Jürg Schweizer

8.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
257 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Jürg Schweizer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Jürg Schweizer has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 235 papers in Atmospheric Science, 227 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 100 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Jürg Schweizer's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (234 papers), Landslides and related hazards (227 papers) and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (99 papers). Jürg Schweizer is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (234 papers), Landslides and related hazards (227 papers) and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (99 papers). Jürg Schweizer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Canada and United States. Jürg Schweizer's co-authors include J. Bruce Jamieson, Alec van Herwijnen, Martin Schneebeli, Kalle Kronholm, Christoph Mitterer, Benjamin Reuter, Ingrid Reiweger, Johan Gaume, D. M. McClung and Karl W. Birkeland and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Jürg Schweizer

238 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Snow avalanche formation 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500
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. Snow avalanche formation
    2003 524 citations Jürg Schweizer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jürg Schweizer Switzerland 42 4.9k 4.3k 1.6k 758 302 257 5.5k
Perry Bartelt Switzerland 39 4.5k 0.9× 4.7k 1.1× 628 0.4× 1.6k 2.1× 399 1.3× 179 6.3k
Martin Schneebeli Switzerland 41 4.9k 1.0× 2.3k 0.5× 1.7k 1.0× 866 1.1× 246 0.8× 202 5.8k
D. M. McClung Canada 32 3.1k 0.6× 2.9k 0.7× 825 0.5× 798 1.1× 158 0.5× 133 3.6k
Alec van Herwijnen Switzerland 28 1.8k 0.4× 1.8k 0.4× 628 0.4× 324 0.4× 82 0.3× 141 2.3k
Tazio Strozzi Switzerland 48 5.0k 1.0× 2.9k 0.7× 749 0.5× 550 0.7× 78 0.3× 229 7.7k
Yves Bühler Switzerland 29 2.1k 0.4× 1.5k 0.4× 188 0.1× 764 1.0× 151 0.5× 125 2.6k
U. Wegmüller Switzerland 47 3.4k 0.7× 1.8k 0.4× 229 0.1× 711 0.9× 108 0.4× 226 6.9k
Andreas Wiesmann Switzerland 38 3.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.3× 212 0.1× 304 0.4× 83 0.3× 144 4.5k
Oldrich Hungr Canada 39 3.4k 0.7× 10.3k 2.4× 101 0.1× 2.6k 3.4× 137 0.5× 91 11.2k
Martin Mergili Austria 30 1.2k 0.2× 1.9k 0.5× 146 0.1× 722 1.0× 121 0.4× 80 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Jürg Schweizer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jürg Schweizer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jürg Schweizer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jürg Schweizer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jürg Schweizer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jürg Schweizer. Jürg Schweizer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Simenhois, Ron, et al.. (2025). Supershear crack propagation in snow slab avalanche release: new insights from numerical simulations and field measurements. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 25(7). 2215–2223.
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Herwijnen, Alec van, et al.. (2024). Glide-snow avalanches: a mechanical, threshold-based release area model. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 24(10). 3387–3400. 3 indexed citations
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Techel, Frank, et al.. (2023). Prediction of natural dry-snow avalanche activity using physics-based snowpack simulations. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 23(11). 3445–3465. 10 indexed citations
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Strapazzon, Giacomo, Hannes Gatterer, Marika Falla, et al.. (2020). Hypoxia and hypercapnia effects on cerebral oxygen saturation in avalanche burial: A pilot human experimental study. Resuscitation. 158. 175–182. 16 indexed citations
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Gaume, Johan, Guillaume Chambon, Alec van Herwijnen, & Jürg Schweizer. (2018). Stress Concentrations in Weak Snowpack Layers and Conditions for Slab Avalanche Release. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(16). 8363–8369. 12 indexed citations
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Schweizer, Jürg, Benjamin Reuter, Alec van Herwijnen, Bettina Richter, & Johan Gaume. (2016). Temporal evolution of weak layer and slab properties in view of snow instability. 1 indexed citations
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Schweizer, Jürg, Benjamin Reuter, Alec van Herwijnen, Bettina Richter, & Johan Gaume. (2016). Temporal evolution of crack propagation propensity in snow in relation to slab and weak layer properties. ˜The œcryosphere. 10(6). 2637–2653. 21 indexed citations
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Koch, Franziska, Lino Schmid, Monika Prasch, et al.. (2015). Combining low-cost GPS receivers with upGPR to derive continuously liquid water content, snow height and snow water equivalent in Alpine snow covers. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 6700.
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Schmid, Lino, Franziska Koch, Achim Heilig, et al.. (2015). A novel sensor combination (upGPR‐GPS) to continuously and nondestructively derive snow cover properties. Geophysical Research Letters. 42(9). 3397–3405. 42 indexed citations
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Reiweger, Ingrid, et al.. (2009). Force-controlled shear experiments with snow samples. DORA WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research). 120–123. 7 indexed citations
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Schirmer, Michael, Jürg Schweizer, & Michael Lehning. (2009). Regional stability evaluation with modelled snow cover data. DORA WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research). 306–312.
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McClung, D. M. & Jürg Schweizer. (1999). Skier triggering, snow temperatures and the stability index for dry-slab avalanche initiation. Journal of Glaciology. 45(150). 190–200. 60 indexed citations
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McClung, D. M. & Jürg Schweizer. (1999). Skier triggering, snow temperatures and the stability index for dry-slab avalanche initiation. Journal of Glaciology. 45(150). 190–200. 19 indexed citations
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Schweizer, Jürg, et al.. (1998). Avalanche forecasting for transportation corridor and backcountry in Glacier National Park (BC, Canada). DORA WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research). 8 indexed citations
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Schweizer, Jürg. (1998). Laboratory experiments on shear failure of snow. Annals of Glaciology. 26. 97–102. 15 indexed citations
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Schweizer, Jürg & Paul M. B. Föhn. (1996). Avalanche forecasting — an expert system approach. Journal of Glaciology. 42(141). 318–332. 10 indexed citations
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Schweizer, Jürg. (1993). The influence of the layered character of snow cover on the triggering of slab avalanches. Annals of Glaciology. 18. 193–198. 12 indexed citations
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Schweizer, Jürg. (1993). The influence of the layered character of snow cover on the triggering of slab avalanches. Annals of Glaciology. 18. 193–198. 44 indexed citations
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Schweizer, Jürg & Almut Iken. (1992). The role of bed separation and friction in sliding over an undeformable bed. Journal of Glaciology. 38(128). 77–92. 5 indexed citations

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