Sebastian Gerland

10.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
146 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Sebastian Gerland is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sebastian Gerland has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Atmospheric Science, 27 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 18 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sebastian Gerland's work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (109 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (87 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (81 papers). Sebastian Gerland is often cited by papers focused on Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (109 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (87 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (81 papers). Sebastian Gerland collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Germany and United States. Sebastian Gerland's co-authors include Mats A. Granskog, Harald Svendsen, Vigdis Tverberg, Christian Haas, Angelika H. H. Renner, Oddbjørn Bruland, Dmitry Divine, Jon Børre Ørbæk, Donald K. Perovich and Jan‐Gunnar Winther and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Sebastian Gerland

140 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

The physical environment of Kongsfjorden–Krossfjorden, an Arctic fjord system in Svalbard

2002 617 citations Sebastian Gerland et al. profile →
Arctic sea ice in transformation: A review of recent observed changes and impacts on biology and human activity

2014 436 citations Kit M. Kovacs, Christian Haas et al. profile →
Regime shift in Arctic Ocean sea ice thickness

2023 112 citations Laura de Steur, Dmitry Divine et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sebastian Gerland Norway	39	4.2k	1.4k	1.3k	851	745	146	5.4k
Mats A. Granskog Norway	43	4.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	2.4k 1.8×	973 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	168	5.7k
Ola M. Johannessen Norway	38	4.1k 1.0×	1.9k 1.4×	2.1k 1.6×	439 0.5×	649 0.9×	201	5.5k
Humfrey Melling Canada	37	3.6k 0.9×	718 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	691 0.8×	1.4k 1.9×	101	4.3k
Ignatius Rigor United States	34	6.2k 1.5×	2.4k 1.8×	1.2k 0.9×	418 0.5×	1.3k 1.7×	55	7.0k
Dirk Notz Germany	37	5.1k 1.2×	3.0k 2.2×	1.2k 0.9×	293 0.3×	706 0.9×	87	6.0k
J. Morison United States	40	5.7k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	2.3k 1.8×	554 0.7×	1.7k 2.2×	98	6.5k
Jon Ove Hagen Norway	47	6.9k 1.7×	703 0.5×	959 0.7×	947 1.1×	598 0.8×	124	7.9k
Stephen F. Ackley United States	35	3.9k 0.9×	853 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	653 0.8×	462 0.6×	128	4.8k
J. Graham Cogley Canada	32	7.2k 1.7×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	418 0.5×	152 0.2×	78	8.6k
Igor V. Polyakov United States	47	5.9k 1.4×	2.7k 2.0×	2.3k 1.8×	684 0.8×	1.8k 2.5×	114	7.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Sebastian Gerland

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sebastian Gerland

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sebastian Gerland

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Descamps, Sébastien, Børge Moe, Bård‐Jørgen Bårdsen, et al.. (2025). Intra‐population variation in the effects of sea ice reduction on an Arctic breeding bird. Ecosphere. 16(4). 1 indexed citations

Rösel, Anja, S. L. Farrell, Vishnu Nandan, et al.. (2021). Implications of surface flooding on airborne estimates of snow depth on sea ice. The cryosphere. 15(6). 2819–2833. 6 indexed citations

Dahlke, Sandro, P. Wagner, Sebastian Gerland, et al.. (2020). The observed recent surface air temperature development across Svalbard and concurring footprints in local sea ice cover. International Journal of Climatology. 40(12). 5246–5265. 49 indexed citations

Wang, Caixin, Robert M. Graham, Keguang Wang, Sebastian Gerland, & Mats A. Granskog. (2019). Comparison of ERA5 and ERA-Interim near-surface air temperature, snowfall and precipitation over Arctic sea ice: effects on sea ice thermodynamics and evolution. The cryosphere. 13(6). 1661–1679. 197 indexed citations

Wang, Caixin, Robert M. Graham, Keguang Wang, Sebastian Gerland, & Mats A. Granskog. (2018). Comparison of ERA5 and ERA-Interim near surface air temperature and precipitation over Arctic sea ice: Effects on sea ice thermodynamics and evolution. 13 indexed citations

Semmling, Maximilian, et al.. (2017). A Fram Strait Experiment: Sensing Sea Ice Conditions using Shipborne GNSS Reflectometry. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 13287.

Burkhart, J. F., Arve Kylling, Crystal Schaaf, et al.. (2017). Unmanned aerial system nadir reflectance and MODIS nadir BRDF-adjusted surface reflectances intercompared over Greenland. The cryosphere. 11(4). 1575–1589. 20 indexed citations

Divine, Dmitry, et al.. (2017). Signature of Arctic first-year ice melt pond fraction in X-band SAR imagery. The cryosphere. 11(2). 755–771. 14 indexed citations

Duarte, Pedro, Amélie Meyer, Lasse M. Olsen, et al.. (2017). Sea ice thermohaline dynamics and biogeochemistry in the Arctic Ocean: Empirical and model results. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 122(7). 1632–1654. 22 indexed citations

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Meyer, Amélie, Alexey K. Pavlov, Anja Rösel, et al.. (2016). @OceanSeaIceNPI: Positive Practice of Science Outreach via Social Media. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Brekke, Camilla, et al.. (2016). Late-summer sea ice segmentation with multi-polarisation SAR features in C and X band. The cryosphere. 10(1). 401–415. 12 indexed citations

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Nicolaus, Marcel, Caixin Wang, Sebastian Gerland, et al.. (2015). Advancing the understanding of variations of Arctic sea ice optical and thermal behaviors through an international research and mobility project. ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE. 26(2). 179–187. 2 indexed citations

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Fauchald, Per, Per Arneberg, Jørgen Berge, et al.. (2014). An assessment of MOSJ: the state of the marine environment around Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 1 indexed citations

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Doulgeris, Anthony P., et al.. (2013). Comparison of feature based segmentation of full polarimetric SAR satellite sea ice images with manually drawn ice charts. The cryosphere. 7(6). 1693–1705. 51 indexed citations

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Doulgeris, Anthony P., Stian Normann Anfinsen, Angelika H. H. Renner, et al.. (2013). Comparison of automatic segmentation of full polarimetric SAR sea ice images with manually drawn ice charts. 8 indexed citations

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Storvold, Rune, et al.. (2011). Atmospheric Effects on UAS Based Spectral Remote Sensing Reflectance Measurements of Snow Surfaces. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Skeie, Ragnhild Bieltvedt, Terje K. Berntsen, Gunnar Myhre, et al.. (2011). Black carbon in the atmosphere and snow, from pre-industrial times until present. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(14). 6809–6836. 70 indexed citations

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Dieckmann, Gerhard, Gernot Nehrke, Christiane Uhlig, et al.. (2010). Brief Communication: Ikaite (CaCO ₃ ·6H ₂ O) discovered in Arctic sea ice. The cryosphere. 4(2). 227–230. 95 indexed citations

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Gerland, Sebastian, et al.. (2009). Physical Properties and Comparison of First- and Second-Year Sea Ice Ridges. Proceedings of the International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering Under Arctic Conditions. 11 indexed citations

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Haas, Christian, Sebastian Gerland, Hajo Eicken, & Heinrich Miller. (1997). Comparison of sea-ice thickness measurements under summer and winter conditions in the Arctic using a small electromagnetic induction device. Geophysics. 62(3). 749–757. 114 indexed citations

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