Sonam Wangchuk

658 total citations
22 papers, 338 citations indexed

About

Sonam Wangchuk is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonam Wangchuk has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 338 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atmospheric Science, 7 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Sonam Wangchuk's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (12 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (6 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers). Sonam Wangchuk is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (12 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (6 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers). Sonam Wangchuk collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Bhutan and Switzerland. Sonam Wangchuk's co-authors include Tobias Bolch, Guoqing Zhang, Jarosław Zawadzki, Benjamin Aubrey Robson, Simon Allen, Ashim Sattar, Ugyen Penjor, David W. Macdonald, Cedric Kai Wei Tan and Stuart Dunning and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Remote Sensing of Environment and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Sonam Wangchuk

21 papers receiving 331 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonam Wangchuk United Kingdom 9 182 112 91 88 27 22 338
Raphaëlle Samacoïts France 7 182 1.0× 122 1.1× 25 0.3× 56 0.6× 21 0.8× 10 287
Simone Schauwecker Switzerland 9 313 1.7× 108 1.0× 37 0.4× 59 0.7× 11 0.4× 19 388
Dagrun Vikhamar-Schuler Norway 10 342 1.9× 119 1.1× 80 0.9× 61 0.7× 20 0.7× 12 466
W. Tyler Brandt United States 8 117 0.6× 158 1.4× 103 1.1× 32 0.4× 55 2.0× 13 336
Chen Quan-gong China 10 173 1.0× 173 1.5× 128 1.4× 79 0.9× 17 0.6× 28 392
Eñaut Izagirre Spain 8 120 0.7× 23 0.2× 54 0.6× 50 0.6× 30 1.1× 20 206
Vanessa Round Australia 6 212 1.2× 127 1.1× 21 0.2× 50 0.6× 6 0.2× 9 353
Trudy Kavanagh Canada 5 153 0.8× 141 1.3× 43 0.5× 26 0.3× 29 1.1× 6 273
Walter Silverio Switzerland 6 298 1.6× 104 0.9× 42 0.5× 32 0.4× 6 0.2× 7 346
Arthur Bayle France 9 127 0.7× 115 1.0× 123 1.4× 24 0.3× 66 2.4× 22 255

Countries citing papers authored by Sonam Wangchuk

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sonam Wangchuk

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonam Wangchuk

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sonam Wangchuk. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sonam Wangchuk 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 Sonam Wangchuk. Sonam Wangchuk 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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Li, Dongfeng, et al.. (2025). Flood complexity and rising exposure risk in High Mountain Asia under climate change. Science Bulletin. 70(10). 1601–1604. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guoqing, Tandong Yao, Matthias Huss, et al.. (2025). A Monitoring Network for Mitigating Himalayan Glacial Lake Outburst Floods. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 106(12). E2579–E2597. 1 indexed citations
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Langer, Moritz, M. M. Loranty, Brendan M. Rogers, et al.. (2024). Environmental drivers and remote sensing proxies of post-fire thaw depth in eastern Siberian larch forests. Earth System Dynamics. 15(6). 1459–1482. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guoqing, et al.. (2023). GLOF hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and risk assessment of potentially dangerous glacial lakes in the Bhutan Himalaya. Journal of Hydrology. 619. 129311–129311. 38 indexed citations
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Hoelzle, Martin, et al.. (2022). Influence of Meteorological Conditions on Artificial Ice Reservoir (Icestupa) Evolution. Frontiers in Earth Science. 9. 5 indexed citations
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Wangchuk, Sonam, Tobias Bolch, & Benjamin Aubrey Robson. (2022). Monitoring glacial lake outburst flood susceptibility using Sentinel-1 SAR data, Google Earth Engine, and persistent scatterer interferometry. Remote Sensing of Environment. 271. 112910–112910. 27 indexed citations
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Zhang, Guoqing, et al.. (2021). Glacial Lake Area Change and Potential Outburst Flood Hazard Assessment in the Bhutan Himalaya. Frontiers in Earth Science. 9. 25 indexed citations
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Cozzi, Gabriele, et al.. (2021). Modeling Distribution and Habitat Suitability for the Snow Leopard in Bhutan. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 8 indexed citations
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Cozzi, Gabriele, et al.. (2021). Ecological determinants of livestock depredation by the snow leopard Panthera uncia in Bhutan. Journal of Zoology. 314(4). 275–284. 4 indexed citations
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Wangchuk, Sonam & Tobias Bolch. (2020). Mapping of glacial lakes using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data and a random forest classifier: Strengths and challenges. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100008–100008. 83 indexed citations
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Kandel, Pratikshya, Nakul Chettri, Ram Prasad Chaudhary, et al.. (2019). Plant diversity of the Kangchenjunga Landscape, Eastern Himalayas. Plant Diversity. 41(3). 153–165. 18 indexed citations
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Wangchuk, Sonam, Tobias Bolch, & Jarosław Zawadzki. (2019). Towards automated mapping and monitoring of potentially dangerous glacial lakes in Bhutan Himalaya using Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 40(12). 4642–4667. 35 indexed citations
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Gurung, Janita, Nakul Chettri, Eklabya Sharma, et al.. (2019). Evolution of a transboundary landscape approach in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: Key learnings from the Kangchenjunga Landscape. Global Ecology and Conservation. 17. e00599–e00599. 31 indexed citations
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Petterson, Michael G., et al.. (2019). Interconnected geoscience applied to disaster and risk: case study from SECMOL, Ladakh, N. India. Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal. 29(3). 266–286. 3 indexed citations
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Petterson, Michael G., et al.. (2019). A multiple natural hazard analysis, SECMOL College region, near Leh, Ladakh, North India, with applications for community-based DRR. Disaster Prevention and Management An International Journal. 29(3). 287–312. 2 indexed citations
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Wangchuk, Sonam, et al.. (2017). Glacier Environment and Climate Change in Bhutan—An Overview. 3(2). 1–10. 8 indexed citations
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Wangchuk, Sonam, et al.. (2017). Solar block: Thermal capacity enhancement of concrete bricks using water and candle wax for passive indoor thermal comfort. 2017 Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies (i-PACT). 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Wangchuk, Kesang, et al.. (2016). Policy or poverty trap? Attitude of goat farmers towards the conservation rule on goat rearing in Bhutan. Pastoralism Research Policy and Practice. 6(1). 2 indexed citations

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