Samuel U. Nussbaumer

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

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Samuel U. Nussbaumer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel U. Nussbaumer has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Atmospheric Science, 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Samuel U. Nussbaumer's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (30 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (16 papers). Samuel U. Nussbaumer is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (30 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (17 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (16 papers). Samuel U. Nussbaumer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Chile and Norway. Samuel U. Nussbaumer's co-authors include Heinz J. Zumbühl, Michael Zemp, Isabelle Gärtner‐Roer, Emmanuel Thibert, Matthias Huss, F. Paul, Nicolas Eckert, Horst Machguth, Laura Thomson and J. Graham Cogley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Samuel U. Nussbaumer

37 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Global glacier mass changes and their contributions to sea-level rise from 1961 to 2016

2019 703 citations Michael Zemp, Matthias Huss et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samuel U. Nussbaumer Switzerland	18	1.5k	330	275	256	146	39	1.8k
Andrew Bliss United States	8	1.6k 1.0×	288 0.9×	296 1.1×	173 0.7×	163 1.1×	15	1.8k
Jakob Abermann Austria	21	1.2k 0.8×	231 0.7×	180 0.7×	208 0.8×	206 1.4×	79	1.4k
Summer Rupper United States	21	1.3k 0.8×	344 1.0×	138 0.5×	168 0.7×	128 0.9×	44	1.5k
Isabelle Gärtner‐Roer Switzerland	17	1.5k 1.0×	141 0.4×	232 0.8×	511 2.0×	105 0.7×	37	1.7k
Lucas Ruiz Argentina	14	829 0.5×	204 0.6×	171 0.6×	182 0.7×	90 0.6×	33	1.0k
Sophie Nowicki United States	22	1.5k 1.0×	660 2.0×	393 1.4×	239 0.9×	79 0.5×	59	1.8k
Pierre Pitte Argentina	15	833 0.5×	207 0.6×	181 0.7×	173 0.7×	105 0.7×	24	1.0k
Simon J. Cook United Kingdom	22	1.3k 0.8×	178 0.5×	237 0.9×	507 2.0×	168 1.2×	66	1.6k
Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya Nepal	12	2.5k 1.6×	630 1.9×	351 1.3×	509 2.0×	84 0.6×	25	2.8k
Romain Hugonnet France	13	796 0.5×	173 0.5×	199 0.7×	186 0.7×	84 0.6×	22	1.0k

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Jouvet, Guillaume, Jürgen Mey, Frédéric Herman, et al.. (2025). A data-consistent model of the last glaciation in the Alps achieved with physics-driven AI. Nature Communications. 16(1). 848–848. 1 indexed citations

García, Juan‐Luis, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Dmitry Tikhomirov, et al.. (2024). 10Be chronology of the Last Glacial Maximum and Termination in the Andes of central Chile: The record of the Universidad Glacier (34° S). Quaternary Science Reviews. 344. 108968–108968. 1 indexed citations

Nussbaumer, Samuel U. & Heinz J. Zumbühl. (2022). L’iconographie des fluctuations glaciaires dans les Alpes occidentales et centrales au 18 e siècle. Dix-huitième siècle. n° 54(1). 63–81.

Zemp, Michael, Matthias Huss, Nicolas Eckert, et al.. (2020). Brief communication: Ad hoc estimation of glacier contributions to sea-level rise from the latest glaciological observations. The cryosphere. 14(3). 1043–1050. 17 indexed citations

Zemp, Michael, Matthias Huss, Emmanuel Thibert, et al.. (2019). Global glacier mass changes and their contributions to sea-level rise from 1961 to 2016. Nature. 568(7752). 382–386. 703 indexed citations breakdown →

Albedyll, Luisa von, Horst Machguth, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, & Michael Zemp. (2018). Elevation changes of the Holm Land Ice Cap, northeast Greenland, from 1978 to 2012–2015, derived from high-resolution digital elevation models. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 50(1). 6 indexed citations

Nussbaumer, Samuel U., Martin Hoelzle, Fabia Hüsler, et al.. (2017). Glacier Monitoring and Capacity Building: Important Ingredients for Sustainable Mountain Development. Mountain Research and Development. 37(1). 141–152. 13 indexed citations

Barcaza, Gonzalo, et al.. (2017). Glacier inventory and recent glacier variations in the Andes of Chile, South America. Annals of Glaciology. 58(75pt2). 166–180. 101 indexed citations

Masiokas, Mariano, Duncan A. Christie, C. Quesne, et al.. (2016). Reconstructing the annual mass balance of the Echaurren Norte glacier (Central Andes, 33.5° S) using local and regional hydroclimatic data. The cryosphere. 10(2). 927–940. 54 indexed citations

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Zumbühl, Heinz J., Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Hanspeter Holzhauser, & R. A. Wolf. (2016). Die Grindelwaldgletscher. Kunst und Wissenschaft. 6 indexed citations

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Ziervogel, Gina, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Christian Huggel, & Nadine Salzmann. (2016). Climate Change Adaptation Strategies – An Upstream-downstream Perspective. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 34 indexed citations

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Masiokas, Mariano, Duncan A. Christie, C. Quesne, et al.. (2015). Reconstructing glacier mass balances in the Central Andes of Chile and Argentina using local and regional hydro-climatic data. 5 indexed citations

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Nussbaumer, Samuel U., Yvonne Schaub, Christian Huggel, & Ariane Walz. (2014). Risk estimation for future glacier lake outburst floods based on local land-use changes. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 14(6). 1611–1624. 19 indexed citations

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Zemp, Michael, Emmanuel Thibert, Matthias Huss, et al.. (2013). Uncertainties and re-analysis of glacier mass balance measurements. 7 indexed citations

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Zemp, Michael, Emmanuel Thibert, Matthias Huss, et al.. (2013). Reanalysing glacier mass balance measurement series. The cryosphere. 7(4). 1227–1245. 208 indexed citations

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Nussbaumer, Samuel U., Philip Deline, C. M. Vincent, & Heinz J. Zumbühl. (2012). Mer de Glace. Art & science. 4 indexed citations

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Nussbaumer, Samuel U., F. Steinhilber, Mathias Trachsel, et al.. (2011). Alpine climate during the Holocene: a comparison between records of glaciers, lake sediments and solar activity. Journal of Quaternary Science. 26(7). 703–713. 58 indexed citations

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Nussbaumer, Samuel U. & Heinz J. Zumbühl. (2011). The Little Ice Age history of the Glacier des Bossons (Mont Blanc massif, France): a new high-resolution glacier length curve based on historical documents. Climatic Change. 111(2). 301–334. 46 indexed citations

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Kienholz, Christian, Anupma Prakash, Samuel U. Nussbaumer, & Heinz J. Zumbühl. (2010). Shrinkage of selected southcentral Alaskan glaciers AD 1900-2010 - a spatio-temporal analysis using photogrammetric, GIS-based and historical techniques. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 6276. 1 indexed citations

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Nussbaumer, Samuel U., et al.. (2007). Fluctuations of the Mer de Glace (Mont Blanc area, France) AD 1500-2050. An interdisciplinary approach using new historical data and neural network simulations. Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern). 30 indexed citations

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