Urs H. Fischer

1.9k total citations
40 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Urs H. Fischer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Urs H. Fischer has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Atmospheric Science, 31 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 17 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Urs H. Fischer's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (40 papers), Landslides and related hazards (31 papers) and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (17 papers). Urs H. Fischer is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (40 papers), Landslides and related hazards (31 papers) and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (17 papers). Urs H. Fischer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Canada. Urs H. Fischer's co-authors include Garry K. C. Clarke, Neal R. Iverson, Denis Cohen, C. R. Bentley, Miriam Jackson, Thomas S. Hooyer, Peter Moore, Thomas V. Schuler, G. Hilmar Gudmundsson and Bryn Hubbard and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Urs H. Fischer

39 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Urs H. Fischer Switzerland 19 1.3k 842 421 107 64 40 1.4k
Thomas S. Hooyer United States 19 1.1k 0.9× 700 0.8× 221 0.5× 175 1.6× 93 1.5× 28 1.3k
Lucas Zoet United States 21 906 0.7× 594 0.7× 280 0.7× 143 1.3× 133 2.1× 68 1.1k
W. D. Harrison United States 17 1.0k 0.8× 396 0.5× 320 0.8× 22 0.2× 32 0.5× 40 1.1k
Melinda M. Brugman Canada 12 958 0.7× 391 0.5× 247 0.6× 28 0.3× 22 0.3× 20 1.0k
J. W. Sanders United States 9 303 0.2× 221 0.3× 43 0.1× 53 0.5× 86 1.3× 13 398
Almut Iken Switzerland 21 2.3k 1.8× 1.1k 1.3× 1.2k 2.7× 37 0.3× 81 1.3× 32 2.4k
Lene Kristensen Norway 12 641 0.5× 233 0.3× 29 0.1× 49 0.5× 44 0.7× 21 735
Martin Ross Canada 15 343 0.3× 145 0.2× 30 0.1× 89 0.8× 81 1.3× 55 547
S. V. Zatsepin United Kingdom 11 466 0.4× 210 0.2× 58 0.1× 114 1.1× 693 10.8× 21 1.2k
Bhanu Pratap India 15 839 0.6× 204 0.2× 161 0.4× 22 0.2× 6 0.1× 23 898

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Salcher, Bernhard, et al.. (2025). An inventory of subglacial overdeepenings in southern Germany and Austria. Boreas. 54(4). 527–541. 1 indexed citations
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Cohen, Denis, Guillaume Jouvet, Thomas Zwinger, Angela Landgraf, & Urs H. Fischer. (2023). Subglacial hydrology from high-resolution ice-flow simulations of the Rhine Glacier during the Last Glacial Maximum: a proxy for glacial erosion. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 72(2). 189–201. 4 indexed citations
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Jouvet, Guillaume, Denis Cohen, Emmanuele Russo, et al.. (2023). Coupled climate-glacier modelling of the last glaciation in the Alps. Journal of Glaciology. 69(278). 1956–1970. 10 indexed citations
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Cohen, Denis, Fabien Gillet‐Chaulet, Wilfried Haeberli, Horst Machguth, & Urs H. Fischer. (2018). Numerical reconstructions of the flow and basal conditions of the Rhine glacier, European Central Alps, at the Last Glacial Maximum. ˜The œcryosphere. 12(8). 2515–2544. 25 indexed citations
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Harper, J. T., N. F. Humphrey, Toby Meierbachtol, Joseph A. Graly, & Urs H. Fischer. (2017). Borehole measurements indicate hard bed conditions, Kangerlussuaq sector, western Greenland Ice Sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 122(9). 1605–1618. 26 indexed citations
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Fischer, Urs H. & Wilfried Haeberli. (2012). Overdeepenings in glacial systems: Processes and uncertainties. Eos. 93(35). 341–341. 4 indexed citations
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Fischer, Urs H., Douglas Mair, Jeffrey L. Kavanaugh, et al.. (2010). Modelling ice–bed coupling during a glacier speed‐up event: Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland. Hydrological Processes. 25(9). 1361–1372. 7 indexed citations
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Iverson, Neal R., Thomas S. Hooyer, Urs H. Fischer, et al.. (2007). Soft-bed experiments beneath Engabreen, Norway:regelation infiltration, basal slip and bed deformation. Journal of Glaciology. 53(182). 323–340. 57 indexed citations
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Fischer, Urs H., et al.. (2005). Evidence for excess pore‐water pressure generated in subglacial sediment: Implications for clast ploughing. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(11). 8 indexed citations
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Fischer, Urs H. & Garry K. C. Clarke. (2001). Review of subglacial hydro-mechanical coupling: Trapridge Glacier, Yukon Territory, Canada. Quaternary International. 86(1). 29–43. 81 indexed citations
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Fischer, Urs H., Garry K. C. Clarke, & Heinz Blatter. (1999). Evidence for temporally varying “sticky spots” at the base of Trapridge Glacier, Yukon Territory, Canada. Journal of Glaciology. 45(150). 352–360. 50 indexed citations
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Fischer, Urs H., et al.. (1999). Evidence for temporally varying "sticky spots" at the base of Trapridge Glacier, Yukon Territory, Canada. Journal of Glaciology. 45(150). 352–360. 12 indexed citations
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Fischer, Urs H., Garry K. C. Clarke, & Heinz Blatter. (1999). Evidence for temporally varying “sticky spots” at the base of Trapridge Glacier, Yukon Territory, Canada. Journal of Glaciology. 45(150). 352–360. 17 indexed citations
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Fischer, Urs H., Neal R. Iverson, Brian Hanson, Roger LeB. Hooke, & Peter Jansson. (1998). Estimation of hydraulic properties of subglacial till from ploughmeter measurements. Journal of Glaciology. 44(148). 517–522. 16 indexed citations
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Fischer, Urs H., Neal R. Iverson, Brian Hanson, Roger LeB. Hooke, & Peter Jansson. (1998). Estimation of hydraulic properties of subglacial till from ploughmeter measurements. Journal of Glaciology. 44(148). 517–522. 12 indexed citations
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Hooke, Roger LeB., Brian Hanson, Neal R. Iverson, Peter Jansson, & Urs H. Fischer. (1997). Rheology of till beneath Storglaciären, Sweden. Journal of Glaciology. 43(143). 172–179. 11 indexed citations
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Hooke, Roger LeB., Brian Hanson, Neal R. Iverson, Peter Jansson, & Urs H. Fischer. (1997). Rheology of till beneath Storglaciären, Sweden. Journal of Glaciology. 43(143). 172–179. 92 indexed citations
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Fischer, Urs H. & Garry K. C. Clarke. (1997). Stick–slip sliding behaviour at the base of a glacier. Annals of Glaciology. 24. 390–396. 98 indexed citations
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Fischer, Urs H. & Garry K. C. Clarke. (1994). Ploughing of subglacial sediment. Journal of Glaciology. 40(134). 97–106. 7 indexed citations
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Fischer, Urs H. & Garry K. C. Clarke. (1994). Ploughing of subglacial sediment. Journal of Glaciology. 40(134). 97–106. 85 indexed citations

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