Veit Helm

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Veit Helm is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Veit Helm has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Atmospheric Science, 35 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 22 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Veit Helm's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (85 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (45 papers) and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (35 papers). Veit Helm is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (85 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (45 papers) and Winter Sports Injuries and Performance (35 papers). Veit Helm collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Denmark. Veit Helm's co-authors include Angelika Humbert, Heinrich Miller, Stefan Hendricks, Robert Ricker, Henriette Skourup, Malcolm Davidson, M. R. van den Broeke, Jonathan Bamber, Stefan Ligtenberg and Bert Wouters and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Veit Helm

91 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Elevation and elevation change of Greenland and Antarctica derived from CryoSat-2

2014 322 citations Veit Helm, Angelika Humbert et al. The cryosphere profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Veit Helm Germany	25	2.3k	712	452	281	224	93	2.5k
Twila Moon United States	20	2.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	530 1.2×	143 0.5×	141 0.6×	38	2.8k
Jack L. Saba United States	11	1.5k 0.6×	533 0.7×	359 0.8×	203 0.7×	231 1.0×	17	1.8k
Ruth Mottram Denmark	25	2.6k 1.1×	727 1.0×	546 1.2×	155 0.6×	487 2.2×	61	2.7k
Sebastian B. Simonsen Denmark	21	1.5k 0.6×	449 0.6×	314 0.7×	261 0.9×	275 1.2×	57	1.6k
Daniel Steinhage Germany	25	1.9k 0.8×	609 0.9×	569 1.3×	134 0.5×	146 0.7×	100	2.0k
Robert J. Arthern United Kingdom	24	2.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	737 1.6×	166 0.6×	278 1.2×	49	2.7k
J. H. van Angelen Netherlands	21	2.2k 0.9×	640 0.9×	437 1.0×	299 1.1×	500 2.2×	24	2.4k
Malcolm McMillan United Kingdom	21	1.6k 0.7×	775 1.1×	354 0.8×	153 0.5×	168 0.8×	56	1.8k
M. J. Willis United States	21	1.2k 0.5×	330 0.5×	310 0.7×	203 0.7×	151 0.7×	51	1.5k
Andreas P. Ahlstrøm Denmark	26	1.7k 0.7×	491 0.7×	304 0.7×	117 0.4×	228 1.0×	74	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Veit Helm

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Veit Helm

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20 of 20 papers shown

Krumpen, Thomas, Luisa von Albedyll, Giulia Castellani, et al.. (2025). Smoother sea ice with fewer pressure ridges in a more dynamic Arctic. Nature Climate Change. 15(1). 66–72. 7 indexed citations

Franke, Steven, et al.. (2025). Age–depth distribution in western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, and Antarctic-wide comparisons of internal reflection horizons. The cryosphere. 19(3). 1153–1180. 2 indexed citations

Horwath, Martin, et al.. (2024). Globally consistent estimates of high-resolution Antarctic ice mass balance and spatially resolved glacial isostatic adjustment. The cryosphere. 18(2). 775–790. 4 indexed citations

Bentley, Michael J., James A Smith, Stewart S. R. Jamieson, et al.. (2023). Direct measurement of warm Atlantic Intermediate Water close to the grounding line of Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden (79° N) Glacier, northeast Greenland. The cryosphere. 17(5). 1821–1837. 8 indexed citations

Horwath, Martin, et al.. (2022). Feasibility of a global inversion for spatially resolved glacial isostatic adjustment and ice sheet mass changes proven in simulation experiments. Journal of Geodesy. 96(10). 6 indexed citations

Franke, Steven, Paul D. Bons, Ilka Weikusat, et al.. (2022). Holocene ice-stream shutdown and drainage basin reconfiguration in northeast Greenland. Nature Geoscience. 15(12). 995–1001. 21 indexed citations

Neckel, Niklas, Steven Franke, Veit Helm, Reinhard Drews, & Daniela Jansen. (2021). Evidence of Cascading Subglacial Water Flow at Jutulstraumen Glacier (Antarctica) Derived From Sentinel‐1 and ICESat‐2 Measurements. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(20). 22 indexed citations

Hofstede, Coen, Sebastian Beyer, Hugh F. J. Corr, et al.. (2021). Evidence for a grounding line fan at the onset of a basal channel under the ice shelf of Support Force Glacier, Antarctica, revealed by reflection seismics. The cryosphere. 15(3). 1517–1535. 8 indexed citations

Franke, Steven, Wilfried Jokat, Graeme Eagles, et al.. (2021). Preserved landscapes underneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet reveal the geomorphological history of Jutulstraumen Basin. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 46(13). 2728–2745. 18 indexed citations

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Krieger, Lukas, et al.. (2020). Synergistic Use of Single-Pass Interferometry and Radar Altimetry to Measure Mass Loss of NEGIS Outlet Glaciers between 2011 and 2014. Remote Sensing. 12(6). 996–996. 8 indexed citations

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Carlsen, Tim, Gerit Birnbaum, André Ehrlich, et al.. (2020). Parameterizing anisotropic reflectance of snow surfaces from airborne digital camera observations in Antarctica. The cryosphere. 14(11). 3959–3978. 8 indexed citations

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Karlsson, Nanna B., Tobias Binder, Graeme Eagles, et al.. (2018). Glaciological characteristics in the Dome Fuji region and new assessment for “Oldest Ice”. The cryosphere. 12(7). 2413–2424. 31 indexed citations

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Karlsson, Nanna B., Tobias Binder, Graeme Eagles, et al.. (2017). Glaciological characteristics in the Dome Fuji region and new assessment for 1.5 Ma old ice. 1 indexed citations

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Hendricks, Stefan, Robert Ricker, & Veit Helm. (2016). User Guide - AWI CryoSat-2 Sea Ice Thickness Data Product (v1.2). 15 indexed citations

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Hawley, R. L., et al.. (2016). Greenland annual accumulation along the EGIG line, 1959–2004, from ASIRASairborne radar and neutron-probe density measurements. The cryosphere. 10(4). 1679–1694. 19 indexed citations

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Ricker, Robert, Stefan Hendricks, Veit Helm, Henriette Skourup, & Malcolm Davidson. (2014). Sensitivity of CryoSat-2 Arctic sea-ice freeboard and thickness on radar-waveform interpretation. The cryosphere. 8(4). 1607–1622. 248 indexed citations

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Helm, Veit, Angelika Humbert, & Heinrich Miller. (2014). Elevation and elevation change of Greenland and Antarctica derived from CryoSat-2. The cryosphere. 8(4). 1539–1559. 322 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gray, Laurence, David Burgess, Luke Copland, et al.. (2013). Interferometric swath processing of Cryosat data for glacial ice topography. The cryosphere. 7(6). 1857–1867. 53 indexed citations

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Skourup, Henriette, Louise Sandberg Sørensen, R. Forsberg, et al.. (2011). Esa Cryovex 2011 Airborne Campaign For Cryosat-2 Calibration And Validation. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 2 indexed citations

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Stenseng, Lars, Sine Munk Hvidegaard, Henriette Skourup, et al.. (2007). Airborne Lidar and Radar Measurements In and Around Greenland CryoVEx 2006. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 2 indexed citations

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