctic Peninsula: widespread decline driven by ice front retreats. The cryosphere. 8(6). 2135–2145. 60 indexed citations

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Leclercq, P. W., et al.. (2014). A data set of worldwide glacier length fluctuations. The cryosphere. 8(2). 659–672. 67 indexed citations

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Barrand, Nicholas E., Richard C. A. Hindmarsh, Robert J. Arthern, et al.. (2013). Computing the volume response of the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet to warming scenarios to 2200. Journal of Glaciology. 59(215). 397–409. 31 indexed citations

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Cook, Alison, Tavi Murray, Adrian Luckman, David G. Vaughan, & Nicholas E. Barrand. (2012). A new 100-m Digital Elevation Model of the Antarctic Peninsula derived from ASTER Global DEM: methods and accuracy assessment. Earth system science data. 4(1). 129–142. 79 indexed citations

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Cook, Alison & David G. Vaughan. (2010). Overview of areal changes of the ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula over the past 50 years. The cryosphere. 4(1). 77–98. 327 indexed citations

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Vaughan, David G., Alison Cook, Gareth J. Marshall, & Hamish D. Pritchard. (2008). The retreating ice shelves of the Antarctic Peninsula. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Smith, James A, Michael J. Bentley, Dominic A. Hodgson, & Alison Cook. (2007). George VI Ice Shelf: past history, present behaviour and potential mechanisms for future collapse. Antarctic Science. 19(1). 131–142. 24 indexed citations

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Cook, Alison, A. J. Fox, David G. Vaughan, & Jane G. Ferrigno. (2005). Retreating Glacier Fronts on the Antarctic Peninsula over the Past Half-Century. Science. 308(5721). 541–544. 643 indexed citations breakdown →

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Israel, Steven A., Markus Helfert, & Alison Cook. (1996). Changes in the Dead Sea During the Past 25 Years as Documented from Manned Space Photography. Environmental Geosciences. 3(1). 35–39. 1 indexed citations

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