Ben Marzeion

9.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Ben Marzeion is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Marzeion has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Atmospheric Science, 43 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 32 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Ben Marzeion's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (49 papers), Climate variability and models (42 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (29 papers). Ben Marzeion is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (49 papers), Climate variability and models (42 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (29 papers). Ben Marzeion collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United Kingdom. Ben Marzeion's co-authors include Georg Kaser, Anders Levermann, Martin Großhauser, Alexander H. Jarosch, Marlis Hofer, Xavier Fettweis, Daniël Lincke, Kristin Richter, Robert J. Nicholls and Athanasios T. Vafeidis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ben Marzeion

75 papers receiving 4.9k 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. Coastal flood damage and adaptation costs under 21st century sea-level rise
    2014 933 citations Ben Marzeion, Xavier Fettweis et al. profile →
  2. Contribution potential of glaciers to water availability in different climate regimes
    2010 577 citations Georg Kaser, Martin Großhauser et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ben Marzeion 3.4k 2.1k 1.3k 714 411 77 5.1k
Jeff Ridley 3.3k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 809 0.6× 176 0.2× 348 0.8× 94 4.3k
Gerard H. Roe 4.9k 1.4× 3.0k 1.4× 387 0.3× 735 1.0× 711 1.7× 120 6.4k
Christopher M. Little 1.8k 0.5× 1.8k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 509 0.7× 658 1.6× 48 3.2k
Wusheng Yu 4.2k 1.2× 2.2k 1.1× 436 0.3× 239 0.3× 633 1.5× 57 5.2k
W. T. Pfeffer 5.7k 1.7× 921 0.4× 925 0.7× 292 0.4× 334 0.8× 83 6.7k
Xavier Fettweis 9.6k 2.8× 4.4k 2.1× 1.3k 0.9× 565 0.8× 724 1.8× 249 11.1k
J. Graham Cogley 7.2k 2.1× 1.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 164 0.2× 418 1.0× 78 8.6k
Daniel Joswiak 3.6k 1.1× 1.8k 0.9× 232 0.2× 206 0.3× 481 1.2× 37 4.6k
Huabiao Zhao 3.9k 1.2× 2.0k 1.0× 278 0.2× 173 0.2× 423 1.0× 54 4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben Marzeion

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Marzeion

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Marzeion

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Malles, Jan‐Hendrik, Ben Marzeion, & Paul G. Myers. (2025). Freshwater input from glacier melt outside Greenland alters modeled northern high-latitude ocean circulation. Earth System Dynamics. 16(2). 347–377.
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Hock, Regine, et al.. (2023). What is the global glacier ice volume outside the ice sheets?. Journal of Glaciology. 69(273). 204–210. 12 indexed citations
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Malles, Jan‐Hendrik, et al.. (2023). Exploring the impact of a frontal ablation parameterization on projected 21st-century mass change for Northern Hemisphere glaciers. Journal of Glaciology. 69(277). 1317–1332. 9 indexed citations
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Goosse, Hugues, et al.. (2022). Process-based estimate of global-mean sea-level changes in the Common Era. Earth System Dynamics. 13(4). 1417–1435. 5 indexed citations
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Maussion, Fabien, et al.. (2022). Advances in data availability to constrain and evaluate frontal ablation of ice-dynamical models of Greenland's tidewater peripheral glaciers. Annals of Glaciology. 63(87-89). 55–61. 1 indexed citations
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Malles, Jan‐Hendrik & Ben Marzeion. (2021). Twentieth century global glacier mass change: an ensemble-based model reconstruction. ˜The œcryosphere. 15(7). 3135–3157. 12 indexed citations
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Maussion, Fabien, et al.. (2021). Calibration of a frontal ablation parameterisation applied to Greenland's peripheral calving glaciers. Journal of Glaciology. 67(266). 1177–1189. 11 indexed citations
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Khan, Shfaqat Abbas, et al.. (2020). Vertical Land Motion From Present‐Day Deglaciation in the Wider Arctic. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(19). 12 indexed citations
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Cáceres, Denise, Ben Marzeion, Jan‐Hendrik Malles, et al.. (2020). Assessing global water mass transfers from continents to oceans over the period 1948–2016. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 24(10). 4831–4851. 27 indexed citations
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Richter, Kristin, Benoît Meyssignac, Aimée B. A. Slangen, et al.. (2020). Detecting a forced signal in satellite-era sea-level change. Environmental Research Letters. 15(9). 94079–94079. 16 indexed citations
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Marzeion, Ben, Regine Hock, Brian Anderson, et al.. (2020). Partitioning the Uncertainty of Ensemble Projections of Global Glacier Mass Change. 3 indexed citations
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Maussion, Fabien, Nicolas Champollion, Kévin Fourteau, et al.. (2019). The Open Global Glacier Model (OGGM) v1.1. Geoscientific model development. 12(3). 909–931. 165 indexed citations
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Maussion, Fabien, et al.. (2019). Impact of frontal ablation on the ice thickness estimation of marine-terminating glaciers in Alaska. ˜The œcryosphere. 13(10). 2657–2672. 14 indexed citations
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Maussion, Fabien, et al.. (2019). Initialization of a global glacier model based on present-day glacier geometry and past climate information: an ensemble approach. ˜The œcryosphere. 13(12). 3317–3335. 15 indexed citations
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Goosse, Hugues, Pierre-Yves Barriat, Quentin Dalaiden, et al.. (2018). Testing the consistency between changes in simulated climate and Alpine glacier length over the past millennium. Climate of the past. 14(8). 1119–1133. 13 indexed citations
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Maussion, Fabien, Kévin Fourteau, Alexander H. Jarosch, et al.. (2018). The Open Global Glacier Model (OGGM) v1.0. Digital Library of the University of Innsbruck (University of Innsbruck). 8 indexed citations
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Marzeion, Ben, Georg Kaser, Fabien Maussion, & Nicolas Champollion. (2018). Limited influence of climate change mitigation on short-term glacier mass loss. Nature Climate Change. 8(4). 305–308. 93 indexed citations
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Marzeion, Ben & Fabien Maussion. (2017). The Open Global Glacier Model. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Maussion, Fabien, et al.. (2015). ENSO influence on surface energy and mass balance at Shallap Glacier, Cordillera Blanca, Peru. ˜The œcryosphere. 9(4). 1663–1683. 39 indexed citations
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Marzeion, Ben, et al.. (2013). Modeling energy and mass balance of Shallap Glacier, Peru. ˜The œcryosphere. 7(6). 1787–1802. 44 indexed citations

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