Riko Noormets

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Riko Noormets is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Riko Noormets has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Atmospheric Science, 35 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 22 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Riko Noormets's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (68 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (50 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (35 papers). Riko Noormets is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (68 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (50 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (35 papers). Riko Noormets collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and Norway. Riko Noormets's co-authors include Julian A. Dowdeswell, Kelly Hogan, Elizabeth A. Felton, Keith A.W. Crook, Colm Ó Cofaigh, Nina Kirchner, Jeffrey Evans, J. Evans, Martin Jakobsson and Dierk Hebbeln and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Riko Noormets

94 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Active Nordic Seas deep-water formation during the last glacial maximum

2022 134 citations Christina Larkin, Mohamed M. Ezat et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Riko Noormets United Kingdom	29	2.0k	781	650	320	283	97	2.6k
Matthias Forwick Norway	30	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	452 0.7×	435 1.4×	100 0.4×	101	2.5k
Leif Rise Norway	29	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	926 1.4×	140 0.4×	306 1.1×	67	2.4k
Richard Gyllencreutz Sweden	19	1.9k 0.9×	491 0.6×	443 0.7×	328 1.0×	101 0.4×	51	2.1k
Werner Ehrmann Germany	28	2.3k 1.1×	311 0.4×	574 0.9×	788 2.5×	328 1.2×	80	2.6k
Jeremy M. Lloyd United Kingdom	37	2.8k 1.4×	880 1.1×	894 1.4×	1.1k 3.6×	234 0.8×	81	3.4k
Hanne H. Christiansen Norway	32	3.5k 1.7×	549 0.7×	290 0.4×	545 1.7×	119 0.4×	144	3.9k
Tom Bradwell United Kingdom	35	3.0k 1.5×	280 0.4×	928 1.4×	232 0.7×	148 0.5×	99	3.4k
Matt O’Regan Sweden	34	2.9k 1.4×	1.9k 2.4×	288 0.4×	484 1.5×	195 0.7×	126	3.7k
Bas de Boer Netherlands	24	1.5k 0.7×	219 0.3×	310 0.5×	244 0.8×	184 0.7×	56	1.9k
Oddvar Longva Norway	22	1.3k 0.6×	442 0.6×	819 1.3×	221 0.7×	365 1.3×	53	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Riko Noormets

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20 of 20 papers shown

Noormets, Riko, et al.. (2025). Glacier dynamics, sedimentary processes, and deglaciation history in Recherchefjorden, Svalbard. Arctic Science. 11. 1–27.

Holmes, Felicity, et al.. (2023). Impact of tides on calving patterns at Kronebreen, Svalbard – insights from three-dimensional ice dynamical modelling. The cryosphere. 17(5). 1853–1872. 6 indexed citations

Dunlop, P, et al.. (2023). Glacier area changes in Novaya Zemlya from 1986–89 to 2019–21 using object-based image analysis in Google Earth Engine. Journal of Glaciology. 69(277). 1305–1316. 8 indexed citations

Noormets, Riko, Gesine Mollenhauer, Jens Hefter, et al.. (2023). Coastal permafrost was massively eroded during the Bølling-Allerød warm period. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 4 indexed citations

Dunlop, P, et al.. (2023). Glacier area changes in the Arctic and high latitudes using satellite remote sensing. Journal of Maps. 19(1). 1–7. 1 indexed citations

Betlem, Peter, Kim Senger, Miriam Römer, et al.. (2023). Active gas seepage in western Spitsbergen fjords, Svalbard archipelago: spatial extent and geological controls. Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. 4 indexed citations

Giacalone, Giovanni, Marco Barra, Angelo Bonanno, et al.. (2022). A pattern recognition approach to identify biological clusters acquired by acoustic multi-beam in Kongsfjorden. Environmental Modelling & Software. 152. 105401–105401. 3 indexed citations

Hogan, Kelly, Neil Arnold, Robert D Larter, et al.. (2022). Subglacial Water Flow Over an Antarctic Palaeo‐Ice Stream Bed. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 127(2). 6 indexed citations

Larkin, Christina, Mohamed M. Ezat, Natalie L Roberts, et al.. (2022). Active Nordic Seas deep-water formation during the last glacial maximum. Nature Geoscience. 15(11). 925–931. 134 indexed citations breakdown →

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Betlem, Peter, Srikumar Roy, Thomas Birchall, et al.. (2021). Modelling of the gas hydrate potential in Svalbard’s fjords. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 94. 104127–104127. 8 indexed citations

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Steinbach, J., Henry Holmstrand, Denis Kosmach, et al.. (2021). Source apportionment of methane escaping the subsea permafrost system in the outer Eurasian Arctic Shelf. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(10). 51 indexed citations

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Noormets, Riko, et al.. (2020). Glacial dynamics and deglaciation history of Hambergbukta reconstructed from submarine landforms and sediment cores, SE Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Boreas. 50(1). 29–50. 10 indexed citations

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Holmes, Felicity, et al.. (2019). Relating ocean temperatures to frontal ablation rates at Svalbard tidewater glaciers: Insights from glacier proximal datasets. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 9442–9442. 36 indexed citations

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Colleoni, Florence, Nina Kirchner, Anna L.C. Hughes, et al.. (2018). Interplay of grounding-line dynamics and sub-shelf melting during retreat of the Bjørnøyrenna Ice Stream. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7196–7196. 11 indexed citations

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Noormets, Riko, et al.. (2017). Submarine glacial landforms and sedimentary environments in Vaigattbogen, northeastern Spitsbergen. Marine Geology. 402. 244–263. 12 indexed citations

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O’Regan, Matt, Jan Backman, Natalia Barrientos, et al.. (2017). The De Long Trough: a newly discovered glacial trough on the East Siberian continental margin. Climate of the past. 13(9). 1269–1284. 27 indexed citations

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Patton, Henry, Karin Andreassen, Lilja Rún Bjarnadóttir, et al.. (2015). Geophysical constraints on the dynamics and retreat of the Barents Sea ice sheet as a paleobenchmark for models of marine ice sheet deglaciation. Reviews of Geophysics. 53(4). 1051–1098. 70 indexed citations

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Roy, Srikumar, Riko Noormets, & Alvar Braathen. (2014). Seafloor expressions of tectonic structures in Isfjorden, Svalbard: implications for fluid migration. EGUGA. 9774. 1 indexed citations

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Roy, Sudip, Kim Senger, Riko Noormets, & Martin Hovland. (2012). Pockmarks in the fjords of western Svalbard and their implications on gas hydrate dissociation. EGUGA. 8960. 4 indexed citations

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Noormets, Riko, Julian A. Dowdeswell, Martin Jakobsson, & Colm Ó'Cofaigh. (2010). New evidence on past ice flow and iceberg activity on the southern Yermak Plateau. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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