Niklas Neckel

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Niklas Neckel is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Niklas Neckel has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Atmospheric Science, 19 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 13 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Niklas Neckel's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (37 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (20 papers) and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (19 papers). Niklas Neckel is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (37 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (20 papers) and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (19 papers). Niklas Neckel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Norway. Niklas Neckel's co-authors include Jan Kropáček, Volker Hochschild, Tobias Bolch, Angelika Humbert, Veit Helm, Wei Yang, Owen King, Tandong Yao, Atanu Bhattacharya and Kriti Mukherjee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Remote Sensing of Environment and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Niklas Neckel

36 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

High Mountain Asian glacier response to climate revealed by multi-temporal satellite observations since the 1960s

2021 203 citations Atanu Bhattacharya, Tobias Bolch et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Niklas Neckel Germany	19	1.0k	293	197	105	53	38	1.1k
Sarah Shannon United Kingdom	11	794 0.8×	196 0.7×	182 0.9×	202 1.9×	51 1.0×	15	869
T. Nuimura Japan	14	1.5k 1.4×	392 1.3×	364 1.8×	147 1.4×	94 1.8×	19	1.5k
Justin Rich United States	3	982 0.9×	195 0.7×	139 0.7×	135 1.3×	88 1.7×	5	1.1k
Désirée Treichler Norway	10	805 0.8×	157 0.5×	196 1.0×	117 1.1×	76 1.4×	17	876
F. Rémy France	8	692 0.7×	161 0.5×	158 0.8×	53 0.5×	22 0.4×	11	764
Kate Briggs United Kingdom	10	915 0.9×	421 1.4×	165 0.8×	127 1.2×	13 0.2×	11	972
G. J. Leonard United States	8	718 0.7×	153 0.5×	272 1.4×	84 0.8×	37 0.7×	25	842
Raymond Le Bris Switzerland	9	905 0.9×	182 0.6×	144 0.7×	67 0.6×	38 0.7×	10	939
G. J. Wolken United States	12	578 0.6×	93 0.3×	139 0.7×	79 0.8×	39 0.7×	34	654
Johannes Landmann Switzerland	7	737 0.7×	167 0.6×	146 0.7×	103 1.0×	65 1.2×	11	779

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Humbert, Angelika, Veit Helm, Niklas Neckel, et al.. (2025). Insights into supraglacial lake drainage dynamics: triangular fracture formation, reactivation and long-lasting englacial features. The cryosphere. 19(8). 3009–3032.

Jansen, Daniela, Steven Franke, Catherine Bauer, et al.. (2024). Shear margins in upper half of Northeast Greenland Ice Stream were established two millennia ago. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1193–1193. 11 indexed citations

Neckel, Niklas, et al.. (2024). Extreme melting at Greenland's largest floating ice tongue. The cryosphere. 18(3). 1333–1357. 6 indexed citations

Hofstede, Coen, Frank Wilhelms, Niklas Neckel, et al.. (2023). The Subglacial Lake That Wasn't There: Improved Interpretation From Seismic Data Reveals a Sediment Bedform at Isunnguata Sermia. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 128(10). 1 indexed citations

Humbert, Angelika, Veit Helm, Niklas Neckel, et al.. (2023). Precursor of disintegration of Greenland's largest floating ice tongue. The cryosphere. 17(7). 2851–2870. 4 indexed citations

Spreen, Gunnar, Gerit Birnbaum, Larysa Istomina, et al.. (2023). Sea Ice Melt Pond Fraction Derived From Sentinel‐2 Data: Along the MOSAiC Drift and Arctic‐Wide. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(5). 17 indexed citations

Salganik, Evgenii, Benjamin Lange, Polona Itkin, et al.. (2023). Different mechanisms of Arctic first-year sea-ice ridge consolidation observed during the MOSAiC expedition. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene. 11(1). 7 indexed citations

Jäkel, Evelyn, Falk Pätzold, Astrid Lampert, et al.. (2023). Surface albedo measurements and surface type classification from helicopter-based observations during MOSAiC. Scientific Data. 10(1). 584–584. 4 indexed citations

Humbert, Angelika, Julia Christmann, Hugh F. J. Corr, et al.. (2022). On the evolution of an ice shelf melt channel at the base of Filchner Ice Shelf, from observations and viscoelastic modeling. The cryosphere. 16(10). 4107–4139. 12 indexed citations

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Hofstede, Coen, Sebastian Beyer, Hugh F. J. Corr, et al.. (2021). Evidence for a grounding line fan at the onset of a basal channel under the ice shelf of Support Force Glacier, Antarctica, revealed by reflection seismics. The cryosphere. 15(3). 1517–1535. 8 indexed citations

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Drews, Reinhard, Christian T. Wild, Oliver J. Marsh, et al.. (2021). Grounding‐Zone Flow Variability of Priestley Glacier, Antarctica, in a Diurnal Tidal Regime. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(20). 7 indexed citations

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Neckel, Niklas, Steven Franke, Veit Helm, Reinhard Drews, & Daniela Jansen. (2021). Evidence of Cascading Subglacial Water Flow at Jutulstraumen Glacier (Antarctica) Derived From Sentinel‐1 and ICESat‐2 Measurements. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(20). 22 indexed citations

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Bhattacharya, Atanu, Tobias Bolch, Kriti Mukherjee, et al.. (2021). High Mountain Asian glacier response to climate revealed by multi-temporal satellite observations since the 1960s. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4133–4133. 203 indexed citations breakdown →

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Franke, Steven, Daniela Jansen, Sebastian Beyer, et al.. (2020). Complex Basal Conditions and Their Influence on Ice Flow at the Onset of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 126(3). 21 indexed citations

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Hvidberg, Christine S., Aslak Grinsted, Dorthe Dahl‐Jensen, et al.. (2020). Surface velocity of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS): assessment of interior velocities derived from satellite data by GPS. The cryosphere. 14(10). 3487–3502. 30 indexed citations

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Berger, Sophie, Reinhard Drews, Veit Helm, et al.. (2018). Detecting high spatial variability of ice-shelf basal mass balance. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 2072. 2 indexed citations

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Neckel, Niklas, David Loibl, & Melanie Rankl. (2017). Recent slowdown and thinning of debris-covered glaciers in south-eastern Tibet. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 464. 95–102. 64 indexed citations

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Kropáček, Jan, Niklas Neckel, Noël Gourmelen, et al.. (2015). Repeated glacial lake outburst flood threatening the oldest Buddhist monastery in north-western Nepal. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 15(10). 2425–2437. 32 indexed citations

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Kropáček, Jan, Niklas Neckel, Noël Gourmelen, et al.. (2014). Periodic Glacial Lake Outburst Floods threatening the oldest Buddhist monastery in north-west Nepal. Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh). 3 indexed citations

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Neckel, Niklas, Andreas Braun, Jan Kropáček, & Volker Hochschild. (2013). Recent mass balance of the Purogangri Ice Cap, central Tibetan Plateau, by means of differential X-band SAR interferometry. The cryosphere. 7(5). 1623–1633. 67 indexed citations

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