S. O’Neel

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

S. O’Neel is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, S. O’Neel has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Atmospheric Science, 24 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 20 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in S. O’Neel's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (60 papers), Climate change and permafrost (28 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (24 papers). S. O’Neel is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (60 papers), Climate change and permafrost (28 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (24 papers). S. O’Neel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Canada. S. O’Neel's co-authors include W. T. Pfeffer, J. T. Harper, Eran Hood, Robert S. Anderson, Suzanne P. Anderson, R. J. Motyka, T. C. Bartholomaus, A. A. Arendt, Christopher F. Larsen and Mark F. Meier and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

S. O’Neel

62 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Kinematic Constraints on Glacier Contributions to 21st-Century Sea-Level Rise

2008 626 citations S. O’Neel et al. profile →
Glaciers Dominate Eustatic Sea-Level Rise in the 21st Century

2007 481 citations S. O’Neel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. O’Neel United States	32	3.1k	843	809	499	498	63	3.8k
W. T. Pfeffer United States	33	5.7k 1.9×	1.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	925 1.9×	921 1.8×	83	6.7k
G. S. Hamilton United States	33	3.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	746 0.9×	290 0.6×	442 0.9×	92	4.2k
Massimo Frezzotti Italy	39	3.8k 1.2×	671 0.8×	356 0.4×	246 0.5×	779 1.6×	117	4.4k
Luke Copland Canada	34	3.3k 1.1×	775 0.9×	849 1.0×	146 0.3×	287 0.6×	145	3.8k
Hamish D. Pritchard United Kingdom	26	3.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.6×	807 1.0×	293 0.6×	555 1.1×	52	4.1k
R. J. Motyka United States	32	3.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	570 0.7×	268 0.5×	194 0.4×	76	3.8k
B. E. Smith United States	30	4.7k 1.5×	2.3k 2.7×	1.2k 1.5×	290 0.6×	487 1.0×	68	5.2k
Finnur Pálsson Iceland	29	2.7k 0.9×	546 0.6×	739 0.9×	111 0.2×	322 0.6×	114	3.0k
B. Legrésy France	29	1.8k 0.6×	504 0.6×	326 0.4×	768 1.5×	504 1.0×	81	2.5k
Peter Nienow United Kingdom	49	6.3k 2.0×	2.4k 2.8×	1.7k 2.1×	346 0.7×	330 0.7×	113	6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by S. O’Neel

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Fields of papers citing papers by S. O’Neel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. O’Neel

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20 of 20 papers shown

Enderlin, Ellyn M., S. O’Neel, Caitlyn Florentine, et al.. (2025). Automated snow cover detection on mountain glaciers using spaceborne imagery and machine learning. The cryosphere. 19(4). 1675–1693. 2 indexed citations

Marshall, Hans‐Peter, E. J. Deeb, S. O’Neel, et al.. (2024). Spatially distributed snow depth, bulk density, and snow water equivalent from ground-based and airborne sensor integration at Grand Mesa, Colorado, USA. The cryosphere. 18(7). 3253–3276. 4 indexed citations

Florentine, Caitlyn, et al.. (2023). How to handle glacier area change in geodetic mass balance. Journal of Glaciology. 69(278). 2169–2175. 7 indexed citations

Shean, David, Shashank Bhushan, Oleg Alexandrov, et al.. (2022). Historical Structure from Motion (HSfM): Automated processing of historical aerial photographs for long-term topographic change analysis. Remote Sensing of Environment. 285. 113379–113379. 26 indexed citations

McGrath, Daniel, et al.. (2022). Beyond glacier-wide mass balances: parsing seasonal elevation change into spatially resolved patterns of accumulation and ablation at Wolverine Glacier, Alaska. Journal of Glaciology. 69(273). 87–102. 5 indexed citations

Enderlin, Ellyn M., Hans‐Peter Marshall, S. O’Neel, et al.. (2022). Uncertainty of ICESat-2 ATL06- and ATL08-derived snow depths for glacierized and vegetated mountain regions. Remote Sensing of Environment. 283. 113307–113307. 26 indexed citations

Yamaguchi, Masahiro, et al.. (2020). Mass concentration and origin of black carbon in spring snow on glaciers in the Alaska Range. Polar Science. 27. 100572–100572. 6 indexed citations

McNeil, Christopher, S. O’Neel, Michael G. Loso, et al.. (2020). Explaining mass balance and retreat dichotomies at Taku and Lemon Creek Glaciers, Alaska. Journal of Glaciology. 66(258). 530–542. 14 indexed citations

O’Neel, S., Christopher McNeil, Louis Sass, et al.. (2019). Reanalysis of the US Geological Survey Benchmark Glaciers: long-term insight into climate forcing of glacier mass balance. Journal of Glaciology. 65(253). 850–866. 57 indexed citations

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McGrath, Daniel, et al.. (2018). Interannual snow accumulation variability on glaciers derived from repeat, spatially extensive ground-penetrating radar surveys. The cryosphere. 12(11). 3617–3633. 28 indexed citations

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Enderlin, Ellyn M., S. O’Neel, T. C. Bartholomaus, & Ian Joughin. (2018). Evolving Environmental and Geometric Controls on Columbia Glacier's Continued Retreat. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 123(7). 1528–1545. 14 indexed citations

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McGrath, Daniel, Louis Sass, S. O’Neel, A. A. Arendt, & Christian Kienholz. (2017). Hypsometric control on glacier mass balance sensitivity in Alaska and northwest Canada. Earth s Future. 5(3). 324–336. 46 indexed citations

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Hood, Eran, Tom J. Battin, Jason B. Fellman, S. O’Neel, & Robert G. M. Spencer. (2015). Storage and release of organic carbon from glaciers and ice sheets. Nature Geoscience. 8(2). 91–96. 296 indexed citations

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Walter, J. I., Zhigang Peng, Sławek Tulaczyk, & S. O’Neel. (2013). Triggering of glacier seismicity (icequakes) by distant earthquakes. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 2 indexed citations

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McGrath, Daniel, A. Gusmeroli, S. O’Neel, et al.. (2013). Comparison of annual accumulation rates derived from in situ and ground penetrating radar methods across Alaskan glaciers. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Arendt, A. A., S. B. Luthcke, S. O’Neel, Alex Gardner, & D. F. Hill. (2011). Analysis of Seasonal Variability in Gulf of Alaska Glacier Mass Balance using GRACE. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Bartholomaus, T. C., C. F. Larsen, S. O’Neel, & M. E. West. (2010). Ice quake source mechanisms explored with paired imagery and seismograms. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Larsen, C. F., et al.. (2008). Time-series Analysis of Icequakes and Ice Motion, Bering Glacier, AK. AGUFM. 2008. 3 indexed citations

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Larsen, C. F., et al.. (2007). Continuous Measurements of Ice Motion and Associated Seismicity at Bering Glacier, Alaska.. AGUFM. 2007. 3 indexed citations

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O’Neel, S., Κ. A. Echelmeyer, & R. J. Motyka. (2003). Short-term variations in calving of a tidewater glacier: LeConte Glacier, Alaska, U.S.A.. Journal of Glaciology. 49(167). 587–598. 56 indexed citations

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