Frank Paul

13.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
102 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Frank Paul is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Paul has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Atmospheric Science, 25 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 12 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Frank Paul's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (93 papers), Climate change and permafrost (81 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (35 papers). Frank Paul is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (93 papers), Climate change and permafrost (81 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (35 papers). Frank Paul collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Norway and Germany. Frank Paul's co-authors include Andreas Kääb, Wilfried Haeberli, Christian Huggel, Tobias Bolch, Max Maisch, Martin Hoelzle, Holger Frey, Tobias Kellenberger, Michael Zemp and Bruce Raup and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Remote Sensing of Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Frank Paul

96 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

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

2013 980 citations Étienne Berthier, Regine Hock et al. profile →
The Randolph Glacier Inventory: a globally complete inventory of glaciers

2014 912 citations Tobias Bolch, Regine Hock et al. Journal of Glaciology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Frank Paul	7.4k	1.6k	1.1k	1.1k	528	102	8.2k
Georg Kaser	6.8k 0.9×	783 0.5×	936 0.8×	1.9k 1.8×	822 1.6×	91	7.8k
Alex Gardner	5.6k 0.8×	774 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	339 0.6×	86	6.8k
F. Paul	4.8k 0.6×	891 0.6×	734 0.6×	956 0.9×	457 0.9×	42	5.4k
Yves Arnaud	5.8k 0.8×	890 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	750 1.4×	65	6.3k
J. Graham Cogley	7.2k 1.0×	868 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.7×	788 1.5×	78	8.6k
Daniel Farinotti	4.8k 0.6×	951 0.6×	825 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	1.3k 2.4×	107	5.8k
Christopher Nuth	4.7k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	404 0.4×	242 0.5×	52	5.0k
Michael Zemp	3.4k 0.5×	666 0.4×	731 0.6×	751 0.7×	339 0.6×	65	4.1k
Ian M. Howat	8.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	3.5k 3.0×	973 0.9×	158 0.3×	133	9.6k
Regine Hock	10.9k 1.5×	1.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.8×	2.2k 2.1×	2.2k 4.1×	135	11.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Paul

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Paul

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Paul

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20 of 20 papers shown

Huss, Matthias, et al.. (2025). Constraining sub-seasonal glacier mass balance in the Swiss Alps using Sentinel-2-derived snow-cover observations. Journal of Glaciology. 71.

Paul, Frank, et al.. (2024). Assessment of methods for reconstructing Little Ice Age glacier surfaces on the examples of Novaya Zemlya and the Swiss Alps. Geomorphology. 461. 109321–109321. 2 indexed citations

Hock, Regine, Fabien Maussion, Frank Paul, et al.. (2022). Which glaciers are the largest in the world?. Journal of Glaciology. 69(274). 301–310. 5 indexed citations

Paul, Frank, Livia Piermattei, Désirée Treichler, et al.. (2022). Three different glacier surges at a spot: what satellites observe and what not. The cryosphere. 16(6). 2505–2526. 13 indexed citations

Kääb, Andreas, Mylène Jacquemart, Adrien Gilbert, et al.. (2021). Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers – more frequent than thought?. The cryosphere. 15(4). 1751–1785. 101 indexed citations

Kääb, Andreas, Mylène Jacquemart, Adrien Gilbert, et al.. (2020). Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers –more frequent than thought. 6 indexed citations

Zemp, Michael, Matthias Huss, Nicolas Eckert, et al.. (2020). Brief communication: Ad hoc estimation of glacier contributions to sea-level rise from the latest glaciological observations. The cryosphere. 14(3). 1043–1050. 17 indexed citations

Rastner, Philipp, Rainer Prinz, Claudia Notarnicola, et al.. (2019). On the Automated Mapping of Snow Cover on Glaciers and Calculation of Snow Line Altitudes from Multi-Temporal Landsat Data. Remote Sensing. 11(12). 1410–1410. 42 indexed citations

Paul, Frank, et al.. (2019). Surging glaciers everywhere? An updated inventory of surging glaciers for the Pamir Mountains derived from the analysis of multi-temporal optical satellite data. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 5747. 1 indexed citations

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Falaschi, Daniel, Andreas Kääb, Frank Paul, et al.. (2019). Brief communication: Collapse of 4 Mm ³ of ice from a cirque glacier in the Central Andes of Argentina. The cryosphere. 13(3). 997–1004. 23 indexed citations

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Mölg, Nico, Tobias Bolch, Philipp Rastner, Tazio Strozzi, & Frank Paul. (2018). A consistent glacier inventory for Karakoram and Pamir derived from Landsat data: distribution of debris cover and mapping challenges. Earth system science data. 10(4). 1807–1827. 116 indexed citations

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Falaschi, Daniel, Andreas Kääb, Frank Paul, et al.. (2018). Brief communication: 4 Mm ³ collapse of a cirque glacier in the Central Andes of Argentina. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 1 indexed citations

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Paul, Frank, Tazio Strozzi, Thomas Schellenberger, & Andreas Kääb. (2017). The 2015 Surge of Hispar Glacier in the Karakoram. Remote Sensing. 9(9). 888–888. 44 indexed citations

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Rastner, Philipp, Tazio Strozzi, & Frank Paul. (2017). Fusion of Multi-Source Satellite Data and DEMs to Create a New Glacier Inventory for Novaya Zemlya. Remote Sensing. 9(11). 1122–1122. 16 indexed citations

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Strozzi, Tazio, Frank Paul, Andreas Wiesmann, Thomas Schellenberger, & Andreas Kääb. (2017). Circum-Arctic Changes in the Flow of Glaciers and Ice Caps from Satellite SAR Data between the 1990s and 2017. Remote Sensing. 9(9). 947–947. 52 indexed citations

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Fischer, Mauro, Wilfried Haeberli, Matthias Huss, et al.. (2013). Estimation of basal shear stresses from now ice-free LIA glacier forefields in the Swiss Alps. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

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Paul, Frank & Raymond Le Bris. (2013). Glacier-specific elevation changes in western Alaska. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 3 indexed citations

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Strozzi, Tazio, Frank Paul, & Andreas Kääb. (2010). Glacier Mapping with ALOS PALSAR Data within the ESA GlobGlacier Project. 686. 114. 4 indexed citations

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Racoviteanu, Adina, Frank Paul, Bruce Raup, S. S. Khalsa, & R. L. Armstrong. (2009). Challenges and recommendations in mapping of glacier parameters from space: results of the 2008 Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA. Annals of Glaciology. 50(53). 53–69. 258 indexed citations

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Bishop, Michael P., John F. Shroder, Roger G. Barry, et al.. (2004). Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS): Remote Sensing and GIS Investigations of the Earth's Cryosphere. Geocarto International. 19(2). 57–84. 97 indexed citations

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