Étienne Berthier

21.1k total citations · 9 hit papers
169 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Étienne Berthier is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Étienne Berthier has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Atmospheric Science, 66 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 52 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Étienne Berthier's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (161 papers), Climate change and permafrost (84 papers) and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (66 papers). Étienne Berthier is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (161 papers), Climate change and permafrost (84 papers) and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (66 papers). Étienne Berthier collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Switzerland. Étienne Berthier's co-authors include Yves Arnaud, J. Gardelle, Andreas Kääb, Christian Vincent, Christopher Nuth, Patrick Wagnon, Fanny Brun, T. A. Scambos, Pierre Chevallier and Désirée Treichler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Étienne Berthier

165 papers receiving 12.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

A Reconciled Estimate of Glacier Contributions to Sea Level Rise: 2003 to 2009

2013 980 citations Étienne Berthier, Stefan Ligtenberg et al. profile →
Contrasting patterns of early twenty-first-century glacier mass change in the Himalayas

2012 927 citations Andreas Kääb, Étienne Berthier et al. Nature profile →
Region-wide glacier mass balances over the Pamir-Karakoram-Himalaya during 1999–2011

2013 684 citations Étienne Berthier, Andreas Kääb et al. The cryosphere profile →
Slight mass gain of Karakoram glaciers in the early twenty-first century

2012 514 citations Étienne Berthier et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
On the accuracy of glacier outlines derived from remote-sensing data

2013 422 citations Étienne Berthier, Tobias Bolch et al. profile →
Brief Communication: Contending estimates of 2003–2008 glacier mass balance over the Pamir–Karakoram–Himalaya

2015 351 citations Andreas Kääb, Christopher Nuth et al. The cryosphere profile →
Twenty-first century glacier slowdown driven by mass loss in High Mountain Asia

2018 319 citations Amaury Dehecq, Fanny Brun et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
Global glacier change in the 21st century: Every increase in temperature matters

2023 284 citations Romain Hugonnet, Matthias Huss et al. profile →
Massive collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet in 2016 after surge-like instability

2018 236 citations Andreas Kääb, Silvan Leinss et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Multi-temporal elevation changes of Fedchenko Glacier, Tajikistan, from 1928 to 2021 2025 ·Journal of Glaciology ·Fanny Brun, Astrid Lambrecht, Christoph Mayer, (unknown), Amaury Dehecq, (unknown), César Deschamps‐Berger, Étienne Berthier, Christof Völksen, (unknown)	1
2	Record grounded glacier retreat caused by an ice plain calving process 2025 ·Nature Geoscience ·(unknown), T. A. Scambos, Robert S. Anderson, J. Paul Winberry, Adrian Luckman, Étienne Berthier, (unknown), (unknown)	0
3	Reanalysis of the longest mass balance series in Himalaya using a nonlinear model: Chhota Shigri Glacier (India) 2024 ·The cryosphere ·Mohd Farooq Azam, Christian Vincent, Smriti Srivastava, Étienne Berthier, Patrick Wagnon, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Arindan Mandal, AL. Ramanathan	2
4	Elevation bias due to penetration of spaceborne radar signal on Grosser Aletschgletscher, Switzerland 2024 ·Journal of Glaciology ·(unknown), Livia Piermattei, Inés Dussaillant, Lukas Krieger, Dana Floricioiu, Étienne Berthier, (unknown), Horst Machguth, Michael Zemp	3
5	Exploiting high-slip flow regimes to improve inference of glacier bed topography 2023 ·Journal of Glaciology ·(unknown), Gwenn E. Flowers, (unknown), Douglas Brinkerhoff, Étienne Berthier	1
6	Uncertainty Analysis of Digital Elevation Models by Spatial Inference From Stable Terrain 2022 ·IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing ·Romain Hugonnet, Fanny Brun, Étienne Berthier, Amaury Dehecq, (unknown), Nicolas Eckert, Daniel Farinotti	47
7	Volume, Effusion Rate, and Lava Transport During the 2021 Fagradalsfjall Eruption: Results From Near Real‐Time Photogrammetric Monitoring 2022 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Gro B. M. Pedersen, Joaquín M. C. Belart, Birgir V. Óskarsson, Magnús T. Guðmundsson, (unknown), Þórdís Högnadóttir, Ásta Rut Hjartardóttir, Virginie Pinel, Étienne Berthier, Tobias Dürig, Hannah I. Reynolds, Christopher W. Hamilton, (unknown), Páll Einarsson, (unknown), (unknown), Björn Oddsson	50
8	Mechanisms of Landslide Destabilization Induced by Glacier‐Retreat on Tungnakvíslarjökull Area, Iceland 2022 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Pascal Lacroix, Joaquín M. C. Belart, Étienne Berthier, Þorsteinn Sæmundsson, Kristín Jónsdóttir	17
9	Accelerated global glacier mass loss in the early twenty-first century 2021 ·Nature ·Romain Hugonnet, Robert McNabb, Étienne Berthier, Brian Menounos, Christopher Nuth, Luc Girod, Daniel Farinotti, Matthias Huss, Inés Dussaillant, Fanny Brun, Andreas Kääb	17
10	Divergent Causes of Terrestrial Water Storage Decline Between Drylands and Humid Regions Globally 2021 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Jida Wang, Jianping Huang, Yadu Pokhrel, Romain Hugonnet, Yoshihide Wada, Denise Cáceres, Hannes Müller Schmied, Chunqiao Song, Étienne Berthier, Haipeng Yu, Guolong Zhang	54
11	Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers – more frequent than thought? 2021 ·The cryosphere ·Andreas Kääb, Mylène Jacquemart, Adrien Gilbert, Silvan Leinss, Luc Girod, Christian Huggel, Daniel Falaschi, Felipe Ugalde, Dmitry Petrakov, Sergey Chernomorets, М.Д. Докукин, Frank Paul, Simon Gascoin, Étienne Berthier, Jeffrey S. Kargel	101
12	Geodetic mass balance of Abramov Glacier from 1975 to 2015 2021 ·Journal of Glaciology ·(unknown), Horst Machguth, Martina Barandun, Étienne Berthier, Luc Girod, (unknown), Ryskul Usubaliev, Martin Hoelzle	20
13	Deriving High Spatial-Resolution Coastal Topography From Sub-meter Satellite Stereo Imagery 2019 ·Remote Sensing ·Luís Pedro Almeida, Rafaël Almar, Erwin W. J. Bergsma, Étienne Berthier, Paulo Baptista, Erwan Garel, Olusegun A. Dada, (unknown)	54
14	Ice shelf basal melt rates from a high-resolution digital elevation model (DEM) record for Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica 2019 ·The cryosphere ·David Shean, Ian Joughin, Pierre Dutrieux, B. E. Smith, Étienne Berthier	61
15	Multi-decadal mass balance series of three Kyrgyz glaciers inferred from modelling constrained with repeated snow line observations 2018 ·The cryosphere ·Martina Barandun, Matthias Huss, Ryskul Usubaliev, (unknown), Étienne Berthier, Andreas Kääb, Tobias Bolch, Martin Hoelzle	52
16	Glacial and geomorphic effects of a supraglacial lake drainage and outburst event, Everest region, Nepal Himalaya 2018 ·The cryosphere ·Evan Miles, C. Scott Watson, Fanny Brun, Étienne Berthier, Michel Estèves, Duncan J. Quincey, Katie E. Miles, Bryn Hubbard, Patrick Wagnon	48
17	Ice shelf basal melt rates from a high-resolution DEM record for Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica 2018 ·Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union) ·David Shean, Ian Joughin, Pierre Dutrieux, B. E. Smith, Étienne Berthier	7
18	Reconstructing the annual mass balance of the Echaurren Norte glacier (Central Andes, 33.5° S) using local and regional hydroclimatic data 2016 ·The cryosphere ·Mariano Masiokas, Duncan A. Christie, C. Quesne, Pierre Pitte, Lucas Ruiz, Ricardo Villalba, Brian H. Luckman, Étienne Berthier, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Álvaro González‐Reyes, James McPhee, Gonzalo Barcaza	54
19	Reconstructing glacier mass balances in the Central Andes of Chile and Argentina using local and regional hydro-climatic data 2015 ·Mariano Masiokas, Duncan A. Christie, C. Quesne, Pierre Pitte, Lucas Ruiz, Ricardo Villalba, Brian H. Luckman, Étienne Berthier, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Álvaro González‐Reyes, James McPhee, Gonzalo Barcaza	5
20	Detailed ice loss pattern in the northern Antarctic Peninsula: widespread decline driven by ice front retreats 2014 ·The cryosphere ·T. A. Scambos, Étienne Berthier, T. M. Haran, Christopher A. Shuman, Alison Cook, Stefan Ligtenberg, J. A. Bohlander	60

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