T. Pfeffer

900 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 699 citations indexed

About

T. Pfeffer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, T. Pfeffer has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 699 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Atmospheric Science, 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 2 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in T. Pfeffer's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (9 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (6 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (5 papers). T. Pfeffer is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (9 papers), Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (6 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (5 papers). T. Pfeffer collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. T. Pfeffer's co-authors include C. F. Raymond, N. F. Humphrey, William D. Harrison, Melinda M. Brugman, Κ. A. Echelmeyer, Hermann Engelhardt, Barclay Kamb, Martin Sharp, Tómas Jøhannesson and Bernard Amadei and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Cold Regions Science and Technology.

In The Last Decade

T. Pfeffer

9 papers receiving 644 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.

Glacier Surge Mechanism: 1982-1983 Surge of Variegated Glacier, Alaska

1985 578 citations Barclay Kamb, C. F. Raymond et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
T. Pfeffer United States	6	677	364	229	32	29	10	699
Becky Goodsell United Kingdom	9	370 0.5×	116 0.3×	116 0.5×	20 0.6×	10 0.3×	15	388
Kathryn C. Rose United Kingdom	12	497 0.7×	201 0.6×	181 0.8×	17 0.5×	19 0.7×	18	525
P. W. Nienow United Kingdom	11	616 0.9×	124 0.3×	238 1.0×	15 0.5×	20 0.7×	15	647
N. Frearson United States	10	609 0.9×	200 0.5×	282 1.2×	13 0.4×	10 0.3×	16	633
Jonathan Kingslake United States	14	670 1.0×	233 0.6×	346 1.5×	13 0.4×	13 0.4×	24	708
Shun Tsutaki Japan	13	626 0.9×	147 0.4×	219 1.0×	8 0.3×	16 0.6×	32	655
Yu. Ya. Macheret Russia	17	696 1.0×	301 0.8×	169 0.7×	7 0.2×	17 0.6×	44	755
Scott C. Lundstrom United States	9	303 0.4×	94 0.3×	77 0.3×	33 1.0×	15 0.5×	19	369
Patricia Vornberger United States	18	1.1k 1.6×	426 1.2×	595 2.6×	7 0.2×	14 0.5×	29	1.1k
L.R. Mayo United States	14	479 0.7×	156 0.4×	102 0.4×	28 0.9×	33 1.1×	28	538

Countries citing papers authored by T. Pfeffer

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Fields of papers citing papers by T. Pfeffer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of T. Pfeffer

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

All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

1.

Rick, U. K., Harihar Rajaram, & T. Pfeffer. (2008). Surface Meltwater Runoff and Retention in the Accumulation Zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations

2.

Harper, J. T., et al.. (2003). Water Flow through Widespread and Interconnected Void Spaces at Depth in a Temperate Glacier. AGUFM. 2003. 7 indexed citations

3.

Fountain, Andrew G., Jeffrey S. Kargel, Karen J. Lewis, et al.. (2000). Troughs on Martian Ice Sheets: Analysis of Their Closure and Mass Balance. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 45. 1 indexed citations

4.

Zwally, H. Jay, Andrew G. Fountain, Jeffrey S. Kargel, et al.. (2000). Morphology of Mars North Polar Ice Cap. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 192. 3 indexed citations

5.

Pfeffer, T., et al.. (1996). Stress interaction between multiple crevasses in glacier ice. Cold Regions Science and Technology. 24(2). 107–116. 20 indexed citations

6.

Pfeffer, T., et al.. (1990). Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Change. Arctic and Alpine Research. 22(1). 114–114. 24 indexed citations

7.

Raymond, C. F., Tómas Jøhannesson, T. Pfeffer, & Martin Sharp. (1987). Propagation of a glacier surge into stagnant ice. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 92(B9). 9037–9049. 59 indexed citations

8.

Kamb, Barclay, C. F. Raymond, William D. Harrison, et al.. (1985). Glacier Surge Mechanism: 1982-1983 Surge of Variegated Glacier, Alaska. Science. 227(4686). 469–479. 578 indexed citations breakdown →

9.

Pfeffer, T.. (1982). The Effect of Crevassing on The Radiative Absorptance of a Glacier Surface (Abstract only). Annals of Glaciology. 3. 353–353. 5 indexed citations

10.

Pfeffer, T.. (1982). The Effect of Crevassing on The Radiative Absorptance of a Glacier Surface (Abstract only). Annals of Glaciology. 3. 353–353. 1 indexed citations

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