Jan Klimeš

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Jan Klimeš is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Klimeš has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 33 papers in Atmospheric Science and 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Jan Klimeš's work include Landslides and related hazards (57 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (22 papers) and Tree Root and Stability Studies (15 papers). Jan Klimeš is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (57 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (22 papers) and Tree Root and Stability Studies (15 papers). Jan Klimeš collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, Switzerland and Spain. Jan Klimeš's co-authors include Vít Vilímek, Tomáš Pánek, Adam Emmer, Jan Blahút, Christian Huggel, Jan Hrádecký, Alejo Cochachín, Filip Hartvich, Yvonne Schaub and Petr Tábořík and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Remote Sensing of Environment and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Jan Klimeš

66 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

  1. Climate change and the global pattern of moraine-dammed glacial lake outburst floods
    2018 255 citations Stephan Harrison, Jeffrey S. Kargel et al. ˜The œcryosphere profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan Klimeš Czechia 23 1.3k 1.1k 470 191 174 70 1.8k
Marc Christen Switzerland 23 1.8k 1.4× 1.2k 1.1× 813 1.7× 98 0.5× 90 0.5× 67 2.1k
Stuart Dunning United Kingdom 24 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 437 0.9× 96 0.5× 174 1.0× 52 2.3k
Martin Mergili Austria 30 1.9k 1.5× 1.2k 1.1× 722 1.5× 186 1.0× 89 0.5× 80 2.5k
Michael Krautblatter Germany 35 1.9k 1.5× 2.0k 1.8× 238 0.5× 66 0.3× 309 1.8× 110 2.9k
Milap Chand Sharma India 21 695 0.5× 1.5k 1.3× 294 0.6× 69 0.4× 117 0.7× 61 1.9k
Vít Vilímek Czechia 20 826 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 359 0.8× 42 0.2× 113 0.6× 70 1.5k
Alexander Strom Russia 18 1.3k 1.0× 840 0.7× 262 0.6× 104 0.5× 261 1.5× 61 1.6k
J. M. Vilaplana Spain 26 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 831 1.8× 48 0.3× 140 0.8× 88 2.5k
Reginald L. Hermanns Norway 23 1.6k 1.3× 1.4k 1.2× 193 0.4× 109 0.6× 426 2.4× 87 2.1k
Michael J. Bovis Canada 19 1.8k 1.4× 943 0.8× 573 1.2× 117 0.6× 155 0.9× 29 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Klimeš

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Klimeš

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All Works

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Melichar, Rostislav, Ivo Baroň, Yi‐Chin Chen, et al.. (2025). From Oblique Thrust to Strike-Slip Fault: Progressive Stages of an Accretionary Wedge Development. Lithosphere. 2024(Special 15).
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Baroň, Ivo, Jan Klimeš, Jia‐Jyun Dong, et al.. (2024). Source area morphometry and high depletion rate of landslides may indicate their coseismic origin. Engineering Geology. 330. 107424–107424. 2 indexed citations
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Šilhán, Karel, et al.. (2023). The effect of tree growth disturbances inertia on dendrogeomorphic spatio-temporal analysis of landslides: A case study. CATENA. 235. 107678–107678. 2 indexed citations
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Šilhán, Karel, et al.. (2023). Anatomical growth response of Fagus sylvatica L. to landslide movements. The Science of The Total Environment. 867. 161554–161554. 6 indexed citations
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Klimeš, Jan, Yawar Hussain, Romy Schlögel, et al.. (2023). New Insights into the Internal Structures and Geotechnical Rock Properties of the Giant San Andrés Landslide, El Hierro Island, Spain. Remote Sensing. 15(6). 1627–1627. 1 indexed citations
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Chatzistergos, Theodosios, I. Ermolli, N. A. Krivova, et al.. (2020). Analysis of full-disc Ca II K spectroheliograms. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 639. A88–A88. 39 indexed citations
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Emmer, Adam, Jan Klimeš, Daniel Hölbling, et al.. (2020). Distinct types of landslides in moraines associated with the post-LIA glacier thinning: Observations from the Kinzl Glacier, Huascarán, Peru. The Science of The Total Environment. 739. 139997–139997. 16 indexed citations
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Strozzi, Tazio, Jan Klimeš, Holger Frey, et al.. (2018). Satellite SAR interferometry for the improved assessment of the state of activity of landslides: A case study from the Cordilleras of Peru. Remote Sensing of Environment. 217. 111–125. 59 indexed citations
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Harrison, Stephan, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Christian Huggel, et al.. (2018). Climate change and the global pattern of moraine-dammed glacial lake outburst floods. ˜The œcryosphere. 12(4). 1195–1209. 255 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blahút, Jan, Ivo Baroň, Stavros Meletlidis, et al.. (2018). Large landslide stress states calculated during extreme climatic and tectonic events on El Hierro, Canary Islands. Landslides. 15(9). 1801–1814. 9 indexed citations
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Blahút, Jan, et al.. (2018). Database of giant landslides on volcanic islands—first results from the Atlantic Ocean. Landslides. 15(4). 823–827. 13 indexed citations
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Klimeš, Jan. (2017). Geomorphology and natural hazards of the selected glacial valleys, Cordillera Blanca, Peru. AUC GEOGRAPHICA. 47(2). 25–31. 7 indexed citations
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Pánek, Tomáš & Jan Klimeš. (2016). Temporal behavior of deep-seated gravitational slope deformations: A review. Earth-Science Reviews. 156. 14–38. 130 indexed citations
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Klimeš, Jan, et al.. (2012). PCN134 Expenditures and Availability of Orphan Drugs in the Czech Republic: Seven Year Experience (2004 – 2010). Value in Health. 15(7). A434–A434. 1 indexed citations
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Klimeš, Jan, et al.. (2010). A landslide susceptibility assessment in urban areas based on existing data: an example from the Iguaná Valley, Medellín City, Colombia. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 10(10). 2067–2079. 21 indexed citations

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