B. Messerli

527 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 338 citations indexed

About

B. Messerli is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Messerli has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 338 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 3 papers in Atmospheric Science and 2 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in B. Messerli's work include Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (4 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (2 papers) and Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (2 papers). B. Messerli is often cited by papers focused on Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (4 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (2 papers) and Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (2 papers). B. Messerli collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. B. Messerli's co-authors include Nel Caine, Hans Schreier, Martín Grosjean, H. Veit, Mebus A. Geyh, R. E. Rhoades, Paul Messerli, Carmen de Jong, G. P. Chapman and Harald Bugmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Hydrological Processes, The Holocene and Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research.

In The Last Decade

B. Messerli

17 papers receiving 303 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.

  1. Die eiszeitliche und die gegenwärtige Vergletscherung im Mittelmeerraum
    1967 114 citations B. Messerli Geographica Helvetica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
B. Messerli Switzerland 7 191 78 61 60 51 18 338
Karl Tilman Rost Germany 7 198 1.0× 56 0.7× 28 0.5× 48 0.8× 41 0.8× 13 339
Cynthia V. Burek United Kingdom 14 102 0.5× 56 0.7× 13 0.2× 48 0.8× 59 1.2× 47 639
Larry W. Price United States 13 235 1.2× 85 1.1× 49 0.8× 25 0.4× 97 1.9× 23 417
R. Neil Munro United Kingdom 8 106 0.6× 136 1.7× 122 2.0× 49 0.8× 132 2.6× 10 461
Stephanie Mills United Kingdom 13 384 2.0× 105 1.3× 36 0.6× 126 2.1× 64 1.3× 34 528
Mihkel Kangur Estonia 10 151 0.8× 67 0.9× 22 0.4× 28 0.5× 60 1.2× 15 296
Eduardo Martínez de Pisón Spain 8 226 1.2× 58 0.7× 15 0.2× 44 0.7× 67 1.3× 40 352
Deborah L. Elliott‐Fisk United States 13 162 0.8× 52 0.7× 83 1.4× 27 0.5× 187 3.7× 20 459
I. Ssemmanda Uganda 10 197 1.0× 33 0.4× 40 0.7× 98 1.6× 83 1.6× 15 316
Lisa Dumayne‐Peaty United Kingdom 10 373 2.0× 40 0.5× 30 0.5× 53 0.9× 203 4.0× 17 467

Countries citing papers authored by B. Messerli

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Fields of papers citing papers by B. Messerli

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. Messerli

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of B. Messerli. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of B. Messerli 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 B. Messerli. B. Messerli is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Höfer, Thomas, et al.. (2009). Sustainable mountain development in the age of global change: regional exchange and collaboration in Europe and Africa.. 58–77.
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Messerli, B., et al.. (2006). Securing Sustainable Livelihoods in the Hindu Kush-H Himalayas: Directions for Future Research, Development and Cooperation. 12–26. 2 indexed citations
3.
Jong, Carmen de, et al.. (2005). The importance of a hydrological research framework for water balance studies in mountain basins. Hydrological Processes. 19(12). 2323–2328. 6 indexed citations
4.
Reasoner, Mel A., Austin Becker, Harald Bugmann, et al.. (2001). The Mountain Research Initiative and Past Global Changes. PAGES news. 9(3). 4–6. 4 indexed citations
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Caine, Nel, et al.. (1999). Mountains of the World: A Global Priority. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 31(1). 119–119. 53 indexed citations
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Haslett, John, et al.. (1998). A New Science: Montology. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters. 7(3). 228–228. 2 indexed citations
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Grosjean, Martín, Mebus A. Geyh, B. Messerli, Hans Schreier, & H. Veit. (1998). A late-Holocene (<2600 BP) glacial advance in the south-central Andes (29°S), northern Chile. The Holocene. 8(4). 473–479. 50 indexed citations
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Messerli, B., et al.. (1997). Sustainable mountain development - Chapter 13 in action.. 447–453. 5 indexed citations
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Thorsell, J. W., et al.. (1997). Protection of nature in mountain regions.. 237–248. 4 indexed citations
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Messerli, B., et al.. (1997). Conflicts in mountain areas - a predicament for sustainable development.. 103–130. 6 indexed citations
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Rieder, P., et al.. (1997). Economic and political framework for sustainability of mountain areas.. 85–102. 4 indexed citations
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Messerli, B., et al.. (1997). Agenda for sustainable mountain development.. 455–466. 18 indexed citations
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Valero‐Garcés, Blas L., Martín Grosjean, Antje Schwalb, et al.. (1996). Limnogeología de Laguna Chungará y cambio climático durante el Holoceno Superior en el Altiplano chileno septentrional. Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeolóxico de Laxe: Revista de xeoloxía galega e do hercínico peninsular. 21(21). 271–280. 5 indexed citations
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Messerli, B., et al.. (1995). Assessing the impact of anthropogenic land use change in the Himalayas.. 64–89. 2 indexed citations
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Messerli, B., et al.. (1990). The Himalayan Dilemma. Reconciling Development and Conservation. Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography. 72(2/3). 127–127. 48 indexed citations
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Messerli, B. & Paul Messerli. (1978). Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und ökologische Belastbarkeit im Berggebiet (MAB Schweiz). Geographica Helvetica. 33(4). 203–210. 4 indexed citations
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Messerli, B.. (1973). Problems of Vertical and Horizontal Arrangement in the High Mountains of the Extreme Arid Zone (Central Sahara). Arctic and Alpine Research. 5(sup3). 11 indexed citations
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Messerli, B.. (1967). Die eiszeitliche und die gegenwärtige Vergletscherung im Mittelmeerraum. Geographica Helvetica. 22(3). 105–228. 114 indexed citations breakdown →

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