Stephan Harrison

9.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
160 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Stephan Harrison is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Harrison has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Atmospheric Science, 41 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 23 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Stephan Harrison's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (100 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (77 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (59 papers). Stephan Harrison is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (100 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (77 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (59 papers). Stephan Harrison collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Stephan Harrison's co-authors include Neil F. Glasser, Vanessa Winchester, Jasper Knight, Karen Anderson, Darren Jones, Krister N. Jansson, Richard Betts, David E. Smith, Dan H. Shugar and Charles R. Warren and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Harrison

153 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes since 1990

2020 372 citations Dan H. Shugar, Aaron Burr et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Climate change and the global pattern of moraine-dammed glacial lake outburst floods

2018 255 citations Stephan Harrison, Jeffrey S. Kargel et al. The cryosphere profile →
High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability

2022 160 citations Stephan Harrison, Dan H. Shugar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephan Harrison United Kingdom	41	4.5k	1.5k	711	649	616	160	5.7k
Brian Menounos Canada	35	3.9k 0.9×	765 0.5×	648 0.9×	275 0.4×	489 0.8×	127	4.6k
Shawn J. Marshall Canada	34	3.7k 0.8×	548 0.4×	745 1.0×	393 0.6×	542 0.9×	102	4.7k
John F. Shroder United States	29	2.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	550 0.8×	481 0.7×	384 0.6×	75	3.8k
Gerard H. Roe United States	45	4.9k 1.1×	661 0.4×	3.0k 4.2×	735 1.1×	711 1.2×	120	6.4k
Bernard Francou France	34	3.0k 0.7×	539 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	217 0.3×	484 0.8×	113	3.7k
Roger LeB. Hooke United States	42	4.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	293 0.4×	952 1.5×	808 1.3×	127	5.5k
Jonathan L. Carrivick United Kingdom	45	3.9k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	733 1.0×	424 0.7×	1.4k 2.3×	160	5.9k
Brian H. Luckman Canada	51	5.9k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	3.3k 4.6×	413 0.6×	822 1.3×	122	6.9k
A. J. Payne United Kingdom	54	7.2k 1.6×	1.7k 1.1×	1.2k 1.7×	297 0.5×	702 1.1×	143	8.3k
Gino Casassa Chile	40	5.0k 1.1×	947 0.6×	1.4k 2.0×	168 0.3×	1.1k 1.8×	162	6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephan Harrison

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephan Harrison

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephan Harrison

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephan Harrison. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephan Harrison 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 Stephan Harrison. Stephan Harrison is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Racoviteanu, Adina, et al.. (2024). TPRoGI: a comprehensive rock glacier inventory for the Tibetan Plateau using deep learning. Earth system science data. 16(12). 5703–5721. 5 indexed citations

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Schwartz-Marín, Ernesto, et al.. (2024). ‘Water resource’ framing for the value and governance of glacier water availability in the semi-arid Chilean Andes. Frontiers in Water. 6. 1 indexed citations

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Wood, Joanne L., Stephan Harrison, Ryan Wilson, et al.. (2024). Shaking up Assumptions: Earthquakes Have Rarely Triggered Andean Glacier Lake Outburst Floods. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(7). 10 indexed citations

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Harrison, Stephan, et al.. (2024). Alpine vegetation community patterns in the Khumbu region, Nepalese Himalaya. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 56(1). 2 indexed citations

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Shannon, Sarah, A. J. Payne, Jim Freer, et al.. (2023). A snow and glacier hydrological model for large catchments – case study for the Naryn River, central Asia. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 27(2). 453–480. 9 indexed citations

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Harrison, Stephan, et al.. (2023). Modelling rock glacier ice content based on InSAR-derived velocity, Khumbu and Lhotse valleys, Nepal. The cryosphere. 17(6). 2305–2321. 10 indexed citations

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Harrison, Stephan, et al.. (2022). Himalayan alpine ecohydrology: An urgent scientific concern in a changing climate. AMBIO. 52(2). 390–410. 10 indexed citations

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Harrison, Stephan, et al.. (2021). Modelling rock glacier velocity and ice content, Khumbu and Lhotse Valleys, Nepal. 2 indexed citations

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Emmer, Adam, Simon J. Cook, Joanne L. Wood, et al.. (2021). A new GLOF inventory for the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes. 1 indexed citations

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Shugar, Dan H., Aaron Burr, Umesh K. Haritashya, et al.. (2020). Rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes since 1990. Nature Climate Change. 10(10). 939–945. 372 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shannon, Sarah, Robin S. Smith, Andy Wiltshire, et al.. (2019). Global glacier volume projections under high-end climate change scenarios. The cryosphere. 13(1). 325–350. 84 indexed citations

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Harrison, Stephan, et al.. (2018). Rock glaciers in central Patagonia. Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography. 101(1). 1–15. 13 indexed citations

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Harrison, Stephan, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Christian Huggel, et al.. (2018). Climate change and the global pattern of moraine-dammed glacial lake outburst floods. The cryosphere. 12(4). 1195–1209. 255 indexed citations breakdown →

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Haritashya, Umesh K., Jeffrey S. Kargel, Dan H. Shugar, et al.. (2018). Evolution and Controls of Large Glacial Lakes in the Nepal Himalaya. Remote Sensing. 10(5). 798–798. 102 indexed citations

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Ffoulkes, Charles & Stephan Harrison. (2014). Evaluating the schmidt hammer as a method for distinguishing the relative age of late holocene moraines: svellnosbreen, jotunheimen, norway. Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography. 96(3). 393–402. 13 indexed citations

16.

Winchester, Vanessa, Stephan Harrison, & Charles R. Warren. (2001). Recent Retreat Glaciar Nef, Chilean Patagonia, Dated by Lichenometry and Dendrochronology. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research. 33(3). 266–273. 36 indexed citations

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Winchester, Vanessa & Stephan Harrison. (1997). Estimate of ice-surface velocity over a 4 year period on Glaciar Arenales, Hielo Patagónico Norte, Chile. Journal of Glaciology. 43(144). 370–372. 3 indexed citations

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Winchester, Vanessa & Stephan Harrison. (1997). Estimate of ice-surface velocity over a 4 year period on Glaciar Arenales, Hielo Patagónico Norte, Chile. Journal of Glaciology. 43(144). 370–372. 1 indexed citations

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Warren, Charles R., Neil F. Glasser, Stephan Harrison, et al.. (1995). Characteristics of tide-water calving at Glaciar San Rafael, Chile. Journal of Glaciology. 41(138). 273–289. 75 indexed citations

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Warren, Charles R., et al.. (1995). Characteristics of tide-water calving at Glaciar San Rafael, Chile. Journal of Glaciology. 41(138). 273–289. 22 indexed citations

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