Dirk Scherler

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
78 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Dirk Scherler is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Scherler has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Atmospheric Science, 28 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 16 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Dirk Scherler's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (42 papers), Landslides and related hazards (28 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (26 papers). Dirk Scherler is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (42 papers), Landslides and related hazards (28 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (26 papers). Dirk Scherler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Dirk Scherler's co-authors include Manfred R. Strecker, Wolfgang Schwanghart, Bodo Bookhagen, Hendrik Wulf, S. Leprince, Jean‐Philippe Avouac, Noel Gorelick, Hella Wittmann, Jürgen Mey and Taylor Schildgen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Scherler

77 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Short Communication: TopoToolbox 2 – MATLAB-based software for topographic analysis and modeling in Earth surface sciences

2014 828 citations Wolfgang Schwanghart, Dirk Scherler Earth Surface Dynamics profile →
Spatially variable response of Himalayan glaciers to climate change affected by debris cover

2011 787 citations Dirk Scherler, Bodo Bookhagen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk Scherler Germany	33	3.3k	1.3k	938	924	649	78	4.4k
Kevin Norton New Zealand	29	1.7k 0.5×	736 0.6×	807 0.9×	589 0.6×	472 0.7×	97	2.7k
Baotian Pan China	40	3.5k 1.1×	532 0.4×	1.9k 2.1×	1.5k 1.7×	392 0.6×	168	4.8k
Dylan H. Rood United States	36	2.9k 0.9×	584 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	840 0.9×	499 0.8×	146	3.7k
Helgi Björnsson Iceland	44	6.0k 1.9×	1.6k 1.3×	507 0.5×	725 0.8×	488 0.8×	180	6.8k
John D. Jansen United Kingdom	33	2.2k 0.7×	946 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	405 0.4×	1.2k 1.8×	103	3.7k
Joseph S. Walder United States	28	3.1k 0.9×	2.0k 1.6×	439 0.5×	491 0.5×	423 0.7×	61	4.2k
Garry K. C. Clarke Canada	54	8.0k 2.5×	3.0k 2.4×	801 0.9×	456 0.5×	860 1.3×	184	9.0k
Fritz Schlunegger Switzerland	49	4.2k 1.3×	2.1k 1.7×	2.2k 2.3×	2.6k 2.8×	1.4k 2.1×	220	7.1k
Colin K. Ballantyne United Kingdom	50	6.9k 2.1×	2.8k 2.2×	2.0k 2.1×	374 0.4×	686 1.1×	179	7.6k
James Rose United Kingdom	40	4.0k 1.2×	855 0.7×	2.1k 2.2×	639 0.7×	717 1.1×	123	5.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk Scherler

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Ballato, Paolo, et al.. (2025). Building Topography in a Continental Subduction Orogen: Insights From Geomorphic Analysis and ¹⁰Be Denudation Rates of the Albanides. Tectonics. 44(7). 1 indexed citations

Scherler, Dirk, et al.. (2024). Prolonged sediment aggradation in an internal Himalayan valley due to out-of-sequence lateral fault growth. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 647. 119054–119054.

Scherler, Dirk, et al.. (2024). Influence of Lithology and Biota on Stream Erosivity and Drainage Density in a Semi‐Arid Landscape, Central Chile. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 129(11). 1 indexed citations

Scherler, Dirk, et al.. (2023). The story of a summit nucleus: hillslope boulders and their effect on erosional patterns and landscape morphology in the Chilean Coastal Cordillera. Earth Surface Dynamics. 11(2). 305–324. 4 indexed citations

Scherler, Dirk, et al.. (2023). Cosmogenic Nuclide Tracking of Sediment Recycling From a Frontal Siwalik Range in the Northwestern Himalaya. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 128(12). 2 indexed citations

Scherler, Dirk, et al.. (2023). High-resolution debris-cover mapping using UAV-derived thermal imagery: limits and opportunities. The cryosphere. 17(3). 1165–1184. 5 indexed citations

Scherler, Dirk & David Lundbek Egholm. (2020). Production and Transport of Supraglacial Debris: Insights From Cosmogenic ¹⁰Be and Numerical Modeling, Chhota Shigri Glacier, Indian Himalaya. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 125(10). 26 indexed citations

Scherler, Dirk, et al.. (2019). Cosmogenic ¹⁰ Be in river sediment: where grain size matters and why. Earth Surface Dynamics. 7(2). 393–410. 36 indexed citations

Scherler, Dirk, Hendrik Wulf, & Noel Gorelick. (2018). Global Assessment of Supraglacial Debris‐Cover Extents. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(21). 162 indexed citations

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Scherler, Dirk & David Lundbek Egholm. (2017). Debris supply to mountain glaciers and how it effects their sensitivity to climate change - A case study from the Chhota Shigri Glacier, India. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 2 indexed citations

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Schwanghart, Wolfgang & Dirk Scherler. (2017). Bumps in river profiles: uncertainty assessment and smoothing using quantile regression techniques. Earth Surface Dynamics. 5(4). 821–839. 110 indexed citations

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Schwanghart, Wolfgang & Dirk Scherler. (2017). Bumps in river profiles: the good, the bad, and the ugly. 2 indexed citations

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Savi, Sara, Taylor Schildgen, Stefanie Tofelde, et al.. (2016). Climatic controls on debris‐flow activity and sediment aggradation: The Del Medio fan, NW Argentina. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 121(12). 2424–2445. 20 indexed citations

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Mey, Jürgen, Dirk Scherler, Gerold Zeilinger, & Manfred R. Strecker. (2015). Estimating the fill thickness and bedrock topography in intermontane valleys using artificial neural networks. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 120(7). 1301–1320. 20 indexed citations

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Wulf, Hendrik, Bodo Bookhagen, & Dirk Scherler. (2015). Differentiating between rain, snow, and glacier contributions to river discharge in the western Himalaya using remote-sensing data and distributed hydrological modeling. Advances in Water Resources. 88. 152–169. 72 indexed citations

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Scherler, Dirk, et al.. (2014). A 2.5 Myr-Old Canyon Beneath the Yarlung Tsangpo Valley, Southern Tibet. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Scherler, Dirk, Daniel Farinotti, Robert S. Anderson, & Manfred R. Strecker. (2010). Numerical modeling of a remote Himalayan glacier constrained by satellite data. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 10494. 1 indexed citations

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Wulf, Hendrik, Bodo Bookhagen, & Dirk Scherler. (2009). Seasonal precipitation gradients and their impact on erosion in the Northwest Himalaya. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 3 indexed citations

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Scherler, Dirk, Bodo Bookhagen, & Manfred R. Strecker. (2007). Surface Velocities of Himalayan Glaciers: Implications for Glacial Erosion Potential During Climatic Change. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Kenkmann, T. & Dirk Scherler. (2002). New Structural Constraints on the Upheaval Dome Impact Crater. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1037. 5 indexed citations

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