Silvan Leinss

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Silvan Leinss is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Silvan Leinss has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Atmospheric Science, 23 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 10 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Silvan Leinss's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (35 papers), Landslides and related hazards (23 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (12 papers). Silvan Leinss is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (35 papers), Landslides and related hazards (23 papers) and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (12 papers). Silvan Leinss collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and France. Silvan Leinss's co-authors include Irena Hajnsek, Juha Lemmetyinen, Andreas Wiesmann, Adrien Gilbert, Étienne Berthier, Simon Gascoin, Andreas Kääb, Yves Bühler, Jeffrey S. Kargel and Matthias Huss and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Silvan Leinss

39 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Massive collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet in 2016... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Massive collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet in 2016 after surge-like instability
    2018 236 citations Andreas Kääb, Silvan Leinss et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Silvan Leinss Switzerland 15 942 450 153 138 108 41 1.1k
Fernando Rodríguez‐Morales United States 19 882 0.9× 293 0.7× 224 1.5× 265 1.9× 119 1.1× 104 1.2k
Carl Leuschen United States 18 771 0.8× 208 0.5× 150 1.0× 126 0.9× 62 0.6× 44 1.0k
Gary Koh United States 14 452 0.5× 170 0.4× 60 0.4× 56 0.4× 122 1.1× 40 619
T. U. Kaempfer Switzerland 9 363 0.4× 135 0.3× 219 1.4× 40 0.3× 45 0.4× 16 582
K. Jezek United States 15 1.0k 1.1× 340 0.8× 340 2.2× 138 1.0× 81 0.8× 46 1.1k
Lino Schmid Switzerland 12 463 0.5× 227 0.5× 54 0.4× 27 0.2× 96 0.9× 25 604
T. C. Bartholomaus United States 21 1.5k 1.6× 447 1.0× 644 4.2× 20 0.1× 13 0.1× 46 1.6k
S. Mae Japan 12 237 0.3× 26 0.1× 45 0.3× 105 0.8× 102 0.9× 28 520
Daniel Berisford United States 8 372 0.4× 80 0.2× 30 0.2× 55 0.4× 70 0.6× 28 531
Surui Xie United States 12 161 0.2× 63 0.1× 58 0.4× 60 0.4× 19 0.2× 31 339

Countries citing papers authored by Silvan Leinss

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Fields of papers citing papers by Silvan Leinss

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Silvan Leinss

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Silvan Leinss. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Silvan Leinss based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Silvan Leinss. Silvan Leinss is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kneib, Marin, Amaury Dehecq, Fanny Brun, et al.. (2024). Mapping and characterization of avalanches on mountain glaciers with Sentinel-1 satellite imagery. ˜The œcryosphere. 18(6). 2809–2830. 6 indexed citations
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Leinss, Silvan, et al.. (2023). Bistatic Radar Measurements of Terrestrial Snow at Ku-band - Phenomena, Models, and Opportunities. elib (German Aerospace Center). 658–661. 1 indexed citations
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Brun, Fanny, Owen King, Marion Réveillet, et al.. (2023). Everest South Col Glacier did not thin during the period 1984–2017. ˜The œcryosphere. 17(8). 3251–3268. 7 indexed citations
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Leinss, Silvan, et al.. (2022). Coherent backscatter enhancement in bistatic Ku- and X-band radar observations of dry snow. ˜The œcryosphere. 16(7). 2859–2879. 5 indexed citations
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Kääb, Andreas, Mylène Jacquemart, Adrien Gilbert, et al.. (2021). Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers – more frequent than thought?. ˜The œcryosphere. 15(4). 1751–1785. 101 indexed citations
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Leinss, Silvan, et al.. (2021). Glacier detachments and rock-ice avalanches in the Petra Pervogo range, Tajikistan (1973–2019). Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 21(5). 1409–1429. 24 indexed citations
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Leinss, Silvan, et al.. (2021). TanDEM-X:Deriving InSAR Height Changes and Velocity Dynamics of Great Aletsch Glacier. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 14. 4798–4815. 20 indexed citations
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Jouvet, Guillaume, Shin Sugiyama, Evgeny A. Podolskiy, et al.. (2021). Thinning leads to calving-style changes at Bowdoin Glacier, Greenland. ˜The œcryosphere. 15(2). 485–500. 13 indexed citations
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Techel, Frank, et al.. (2021). Mapping avalanches with satellites – evaluation of performance and completeness. ˜The œcryosphere. 15(2). 983–1004. 34 indexed citations
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Zwieback, Simon, et al.. (2020). Mapping Retrogressive Thaw Slumps Using Single-Pass TanDEM-X Observations. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 13. 3263–3280. 28 indexed citations
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Kääb, Andreas, Mylène Jacquemart, Adrien Gilbert, et al.. (2020). Sudden large-volume detachments of low-angle mountain glaciers –more frequent than thought. 6 indexed citations
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Leinss, Silvan, Henning Löwe, Martin Proksch, & Anna Kontu. (2020). Modeling the evolution of the structural anisotropy of snow. ˜The œcryosphere. 14(1). 51–75. 17 indexed citations
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Leinss, Silvan, et al.. (2020). Snow avalanche detection and mapping in multitemporal and multiorbital radar images from TerraSAR-X and Sentinel-1. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 20(6). 1783–1803. 20 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Adrien, Silvan Leinss, Jeffrey S. Kargel, et al.. (2018). Mechanisms leading to the 2016 giant twin glacier collapses, Aru Range, Tibet. ˜The œcryosphere. 12(9). 2883–2900. 67 indexed citations
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Round, Vanessa, et al.. (2017). Surge dynamics and lake outbursts of Kyagar Glacier, Karakoram. ˜The œcryosphere. 11(2). 723–739. 104 indexed citations
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Leinss, Silvan, Henning Löwe, Martin Proksch, et al.. (2016). Anisotropy of seasonal snow measured by polarimetric phase differences in radar time series. ˜The œcryosphere. 10(4). 1771–1797. 45 indexed citations
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Leinss, Silvan, Andreas Wiesmann, Juha Lemmetyinen, & Irena Hajnsek. (2015). Snow Water Equivalent of Dry Snow Measured by Differential Interferometry. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 8(8). 3773–3790. 93 indexed citations
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Leinss, Silvan, Juha Lemmetyinen, Andreas Wiesmann, & Irena Hajnsek. (2015). Interferometric and polarimetric methods to determine SWE, fresh snow depth and the anisotropy of dry snow. 4029–4032. 7 indexed citations
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Leinss, Silvan, Juha Lemmetyinen, Andreas Wiesmann, & Irena Hajnsek. (2014). Snow Structure Evolution Measured by Ground Based Polarimetric Phase Differences. elib (German Aerospace Center). 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Brennecke, Ferdinand, Kristian Baumann, Christine Guerlin, et al.. (2010). The Dicke Quantum Phase Transition in a Superfluid Gas Coupled to an Optical Cavity. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 55(5).

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