Bernd Etzelmüller

11.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
140 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Bernd Etzelmüller is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernd Etzelmüller has authored 140 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Atmospheric Science, 39 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 12 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bernd Etzelmüller's work include Climate change and permafrost (117 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (113 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (47 papers). Bernd Etzelmüller is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (117 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (113 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (47 papers). Bernd Etzelmüller collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Germany and Switzerland. Bernd Etzelmüller's co-authors include Sebastian Westermann, Thomas V. Schuler, H. Farbrot, Johan Ludvig Sollid, Ketil Isaksen, Rune Strand Ødegård, Ivar Berthling, Jan Hjort, Kjersti Gisnås and Jon Ove Hagen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Bernd Etzelmüller

139 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century

2018 394 citations Sebastian Westermann, Bernd Etzelmüller et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernd Etzelmüller Norway	44	4.8k	1.4k	365	333	324	140	5.3k
Hanne H. Christiansen Norway	32	3.5k 0.7×	670 0.5×	151 0.4×	257 0.8×	545 1.7×	144	3.9k
Martin Hoelzle Switzerland	50	6.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.4×	326 0.9×	766 2.3×	303 0.9×	147	6.9k
Roger LeB. Hooke United States	42	4.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	158 0.4×	293 0.9×	808 2.5×	127	5.5k
John D. Jansen United Kingdom	33	2.2k 0.5×	946 0.7×	159 0.4×	461 1.4×	1.2k 3.7×	103	3.7k
Michael Krautblatter Germany	35	2.0k 0.4×	1.9k 1.3×	162 0.4×	238 0.7×	211 0.7×	110	2.9k
Antoni G. Lewkowicz Canada	32	3.0k 0.6×	630 0.4×	99 0.3×	283 0.8×	365 1.1×	95	3.3k
Kenneth M. Hinkel United States	41	5.0k 1.0×	404 0.3×	585 1.6×	596 1.8×	760 2.3×	123	5.8k
Ian Willis United Kingdom	43	4.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	143 0.4×	326 1.0×	406 1.3×	112	4.9k
S. S. Marchenko United States	30	3.8k 0.8×	319 0.2×	286 0.8×	576 1.7×	563 1.7×	58	4.3k
Duncan J. Quincey United Kingdom	40	4.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	636 1.7×	671 2.0×	452 1.4×	130	6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Bernd Etzelmüller

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Bernd Etzelmüller's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Bernd Etzelmüller with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Bernd Etzelmüller more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Bernd Etzelmüller

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Bernd Etzelmüller. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Bernd Etzelmüller. The network helps show where Bernd Etzelmüller may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernd Etzelmüller

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Onaca, Alexandru, Christin Hilbich, Tazio Strozzi, et al.. (2025). Slow-moving rock glaciers in marginal periglacial environment of Southern Carpathians. Earth Surface Dynamics. 13(5). 981–1001. 1 indexed citations

Rempel, A. W., et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal variations in frost cracking measures in two dimensions: A case study for rock walls in Jotunheimen, southern Norway. Geomorphology. 453. 109112–109112. 1 indexed citations

Filhol, Simon, Bernd Etzelmüller, Marina Vîrghileanu, et al.. (2024). Permafrost Distribution in the Southern Carpathians, Romania, Derived From Machine Learning Modeling. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 35(3). 243–261. 7 indexed citations

Lewkowicz, Antoni G., Robert G. Way, Joseph M. Young, et al.. (2024). The Canadian Permafrost Electrical Resistivity Survey (CPERS) database: 15 years of permafrost resistivity data. Arctic Science. 10(4). 850–856. 2 indexed citations

Andersen, Jane Lund, et al.. (2023). Near‐surface temperatures and potential for frost weathering in blockfields in Norway and Svalbard. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 48(5). 940–955. 3 indexed citations

Smith, Noah, Eleanor Burke, Kjetil Schanke, et al.. (2022). Explicitly modelling microtopography in permafrost landscapes in a land surface model (JULES vn5.4_microtopography). Geoscientific model development. 15(9). 3603–3639. 13 indexed citations

Barboux, Chloé, Xavier Bodín, Tobias Bolch, et al.. (2022). Incorporating InSAR kinematics into rock glacier inventories: insights from 11 regions worldwide. The cryosphere. 16(7). 2769–2792. 34 indexed citations

Smith, Noah, Sarah Chadburn, Eleanor Burke, et al.. (2021). Explicitly modelling microtopography in permafrost landscapes in a land-surface model (JULES vn5.4_microtopography). Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 2 indexed citations

Etzelmüller, Bernd, Florence Magnin, Pierre‐Allain Duvillard, et al.. (2021). Permafrost in monitored unstable rock slopes in Norway – New insights from rock wall temperature monitoring, geophysical surveying and numerical modelling. 5 indexed citations

10.

Lilleøren, Karianne Staalesen, Bernd Etzelmüller, Kjersti Gisnås, & Ole Humlum. (2011). Age and spatial distribution of Holocene permafrost in Norway - model results and implications for glacier-permafrost interaction. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations

11.

Lewkowicz, Antoni G., Bernd Etzelmüller, & Sharon L. Smith. (2011). Effect of Shallow Ponding on Warming and Thawing of Permafrost in Mineral-cored Palsas, Wolf Creek, Yukon, Canada. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

12.

Lilleøren, Karianne Staalesen & Bernd Etzelmüller. (2011). A regional inventory of rock glaciers and ice‐cored moraines in norway. Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography. 93(3). 175–191. 74 indexed citations

13.

Etzelmüller, Bernd, et al.. (2008). Statistic-empirical modelling of mountain permafrost distribution in the Abisko region, sub-Arctic northern Sweden. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography. 62(4). 278–289. 30 indexed citations

14.

Dypvik, Henning, et al.. (2008). Automatic Detection of Circular Outlines from Images of Gravity and Aeromagnetic Fields. LPI. 1210. 2 indexed citations

15.

Etzelmüller, Bernd, H. Farbrot, Thomas V. Schuler, & Ágúst Guðmundsson. (2007). Permafrost in Iceland - Distribution, Ground Temperatures and Climate Change Impact. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 4 indexed citations

16.

Goulden, Clyde E., et al.. (2005). Permafrost Thermal Properties and Thaw and its Relationship to Soil and Plant Cover, Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 4 indexed citations

17.

Etzelmüller, Bernd, Rune Strand Ødegård, Ivar Berthling, & Johan Ludvig Sollid. (2001). Terrain parameters and remote sensing data in the analysis of permafrost distribution and periglacial processes: principles and examples from southern Norway. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 12(1). 79–92. 65 indexed citations

18.

Hoelzle, Martin, et al.. (2001). Surface energy fluxes and distribution models of permafrost in European mountain areas: an overview of current developments. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. 12(1). 53–68. 117 indexed citations

19.

Etzelmüller, Bernd & Johan Ludvig Sollid. (1997). Glacier geomorphometry — an approach for analyzing long-term glacier surface changes using grid-based digital elevation models. Annals of Glaciology. 24. 135–141. 2 indexed citations

20.

Etzelmüller, Bernd, Geir Vatne, Rune Strand Ødegård, & Johan Ludvig Sollid. (1993). Dynamics of Two Subpolar Valley Glaciers—Erikbreen and Hannabreen, Liefdefjorden, Northern Spitsbergen. Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography. 75(1-2). 41–54. 9 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact