Valentin Bickel

1.0k total citations
64 papers, 662 citations indexed

About

Valentin Bickel is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Valentin Bickel has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 662 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 22 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 8 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Valentin Bickel's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (54 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (39 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (13 papers). Valentin Bickel is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (54 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (39 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (13 papers). Valentin Bickel collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Valentin Bickel's co-authors include Andrea Manconi, Simon Loew, Florian Amann, D. A. Kring, U. Mall, Jordan Aaron, Ben Moseley, Gary Doran, M. Shirley and Susan J. Conway and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Valentin Bickel

56 papers receiving 640 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Valentin Bickel Switzerland 16 429 162 126 112 88 64 662
Zhaoqin Liu China 17 494 1.2× 259 1.6× 101 0.8× 139 1.2× 9 0.1× 62 785
Yanxiong Liu China 16 196 0.5× 389 2.4× 124 1.0× 64 0.6× 21 0.2× 73 936
Jiming Guo China 20 327 0.8× 937 5.8× 176 1.4× 62 0.6× 119 1.4× 86 1.2k
Frank Fueten Canada 19 486 1.1× 66 0.4× 260 2.1× 116 1.0× 37 0.4× 66 1.0k
D. Limonadi United States 9 186 0.4× 88 0.5× 90 0.7× 17 0.2× 13 0.1× 16 339
Alfredo Renga Italy 19 149 0.3× 807 5.0× 47 0.4× 104 0.9× 17 0.2× 121 1.1k
Xingguo Zeng China 11 642 1.5× 220 1.4× 89 0.7× 31 0.3× 5 0.1× 32 789
Patrick McGarey United States 9 55 0.1× 71 0.4× 60 0.5× 37 0.3× 45 0.5× 25 345

Countries citing papers authored by Valentin Bickel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Valentin Bickel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Valentin Bickel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Valentin Bickel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Valentin Bickel 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 Valentin Bickel. Valentin Bickel 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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Beyer, R. A., M. Shirley, A. Colaprete, et al.. (2025). VIPER Site Analysis. The Planetary Science Journal. 6(10). 236–236.
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Charalambous, Constantinos, W. T. Pike, Benjamin Fernando, et al.. (2025). New Impacts on Mars: Unraveling Seismic Propagation Paths Through a Cerberus Fossae Impact Detection. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(3). 5 indexed citations
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Bickel, Valentin, Miguel Almeida, Daniela Tirsch, et al.. (2025). Dust devil migration patterns reveal strong near-surface winds across Mars. Science Advances. 11(41). eadw5170–eadw5170.
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Kolvenbach, Hendrik, Anna Mittelholz, Simon C. Stähler, et al.. (2025). LunarLeaper—A mission concept to explore the lunar subsurface with a small-scale legged robot. Acta Astronautica. 240. 63–75.
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Bickel, Valentin, et al.. (2025). Investigating the Geotechnical Properties of the Lunar South Pole with NASA VIPER’s Mobility System. The Planetary Science Journal. 6(7). 169–169. 1 indexed citations
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Conway, Susan J., Valentin Bickel, L. K. Fenton, et al.. (2025). A global survey for dust devil vortices on mars using MRO context camera images enabled by neural networks. Planetary and Space Science. 259. 106072–106072. 4 indexed citations
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Aussel, Ben, O. Ruesch, Bastian Gundlach, et al.. (2025). Global Lunar Boulder Map From LRO NAC Optical Images Using Deep Learning: Implications for Regolith and Protolith. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 130(7).
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Deutsch, A. N., Valentin Bickel, & D. T. Blewett. (2025). Hollows on Mercury: Global Classification of Degradation States and Insight Into Hollow Evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 130(2). 3 indexed citations
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Bickel, Valentin, et al.. (2024). Towards the First Global Catalog of Martian Rockfalls: Initial Review of 5,343 Candidates. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1 indexed citations
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Spohn, Tilman, Nils Müller, J. Knollenberg, et al.. (2024). Mars Soil Temperature and Thermal Properties From InSight HP3 ${\mathrm{H}\mathrm{P}}^{3}$ Data. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(18). 2 indexed citations
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Ruesch, O., et al.. (2024). Discovery of a Dust Sorting Process on Boulders Near the Reiner Gamma Swirl on the Moon. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 129(1). 2 indexed citations
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Thomas, N., et al.. (2024). Seasonal and Short Timescale Changes on the Martian Surface: Multi-Spacecraft Perspectives. Space Science Reviews. 221(1). 3 indexed citations
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Bickel, Valentin, et al.. (2023). Automated astronaut traverses with minimum metabolic workload: Accessing permanently shadowed regions near the lunar south pole. Acta Astronautica. 214. 324–342. 7 indexed citations
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Bickel, Valentin, Ben Moseley, Ernst Hauber, et al.. (2022). Cryogeomorphic Characterization of Shadowed Regions in the Artemis Exploration Zone. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(16). 17 indexed citations
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Conway, Susan J., Valentin Bickel, L. K. Fenton, et al.. (2022). A Global Study of Dust Devils on Mars using Neural Networks and Zooniverse. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.
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Bickel, Valentin, et al.. (2022). A Global Perspective on Lunar Granular Flows. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(12). 19 indexed citations
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Bickel, Valentin, Jordan Aaron, Andrea Manconi, & Simon Loew. (2021). Global Drivers and Transport Mechanisms of Lunar Rockfalls. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 126(10). 14 indexed citations
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Bickel, Valentin, Jordan Aaron, Andrea Manconi, Simon Loew, & U. Mall. (2020). Impacts drive lunar rockfalls over billions of years. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2862–2862. 53 indexed citations
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Bickel, Valentin, et al.. (2019). Determining the Bearing Capacity of Permanently Shadowed Regions of the Moon using Boulder Tracks. Open Research Online (The Open University). 2 indexed citations
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Bickel, Valentin, Charis Lanaras, Andrea Manconi, Simon Loew, & U. Mall. (2018). Automated detection of lunar rockfalls using a Faster Region-based Convolutional Neural Network. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations

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