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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
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Earth Science 35 7485 6928 38 37 124 6214

Adam Emmer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Adam Emmer between 2013 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Adam Emmer published across 14 years, from 2013 to 2026, averaging 11 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2021. 15 of the 154 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2013 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2021. 2013: 4 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 24 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 21 publications 2025: 13 publications 2026: 2 publications
2013 2026

154 publications in total across all disciplines

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Adam Emmer: publications per year, 2013 to 2026
Year Publications
2013 4
2014 8
2015 4
2016 6
2017 20
2018 12
2019 11
2020 13
2021 24
2022 13
2023 3
2024 21
2025 13
2026 2
Total 154
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Adam Emmer publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adam Emmer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 118–127 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 124 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540 124
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Adam Emmer D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Adam Emmer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 35 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372 35
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Adam Emmer is affiliated with the University of Graz in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Environmental Science. The main subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's work covers several key research topics:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Emmer has published extensively in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Geomorphology
  • Natural hazards and earth system sciences
  • Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water

Their recent papers include:

  • 70 years of lake evolution and glacial lake outburst floods in the Cordillera Blanca (Peru) and implications for the future, 2020, Geomorphology
  • A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya, 2021, Science
  • Reconstruction of the 1941 GLOF process chain at Lake Palcacocha (Cordillera Blanca, Peru), 2020, Hydrology and earth system sciences
  • Future Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) hazard of the South Lhonak Lake, Sikkim Himalaya, 2021, Geomorphology
  • The 2020 glacial lake outburst flood at Jinwuco, Tibet: causes, impacts, and implications for hazard and risk assessment, 2021, The Cryosphere

Emmer collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Their most common co-authors include:

  • Martin Mergili
  • Holger Frey
  • Ashim Sattar
  • Christian Huggel
  • Simon J. Cook

Best Publications

  • Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers

    W W Immerzeel;A F Lutz;M Andrade;M Andrade;A Bahl

  • A massive rock and ice avalanche caused the 2021 disaster at Chamoli, Indian Himalaya

    D. H. Shugar;M. Jacquemart;M. Jacquemart;M. Jacquemart;D. Shean;S. Bhushan

  • Climate Change and the Global Pattern of Moraine-Dammed Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

    Stephan Harrison;Jeffrey S. Kargel;Christian Huggel;John M. Reynolds

  • Inventory and recently increasing GLOF susceptibility of glacial lakes in Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya

    Suruchi Aggarwal;Suruchi Aggarwal;S.C. Rai;P.K. Thakur;Adam Emmer;Adam Emmer

  • 882 lakes of the Cordillera Blanca: An inventory, classification, evolution and assessment of susceptibility to outburst floods

    Adam Emmer;Adam Emmer;Jan Klimeš;Martin Mergili;Martin Mergili;Vít Vilímek

  • How well can we simulate complex hydro-geomorphic process chains? The 2012 multi-lake outburst flood in the Santa Cruz Valley (Cordillera Blanca, Perú).

    Martin Mergili;Martin Mergili;Adam Emmer;Adam Emmer;Anna Juřicová;Alejo Cochachin

  • THE CAUSES AND MECHANISMS OF MORAINE-DAMMED LAKE FAILURES IN THE CORDILLERA BLANCA, NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA, AND HIMALAYAS

    Adam Emmer;Alejo Cochachin

  • Review Article: Lake and breach hazard assessment for moraine-dammed lakes: an example from the Cordillera Blanca (Peru)

    Adam Emmer;Vit Vilímek

  • Reconstruction of the 1941 GLOF process chain at Lake Palcacocha (Cordillera Blanca, Peru)

    Martin Mergili;Shiva P. Pudasaini;Adam Emmer;Jan-Thomas Fischer

  • Future Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) hazard of the South Lhonak Lake, Sikkim Himalaya

    Ashim Sattar;Ashim Sattar;Ajanta Goswami;Anil.V. Kulkarni;Adam Emmer

  • New method for assessing the susceptibility of glacial lakes to outburst floods in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru

    A. Emmer;V. Vilímek

  • Progress and challenges in glacial lake outburst flood research (2017–2021): a research community perspective

    Unknown

  • The 2020 glacial lake outburst flood at Jinwuco, Tibet: causes, impacts, and implications for hazard and risk assessment

    Guoxiong Zheng;Guoxiong Zheng;Martin Mergili;Adam Emmer;Simon Allen;Simon Allen

  • 70 years of lake evolution and glacial lake outburst floods in the Cordillera Blanca (Peru) and implications for the future

    Adam Emmer;Stephan Harrison;Martin Mergili;Martin Mergili;Simon Allen

  • Characteristics and changes of glacial lakes and outburst floods

    Unknown

  • GLOFs in the WOS: bibliometrics, geographies and global trends of research on glacial lake outburst floods (Web of Science, 1979-2016)

    Adam Emmer

  • Anthropogenic climate change and glacier lake outburst flood risk: local and global drivers and responsibilities for the case of lake Palcacocha, Peru

    Christian Huggel;Mark Carey;Adam Emmer;Holger Frey

  • Spatiotemporal patterns of high-mountain lakes and related hazards in western Austria

    Adam Emmer;Adam Emmer;Adam Emmer;Sarah Merkl;Martin Mergili;Martin Mergili

  • Geomorphologically effective floods from moraine-dammed lakes in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru

    Adam Emmer;Adam Emmer

  • Landslides in moraines as triggers of glacial lake outburst floods: example from Palcacocha Lake (Cordillera Blanca, Peru)

    Jan Klimeš;Jan Novotný;Jan Novotný;Ivona Novotná;B Jordán de Urries

  • Morphological analysis and features of the landslide dams in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru

    C. Tacconi Stefanelli;V. Vilímek;A. Emmer;A. Emmer;F. Catani

  • Glacier Retreat, Lakes Development and Associated Natural Hazards in Cordilera Blanca, Peru

    Adam Emmer;Vít Vilímek;Jan Klimeš;Alejo Cochachin

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Mergili
Martin Mergili University of Graz
Christian Huggel
Christian Huggel University of Zurich
Holger Frey
Holger Frey University of Zurich
Stephan Harrison
Stephan Harrison University of Exeter
Simon J. Allen
Simon J. Allen University of Zurich
Umesh K. Haritashya
Umesh K. Haritashya University of Dayton
Neil F. Glasser
Neil F. Glasser Aberystwyth University
Anil V. Kulkarni
Anil V. Kulkarni Indian Institute of Science
Matthias Huss
Matthias Huss University of Fribourg
Richard Betts
Richard Betts University of Exeter

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