Frederick E. Nelson

13.6k citations

139 papers · 9.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Climate change and permafrost
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Environmental Chemistry top 1%
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Papers in ⓘ

Atmospheric Science 117
- Climate change and permafrost 111
- Cryospheric studies and observations 90
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research 44
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics 20
Ecology 16
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology 9

Co-authors: Kenneth M. Hinkel (38 shared papers)N. I. Shiklomanov (42 shared papers)O. A. Anisimov (10 shared papers)James G. Bockheim (15 shared papers)Samuel I. Outcalt (7 shared papers)Jerry Brown (11 shared papers)V. E. Romanovsky (7 shared papers)Anna E. Klene (13 shared papers)
Journals: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes (21 papers)Polar Geography (11 papers)Physical Geography (8 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (8 papers)Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States Russia Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Frederick E. Nelson

137 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century 2018 · 394 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Nature Communications
2010 Earth-Science Reviews
2008 BioScience

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1	Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change: Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle BioScience ·Edward A. G. Schuur, James G. Bockheim, Josep G. Canadell, E. S. Euskirchen, Christopher B. Field, S. V. Goryachkin, Stefan Hagemann, Peter Kuhry, Peter M. Lafleur, Hanna Lee, G. G. Mazhitova, Frederick E. Nelson, Annette Rinke, V. E. Romanovsky, N. I. Shiklomanov, C. Tarnocai, Sergey Venevsky, Jason G. Vogel, S. A. Zimov Hit paper breakdown →	2008	1213
2	Permafrost degradation and its environmental effects on the Tibetan Plateau: A review of recent research Earth-Science Reviews ·Meixue Yang, Frederick E. Nelson, N. I. Shiklomanov, Donglin Guo, Wan G Hit paper breakdown →	2010	516
3	The circumpolar active layer monitoring (calm) program: Research designs and initial results Polar Geography ·Jerry Brown, Kenneth M. Hinkel, Frederick E. Nelson	2000	401
4	Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century Nature Communications ·Jan Hjort, Olli Karjalainen, Juha Aalto, Sebastian Westermann, V. E. Romanovsky, Frederick E. Nelson, Bernd Etzelmüller, Miska Luoto Hit paper breakdown →	2018	394
5	Subsidence risk from thawing permafrost Nature ·Frederick E. Nelson, O. A. Anisimov, N. I. Shiklomanov	2001	333
6	Soil moisture: A central and unifying theme in physical geography Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment ·David R. Legates, Rezaul Mahmood, Delphis F. Levia, Tracy L. DeLiberty, Steven M. Quiring, Chris Houser, Frederick E. Nelson	2010	300
7	The transient layer: implications for geocryology and climate‐change science Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Y. Shur, Kenneth M. Hinkel, Frederick E. Nelson	2005	280
8	A Computational Method for Prediction and Regionalization of Permafrost Arctic and Alpine Research ·Frederick E. Nelson, Samuel I. Outcalt	1987	233
9	The zero‐curtain effect: Heat and mass transfer across an isothermal region in freezing soil Water Resources Research ·Samuel I. Outcalt, Frederick E. Nelson, Kenneth M. Hinkel	1990	222
10	Estimating Active-Layer Thickness over a Large Region: Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska, U.S.A. Arctic and Alpine Research ·Frederick E. Nelson, N. I. Shiklomanov, Gerald Mueller, Kenneth M. Hinkel, Donald A. Walker, James G. Bockheim	1997	220
11	Patterns of soil temperature and moisture in the active layer and upper permafrost at Barrow, Alaska: 1993–1999 Global and Planetary Change ·Kenneth M. Hinkel, F. Paetzold, Frederick E. Nelson, James G. Bockheim	2001	218
12	Climate Change and Hazard Zonation in the Circum-Arctic Permafrost Regions Natural Hazards ·Frederick E. Nelson, O. A. Anisimov, N. I. Shiklomanov	2002	214
13	Spatial Extent, Age, and Carbon Stocks in Drained Thaw Lake Basins on the Barrow Peninsula, Alaska Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Kenneth M. Hinkel, Wendy R. Eisner, James G. Bockheim, Frederick E. Nelson, K. M. Peterson, Xiaoyan Dai	2003	213
14	Spatial and temporal patterns of active layer thickness at Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) sites in northern Alaska, 1995–2000 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Kenneth M. Hinkel, Frederick E. Nelson	2003	207
15	Global warming and active-layer thickness: results from transient general circulation models Global and Planetary Change ·O. A. Anisimov, N. I. Shiklomanov, Frederick E. Nelson	1997	171
16	Morphometric and spatial analysis of thaw lakes and drained thaw lake basins in the western Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Kenneth M. Hinkel, Robert C. Frohn, Frederick E. Nelson, Wendy R. Eisner, Richard Beck	2005	165
17	Vegetation‐soil‐thaw‐depth relationships along a low‐arctic bioclimate gradient, Alaska: synthesis of information from the ATLAS studies Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Donald A. Walker, Gensuo Jia, Howard E. Epstein, Martha K. Raynolds, F. Stuart Chapin, Catharine Copass, L. D. Hinzman, Julie A. Knudson, H. A. Maier, G. J. Michaelson, Frederick E. Nelson, Chien‐Lu Ping, V. E. Romanovsky, N. I. Shiklomanov	2003	157
18	Permafrost distribution in the Northern Hemisphere under scenarios of climatic change Global and Planetary Change ·O. A. Anisimov, Frederick E. Nelson	1996	145
19	Detection of subsurface permafrost features with ground‐penetrating radar, Barrow, Alaska Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ·Kenneth M. Hinkel, James A. Doolittle, James G. Bockheim, Frederick E. Nelson, R. F. Paetzold, J. M. Kimble, R. L. Travis	2001	136
20	Decadal variations of active‐layer thickness in moisture‐controlled landscapes, Barrow, Alaska Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·N. I. Shiklomanov, D. A. Streletskiy, Frederick E. Nelson, Robert D. Hollister, V. E. Romanovsky, C. E. Tweedie, James G. Bockheim, Jerry Brown	2010	135

About Frederick E. Nelson

Frederick E. Nelson is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Environmental Engineering and General Health Professions, having authored 139 papers that have together received 9.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate change and permafrost (111 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (90 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (44 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (20 papers), Landslides and related hazards (14 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (9 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (7 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (8.1k citations), Environmental Chemistry (777 citations), Environmental Engineering (935 citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (764 citations) and Ecology (1.4k citations). Frederick E. Nelson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Russia and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Kenneth M. Hinkel, N. I. Shiklomanov, O. A. Anisimov, James G. Bockheim, Samuel I. Outcalt, Jerry Brown, V. E. Romanovsky, Anna E. Klene, D. A. Streletskiy and Y. Shur. Their work appears in journals such as Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, Polar Geography, Physical Geography, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research.

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